School Library Themes and Bulletin Board for Academic Year 2018-2019

This academic year, I picked three themes to drum up and base our library programs and readers' services from. These are EMPATHY, INCLUSION and DIVERSITY. So, year round, we will be promoting books, services and library activities that promote these values.

We begin by setting up our library bulletin board. Here are the photos.

Libraries are for everyone is a campaign on diversity in libraries by Hafuboti. There are free PDFs and JPGs in her blog on Libraries are for everyone in different languages. The above photo is our take on the campaign. I chose seven languages commonly spoken in campus and Language subjects offered by the school. Acknowledging the varied languages spoken by members of the community is one step towards appreciating diversity.

The other side of the bulletin board carries the theme of inclusion. Books Bring People Together says it all. Below it is a table spread of books by Gene Luen Yang and the Reading Without Walls . It includes Luen Yang's comic, Comfort Zone, where in he tells the story of bullying and exclusivity he experienced in middle school. Click the link I shared for more activities and programming ideas. Come back here in the blog because, I will be sharing more tips and techniques on how we will execute Reading Without Walls in our school community.

Lastly, we used a portion of our bulletin board for the theme on empathy. Putting one's self in another's shoes begins by learning how to listen.