Thank you to #ChorusProject #UCD
for our creative kit which arrived this week. Looking forward to exploring it & seeing what we can engineer! @jcsplibraries.bsky.social
@slglai.bsky.social
School Libraries Group of the Library Association of Ireland Advocating & developing professionalism in Irish school libraries. https://schoollibrariesireland.com/ https://schoollibrariesireland.com/great-reads-award/
Thank you to #ChorusProject #UCD
for our creative kit which arrived this week. Looking forward to exploring it & seeing what we can engineer! @jcsplibraries.bsky.social
Our JCSP Libraries SNAP Photography Challenge 2026 runs throughout February. Open to all JCSP/DEIS schools. 3 categories - Junior/Senior/Special Needs. Full details & wide range of support materials available on our website - bit.ly/JCSPsnap
#JCSPsnap2026
Students from schools across Waterford & Wexford deep in concentration at our JCSP Libraries South East Super Spellers Challenge in the beautiful Carrickpherish Library Waterford. #SuperSpellers #SpellingChallenge
12.02.2026 11:40 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Young Voices, TimelessΒ Stories
Celebrating a New Historical Story Collection by First Year students in Thomond Community College Student authors with JCSP Librarian Jane Bingham-Shee Thereβs something powerful about seeing history through young eyes. This week, the JCSP Library in Thomondβ¦
JCSP Libraries SNAP Photography Challenge for JCSP/DEIS schools-details at bit.ly/JCSPsnap
PROMPT 7: OPEN - Get out in the open! Opportunity awaits: open books, open doors, open spaces. It's wide open! Show the hidden, the revealed, the unexpected. What's waiting to be discovered?
#JCSPsnap2026
Back to basics! @jcsplibraries.bsky.social
06.02.2026 09:18 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Weβre thrilled to announce the WINNERS of the 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards! πβ¨
The very best of Irish literature β congratulations to all the writers, illustrators & publishers!
Discover more: anpostirishbookawards.ie
#APIBA #StoriesMakeUs
Our November conference on Arts and Visual Literacy in Schools & Libraries will be held on Nov 14 at CBS James's Street, Dublin. Speakers incl Matthew Kelly, Dr. Jane O'Hanlon, Mairead Duggan, Robin Stewart, & Lorna Vogelsang. Full details and reg link at bit.ly/SLGconf25
@laibluesky.bsky.social
We have updated our Junior Cycle English Indicative First Year Text List on Sora - providing great choices for your chosen First Year novel. Check it out!
#JuniorCycle #Novels #Reading
Delighted to see our Great Reads Award included in this list. Registration for participation in our 2025 Awards is still open to all Primary & Post-Primary schools - so don't miss out. Full details at schoollibrariesireland.com/great-reads-...
#GreatReadsAward #GRAIrl #LoveReading
Our November conference on Arts and Visual Literacy in Schools & Libraries will be held on Nov 14 at CBS James's Street, Dublin. Speakers incl Matthew Kelly, Dr. Jane O'Hanlon, Mairead Duggan, Robin Stewart, & Lorna Vogelsang. Full details and reg link at bit.ly/SLGconf25
@laibluesky.bsky.social
Check out our new 2025-2026 Award Nominees & Winners collection on Sora - incl. a selection of the 2025 @IrishBookAward shortlisted titles.
#eBooks #Audiobooks #LoveReading
@laibluesky.bsky.social @slglai.bsky.social @cityofdublinetbcdu.bsky.social @napdie.bsky.social @inotenews.bsky.social
Playing with puzzles amd games in library class this week #librariesforplay #socialgames #puzzles @jcsplibraries.bsky.social
21.10.2025 09:15 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Some great new titles just added to our Digital Library on #Sora. Check them out at ods.overdrive.com/v2/jcsp
Free membership for JCSP/DEIS schools
#eBooks #Fiction #NonFiction #LoveReading #SchoolLibraryServices
We are participating in the #GreatReadsAward again this year! Look at all these cool books, something for everyone π₯° Thanks to @slglai.bsky.social Register your participation with them to be in with a chance of winning a set of the books. #justread
@jcsplibraries.bsky.social
It's Banned Books Week. Celebrate the freedom to read with our Banned & Challenged Books collection on Sora.
#BannedBooksWeek #FreedomToRead
Has your school registered for the 2025 Great Reads Award yet? Register by Oct. 17th - you could win a full set of the shortlised titles. Don't miss out!
#ReadIrishChildrensBooks #GRAirl25 @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social @laibluesky.bsky.social @museumofchildhood.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie
Our Digital Library checkouts are higher than ever so far this year - with 400+ checkouts so far this morning. The new titles keep coming though - incl. these great new just-added #Fiction #eBook titles.
Membership is free for JCSP/DEIS schools ods.overdrive.com/v2/jcsp
Our 2025 #GreatReadsAward shortlist has just been launched. From #PictureBooks to #YA, there's something for all ages. Full details at bit.ly/Greatreadsaw... - where schools (Primary & PP) can register (& maybe win a set of the shortlisted books!)
19.09.2025 15:05 β π 18 π 7 π¬ 0 π 1Check out Radical School Librarianship: A Global Response - which has just been added to our Digital Library on #Sora. This just-published title is a must read for all #SchoolLibrarians, #Literacy leaders, & all interested in school library impact. #eBooks #SchoolLibraries
05.09.2025 19:05 β π 19 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0Post Image
JCSP Libraries areΒ Hiring!
JCSP Libraries are hiring. Full and part-time positions available in Dublin, Dungarvan and Enniscorthy. Don't miss this opportunity to join a great team. The JCSP Demonstration Library Project is invitingβ¦
https://jcsplibraries.com/2025/06/30/jcsp-libraries-are-hiring/
Thereβs still time to apply to join this great team. Donβt miss out!
#LISjobs #JobFairy #LibraryJobs #SchoolLibrarians #LibraryJobsIE
School Librarians// CDETB @jcsplibraries.bsky.social #LISjobsIE #libraryjobs #jobfairy
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JCSP Libraries are hiring. Full and part-time positions available in Dublin, Dungarvan and Enniscorthy. Don't miss this opportunity to join a great team. Full details at:
cityofdublinetb.ie/about-us/hr/...
#LISjobs #LibraryJobs #JobFairy
Who Am I? How AmΒ I?
In May 2024, the School Library Group of the Library Association of Ireland hosted a conference in the JCSP Library at Larkin Community College. The title of the conference was The β€οΈ of a school β School Libraries, student wellbeing & building empathy Irish research about theβ¦
Our digital library service remains open 24/7 throughout the summer. Check out these new #Fiction titles just added to our Sora library. Great #SummerReads
#LoveReading #JCSPdigital
JCSP Libraries SNAP Photography Challenge WinnersΒ 2025
With over 150 entries for our SNAP Photography Challenge this year, our judges had a hard job selecting winners. But they have managed to do so and below are the winning entries in all three competition categories. Junior Category:
Our Give-a-Book Get-a-Book book swap at our end-of-year meeting in Galway #SchoolLibrariansRock
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π The Adversary by Michael Crummey has won the 2025 Dublin Literary Award! π
Nominated by Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries and published by Knopf Canada, this powerful novel takes the top honour in the awardβs 30th year. π
#DublinLitAward #DLA30yrs
"As a publisher, a parent, and a reader still astonished and in awe of what books can do, Iβm deeply concerned, no exasperated, no, this occasion calls for a precise word, I am enraged about the rising tide of book bans [in libraries." Sarah Jessica Parker
26.05.2025 16:59 β π 81 π 14 π¬ 1 π 3