Have you registered for the 2026 National Drop Everything & Read Challenge on Friday April 24th-with DEAR Ambassador @pforde123.bsky.social? Full details & registration form: dropeverythingandread.ie
Share widely & let's all take time out to read!
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#LetsGetIrelandReading
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
Young Voices, Timeless Stories
Celebrating a New Historical Story Collection by First Year students in Thomond Community College Student authors with JCSP Librarian Jane Bingham-Shee There’s something powerful about seeing history through young eyes. This week, the JCSP Library in Thomond…
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
We’re thrilled to announce the WINNERS of the 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards! 📚✨
The very best of Irish literature – 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
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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
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Check out our new 2025-2026 Award Nominees & Winners collection on Sora - incl. a selection of the 2025 @IrishBookAward shortlisted titles.
#eBooks #Audiobooks #LoveReading
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Playing with puzzles amd games in library class this week #librariesforplay #socialgames #puzzles @jcsplibraries.bsky.social
Some 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 🥰 Thanks to @slglai.bsky.social Register your participation with them to be in with a chance of winning a set of the books. #justread
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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!)
Check 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
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JCSP Libraries are 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 inviting…
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There’s still time to apply to join this great team. Don’t 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 Am 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 ❤️ of a school – School Libraries, student wellbeing & building empathy Irish research about the…
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 Winners 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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