Children’s Books Ireland’s new campaign is calling on the government to urgently fund school libraries.
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Irish Examiner features article on School Libraries in Ireland
On Monday June 5th, Jess Casey, the Irish Examiner’s Education Correspondent, profiled the research of Breege O’Brien (retired English and French teacher) and her sister Dr Shivaun O’Brien (Dublin City University Institure of Education). Both sisters researched school library provision in Connaught and found it to be lacking in quantity and quality. The article highlightedContinueContinue reading “Irish Examiner features article on School Libraries in Ireland”
Statement on expansion of DEIS
Statement from the School Libraries Group: The School Library Group of the Library Association of Ireland notes with disappointment that the March 9th announcement by the Minister for Education on the expansion of DEIS supports to further schools has once again failed to deliver on the 2005 DEIS Action Plan commitment to expand the JCSPContinueContinue reading “Statement on expansion of DEIS”
