051. "Creating a Culture of Reading" with Sarah Ducharme

The SLLN (School Librarian Learning Network) Podcast

Sarah joins us all the way from Mumbai, India! And she brings some great ideas for building reading culture with active and engaged students.

Guest: Sarah Ducharme, Head of Secondary Library

Grade(s) Taught: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Resources:

• Creating a Culture of Reading: Booktalks & more Lesson: Various activities: https://oberoi-is.libguides.com/OGC-Secondary/OISReads

Book Break:

• Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay

Where to find Head of Secondary Library:

• Website: https://trycuriosity.blogspot.com/

• I can most regularly be found on: Bluesky, LinkedIn

• Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sducharme.com

• Other Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scducharme/

Check in with us, and check us out!

• Have an idea, a question, or a lesson you want to share? Email [email protected]

• Check out the curated list of free online resources & events at www.SchoolLibrarianLearningNetwork.org

Some Bluesky Resources

Starter Packs - These give you a list of accounts you might be interested in following. You can selectively choose among the accounts, or "Follow all" with one click!

• School Librarians by @techielibgrl.com

• UK School Librarians by @ljwattswales.bsky.social

• K-12 School Library Professionals in Canada by @dnevillebooks.bsky.social

Feeds - These are collections of posts that meet certain search criteria. They're a great way to see topics you're interested in! You can add feeds to your account for easy repeat viewing.

• School Librarians Feed by @davidbfox.com: Follow the feed to see posts that include "schoollibrarian," "schoollibrary," "School Library Journal," "LMTS," "AASL"

• School Libraries Feed by @tljamesa.com: This is a feed of posts from and for school librarians, teacher librarians, library media specialists, etc. #TLChat #FutureReadyLibs #SchoolLibrary #SchoolLibrarian #TLsky

• School Libraries Feed by @debbieohi.com: Picks up posts that include hashtags related to school libraries and school librarians. Search parameters still being tweaked.

TLSky Feed by @techielibgrl.com: - TLSky is a feed for Librarians. Share by using #tlsky