The Malta School Library Association  is interested in finding out whether there is a need for a third two-year, evening School Library Management Course. At this point this is a call for an expression of interest from teachers, teacher-librarians and school librarians. The course leads to a Level 5 cerificate approved by MQC.

Persons interested should contact the association on maltasla@gmail.com

Read On Get On Campaign 

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The Schools Library Service (Projects & Initiatives Section, Student Services Department) with the collaboration of the Malta
School Library Association organises two annual competitions for Primary and Secondary schools. Winners of both competitions are celebrated during
World Book Day, which for the last fourteen years  has been celebrated on a national level.

The Malta School Library Association works hand in hand with the Schools Library Service to promote these activities and to
be of help whenever needed. The message is loud and clear, books are an essential part of learning and they can also be
fun.

Due to the Easter Holidays the World Book Day celebration had to be moved to 9th April 2014.

It will be held at Guze Delia Hall, St Ignatius College Siġġiewi Primary

The Schools Library Service, in collaboration with The Malta School Library Association, has once again organized a very fruitful seminar for teacher – librarians in secondary schools.  The seminar , which was held at St Theresa College Girls Secondary Mriehel, started with a welcome address by Ms Anna Maria Gilson, Service Manager (Projects and Initiatives Section), followed by an introduction by Ms Micheline Sciberras, Director General ( Directorate for Educational Services).  These were followed by an opening speech by the Hon. Minister for Education and Employment, Mr Evarist Bartolo.

The intention of this annual seminar is to share information and good practice. To this end, presentations were delivered from practicing teacher and school librarians and there was also ample time for questions from the floor after each presentation.  The presentations gave a detailed and informative overview on various subjects related to school libraries such as the Oliver Library Management System, church school libraries, library activities, information literacy skills and World Book Day competitions.

The International School Library day Seminar was concluded by a short speech by Mr Patrick Decelis, Chairperson MSLA.

The graduation ceremony for the first 2-year evening course leading to a School Library Management Certificate was held at the Golden Tulip Vivaldi Hotel in St. Julians on Friday 11 October 2013. The Certificates awarded a Level 5 by the Malta Qualifications Council, were handed out to the 21 teachers, teacher-librarians and school librarians by the Director General of Education, Ms. Micheline Sciberras in the presence of the Director Department of Student Services Mr George Borg and MSLA chairman Mr Patrick Decelis.

Click the following link for further details.Press release Oct. 2013

J.K. Rowling is going to write a new movie-only Potter based story. In the
first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stine, Harry and his friends
studied from a book called Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (which
was later released separately for charity). Its author was Newt Scamander and
the new movie, from Warner Brothers, will be based on him. Apparently, WB
approached Rowling and she said she didn't want anyone else to write it so
she is doing so. 

It appears there may even be a series of movies so no doubt there will be a
resurgence in the original novels.

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