Are you ready for a new school year? Are you ready to learn, grow, and have fun with your BTS family?
The BTS Library is now ready for you! Look at these pictures…
BTS Students will be provided with a Library Card and will be able to check out books from our new and improved Library. The teachers will show you how to use the Library, the Catalog, and how to check out books. You can also look at our instructions here in this blog. Click at the top, on the link to the page: BTSL Catalog.
Every BTS student will have his or her own Library Card soon!
See more pictures of the Library, the Computer Lab, and the Reading Room/Rainbow Room here:
We hope that you enjoy the Library. Remember, reading takes you beyond!
… And the BTS Library Blog is back!
BTS Library had a very nice long break for the summer, but here we are, ready to start the 2013/2014 school year with a new Library for Beyond the Spectrum!
During the summer, in addition to working on the last batches of books and organization of the library, the BTS Librarian has been busy attending conferences and other librarian events. Which is very important for BTS families, because she got to hear, in person, to a keynote speech given by none other than Temple Grandin. I assume most of the BTS family would have heard about her, maybe you saw the movie, read her books, or saw her in interviews. This great lady gave a very informative and powerful presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Library Association, an event that the BTS Librarian attended in Chicago this past June.
Dr. Temple Grandin’s new book, The Autistic Brain
As I am about to start the “Parenting” collection of books for parents and families at BTS, Dr. Grandin’s books will surely be part of this section of our library. However, I would like to know what you: teachers, students, and BTS families, think about her and her books.
Let me share with you this interview with Dr. Grandin, in which she talks about the role of books, reading, and libraries in autism awareness and the education of children on the spectrum. A special thanks to the Association of Library Services to Children (ALSC) for the interview.
Please read and let me know what you think (you can use the comments section below, or send me an e-mail for privacy.)
Interview with Temple Grandin (by the Association of Library Services to Children)
If the link doesn’t work, you can find it here: http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2013/07/an-interview-with-temple-grandin-at-ala2013/
I hope to hear from you!
Your BTS Librarian
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