Extending ourinfluencebeyondour school is adauntingprospectto many schoollibrary staff.

Don’t let yourtalents beminimized! Youcan make adifference toto schoollibrariesthroughoutOntario.

Get involvedto perk upyour résuméand helppromote schoollibraries ona granderscale.

Share ideas and publicize what youand your colleagues are doing!

Start or contribute to a library subject council newsletter.

Involve the library in the community and invitethe community to the library!

Welcome communitymembers to thelibrary and supportsocial action whileusing communityresources to delivercurriculum.

Share ideas and publicize what you andyour colleagues are doing!

Start or contribute to a library subject council wiki or blog.

Partner with organizationsthat have generateduseful resources andthen let others knowabout thoseresources.

Submit a proposal fora poster presentationa future SuperConference.

Explore a topic that interests you;find out what colleagues have done.

Submit an article toThe Teaching Librarian.

Promote schoollibrariesat facultiesof education.

Become anassociateteacher.

Submit a library profile or anarticle to School Libraries in Canada.

Terrifying lions

(like the one fromthe first slide) . . .

That terrifying lioninto whosemouth youplaced your

head with thegreatest of

trepidation . . .

. . . canbecomebetter performers,partners,and friends!

Image Credits:

Slides 1, 12 and 13 - Barnum, Richard (author) and Walter S. Rogers Illustrator. Nero, the Circus Lion His Many Adventures. New York: Barse and Hopkins, 1919.

Slide 3 - Alger, Horatio. “Brave and Bold” in The Boys’ Home Weekly. 5 Jul. 1911:cover.

Slide 4 - Childs, William R. “Reading Guide for the Horatio Alger novels.” Introduction to BusinessHistory: The American Experience. Winter 2007. Ohio State College of Humanities. 13 Jan. 2009<http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/childs1/387%20Guide%20Horatio%20Alger.htm>.

Slide 5 - Risen From the Ranks; or, the Story of Harry Walton's Success. New York: A.L. BurtCompany, 1909.

Slide 8 – Drugs and Travel Why They Don’t Mix.Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.http://www.voyage.gc.ca/publications/drug-travel_drogue-voyages-eng.asp

Slide 11 – School Libraries in Canada. Canadian Association for School Libraries.http://www.cla.ca/casl/slic/slicindex.html.

Other slide graphics come from the Ontario School Library Association journal, The Teaching Librarian.(http://www.accessola.com/ola/bins/content_page.asp?cid=118-124).