"My library is well-furnished: books, a chair, and a cat." (Mark Twain) Maple came to visit today! @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Delighted to be participating in the Friendship Project @ National Library as part of Jane Austen 250 Celebrations. Then a quick visit to the National Museum! @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Celebrating student success in the Accelerated Reader Literacy Program by going to see the film Wicked: For Good lots of tears and delight as the story unfolded 🎥👏🍿#ReadingForPleasure @staidanscs.bsky.social @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

On this day... Anna Haslam, Pioneering Suffragette. Thank you to heritage in schools program. Carmel Kelly visited us to share Anna's story. Bringing history alive & making it relevant. @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Celebrating College Awareness Week 2025 with ‘Past Students Speed Meetings’ in the Library 6th year & TY students got lots inspiration fantastic event @staidanscs.bsky.social @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Well done to all those first year students who submitted a project for SciFest 2025 as part of Science Week Celebrations. @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Thanks so much to school librarian & researcher Dr Jean Henefer for sharing her knowledge & passion for school libraries this week as part of our Leadership in Libraries module @ulsteruni.bsky.social #OnlineLearning #LibraryLeadership #SchoolLibraries #Reading #Inclusion @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

It’s time to make your voice heard! The 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards celebrate the very best of Irish writing — and now it’s YOUR turn to choose this year’s winners! 💚 From powerful debuts to unforgettable favourites, every vote counts. VOTE NOW: scxo9qtv33a.typeform.com/apiba25-vote

Lucky to have 🦎 Zoo visiting us today as part of our Science Week Celebrations! Learning about Animal interactions, animal classification & evolution. @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

The theme for Science Week 2025 is "Then. Today. Tomorrow" Barry Fitzgerald aka Super Hero Scientist visited us today. We explored the evolution of science, how it has shaped the past, its role in the present, and how it will address the challenges of the future. @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Updated Junior Cycle & Leaving Cert English novels & drama lists now available in our Digital Library on Sora. Students can access & borrow these via the Sora app or at soraapp.com. Free membership for JCSP/DEIS schools. See jcsplibraries.com/jcsp-digital...

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

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

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 @laibluesky.bsky.social

Hands on learning Archaeology workshops #dogitkids #archaeology #history @jcsplibraries.bsky.social @staidanscs.bsky.social

Celebrating more students success in the Accelerated Reader Literacy Program #readingforpleasure @staidanscs.bsky.social @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Check out our new 2025-2026 Award Nominees & Winners collection on Sora - incl. a selection of the 2025 @IrishBookAward shortlisted titles. #eBooks #Audiobooks #LoveReading @laibluesky.bsky.social @slglai.bsky.social @cityofdublinetbcdu.bsky.social @napdie.bsky.social @inotenews.bsky.social

📢📢📢Major Sora Milestone Announcement 📢📢📢. Our 500,000th digital checkout has just happened this morning!! That's half a million checkouts to students & staff across all JCSP/DEIS schools. Our sleuths are working furiously to ID the borrower - and we will celebrate! 🎇 #LoveReading

They heard Niall Da Burca was visiting..so we had some interesting visitors.. amazing some had time to visit! @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

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 @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

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

1st Year Library Literacy Class ready to go @renlearnuk.bsky.social @staidanscs.bsky.social @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

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

EIR-SAT-1 will de-orbit in the next day or two following its successful mission. http://jrnl.ie/6806180

Lots of new additions to our #HomeLanguages collection on Sora - incl #Audiobooks & #eBooks in #Ukrainian #German #Portuguese #Arabic #Spanish #French #Catalan #Romanian #Castilian & more. Total of 43 Home Languages now included in our collection - with thanks to Post Primary Languages Ireland

Our students have borrowed over 3,000 #eBooks #Audiobooks #DigitalMagazines from our Digital Library so far this summer. To support this demand we continue to add new titles to our library - incl. these great new #Fiction titles which have just been added. #LoveReading

Our school libraries may be closed but our Sora Digital Library remains open 24/7/365. Already 12 checkouts by 9am this morning & 803 checkouts so far this month. Tackling the 'Summer Slide' one checkout at a time! #LoveReading #JCSPdigital #eBooks #Audiobooks #DigitalMagazines

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

There’s still time to apply to join this great team. Don’t miss out! #LISjobs #JobFairy #LibraryJobs #SchoolLibrarians #LibraryJobsIE

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… https://jcsplibraries.com/2025/06/30/jcsp-libraries-are-hiring/

School Librarians// CDETB @jcsplibraries.bsky.social #LISjobsIE #libraryjobs #jobfairy libraryjobs.ie/item/jcsp-sc...

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… https://jcsplibraries.com/2025/06/30/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. Full details at: cityofdublinetb.ie/about-us/hr/... #LISjobs #LibraryJobs #JobFairy

The Maxine Greene Gathering about to kick off in Draíocht. Looking forward to an exciting day of creativity & learning - and of course linking up with some old friends #MaxineGreene

Mikayla Ryan, one of three TY students who had their poems chosen for display in Gerry O'Sullivan Park as part of Poetry in the Parks 2025. Here she is with some of her lovely family members with her poem! 🤗 www.obheal.ie/blog/the-unf... @obhealyv.bsky.social @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Kids from our local primary school having some library time while our own students are on their holidays! They love it here. Spacious, colourful, comfortable and inviting, with lots of brilliant books and games 🤗 #everyschoolneedsalibrary @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

On the home stretch, a study group here for music. Lots of tapping & singing. #JCMusic @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Check out these great titles by Irish author and illustrator Alan Nolan - just added to our Digital Library on #Sora. @alnolan.bsky.social @theobrienpress.bsky.social @slglai.bsky.social

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…

Check out this selection of new #Audiobooks - just added to our Digital Library on #Sora. Great for laid-back summer reading/listening. #LoveReading #SummerReading #JCSPdigital

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

As we get ready to go into JC maths this afternoon. Peer support helps to settle any wobbles! "And a bit of SOC CAH TOA!! And the library being a supplier of all things mathematical 🖊️📐📏 !!｡⁠◕⁠‿⁠◕⁠｡ Best of luck @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Check out the winning entries in our SNAP Photography Challenge. Well done to the winners from Coláiste Chiaráin, Coláiste Chill Mhantáin & Coláiste na Ríochta & to the Runners-Up and Commended entries. @artscouncilireland.bsky.social Full details at jcsplibraries.com/2025/06/03/j...

Great piece on the RTE website by Lidia in sixth year on how she found LC English Paper 1 . Lidiia is a true bibliophile! www.rte.ie/learn/senior... @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

A quick look over notes before the JC begins! Best of luck to all those starting exams today. @jcsplibraries.bsky.social READ the questions carefully & breathe!