The Fall 2024 CSL Journal Edition is Upon Us

The Fall 2024 edition of CSL Journal has been released. The focus of this issue is on Canadian School Library Day 2024 and its core message of a book for every student. As calls for book banning intensify across the United States, and start worming their way into Canada, we see the areas targeted are mainly those books involving 2SLGBTQIA+ and BIPOC characters and ideas. Returning to the fundamental guiding principles of librarianship that S. R. Ranganathan put forward in the 1930s we decided to focus on the idea that everyone deserves to have a book that they see themselves in.

Check that article out: A Book For Every Student by Anita Brooks Kirkland, Carol Koechlin, and Diana Maliszweski

Further articles on this theme:

Compelling Reasons to #SetTheBooksFree: Plan Now for Summer Loans From Your School Library by Christopher Hunt

Choosing the Right Books: A Guide to the Selection and Deselection of School Library Resources by Danny Neville

Librarians as Eco-Literacy Leaders: Creating a Culture of Environmental Learning in the Library by Tracey Donaldson

Exploring Intersectionality: 12 Canadian Indie Books for Every Student by Spencer Miller

Celebrating Intellectual Freedom: Open Pages, Open Minds by Michelle Arbuckle, Anita Brooks Kirkland, Michale Nyby, and Chelsea Baker

How the Ford Government is Accelerating the Decline of School Libraries by Kunal Chaudhary

Canadian School Library Day Report 2024 by Diana Malisweski

Also in this edition:

A Tribute to Alison Bodner by Jo-Anne Gibson

Same Ship, New Crew: The Past, Present and Future of Canadian School Libraries by Joseph Jeffery