Learning Centre at Library and Archives Canada to be Eliminated
As a teacher-librarian I am sad and worried. At a time when cuts to school library budgets make it increasingly difficult to access relevant and commercial-free information, I read that the Government of Canada is cutting funding to the Learning Centre of the Library and Archives Canada (See the Ottawa Sun http://www.ottawasun.com/news/columnists/earl_mcrae/2010/01/19/1253...). I am afraid of losing access to valuable tools for promoting student awareness of Canadian heritage and for developing a wide variety of literacy and research skills that are the foundations of academic and professional success. The resources accessed through learning centre programs such as "Lest We Forget" help students to make personal connections to history that lead to meaningful learning.
The Spring 2009 issue of School Libraries in Canada (http://clatoolbox.ca/casl/slicv27n2/272laaceng.html) outlined some of the resources to which Canadian schools have access through the Learning Centre. Please communicate concerns about cuts to the Learning Centre to your Member of Parliament and to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, James Moore.
Derrick Grose
Teacher-Librarian


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