When: Wednesday, Jan 27 | 10:45 am - 12:00 pm

Location: ICTC Humber

Days: Wednesday. Event Types: Session. Sectors: Aboriginal. Subjects: Aboriginal Issues, Children's Resources, and Readers' Advisory.


Description:

Join us for the launch of First Nation Communities Read 2016-2017, and receive the long list announcement of this year’s children’s titles. If you’re interested in Aboriginal authors and their work, and/or have responsibility for collection development, readers’ advisory service, and collections-based displays and programming, the FNCR past jurors will provide an overview on these topics. Join us for a FNCR program update and begin your library’s planning for FNCR 2016-2017.

Learning Outcomes
-introduce and/or increase awareness of the First Nation Communities Read program
-increase awareness of Aboriginal resources through collection development support, readers’ advisory service, and collections-based displays and programming
-receive the 2016-2017 long list to continue championing Aboriginal literature in Canada.

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