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 @laibluesky.bsky.social

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 @laibluesky.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

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

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

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/

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 libraryjobs.ie/item/jcsp-sc...

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 @laibluesky.bsky.social @slglai.bsky.social

🏆 The Adversary by Michael Crummey has won the 2025 Dublin Literary Award! 🏆 Nominated by Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries and published by Knopf Canada, this powerful novel takes the top honour in the award’s 30th year. 🎉 #DublinLitAward #DLA30yrs

"As a publisher, a parent, and a reader still astonished and in awe of what books can do, I’m deeply concerned, no exasperated, no, this occasion calls for a precise word, I am enraged about the rising tide of book bans [in libraries." Sarah Jessica Parker

📣 We are hiring! Poetry Ireland are seeking a passionate, qualified Librarian to lead the development of the new Seamus Heaney Poetry Library at No. 11 Parnell Square. ℹ️ Find full information and application details here: www.poetryireland.ie/news/poetry-... 🚨Deadline: Friday 30 May, 5pm #JobFairy

Thank you to #BVOF2025 #LismoreCastle for inviting us to dress rehearsal of Midsummer Night's Dream, we had a brilliant time @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Great article by @rickoshea.bsky.social about the lack of improvement with Irish school libraries in the @independent.ie review. It is time, @micheal-martin.bsky.social, that the government honours their commitment @laibluesky.bsky.social @slglai.bsky.social www.independent.ie/entertainmen...

Reuben the Entertainer presented a brilliant fun workshop ‘Hacked’ about how social media controls us to 1st year students this morning @jcsplibraries.bsky.social @staidanscs.bsky.social

‘Play extends capacity for prolonged engagement’ Dr Joanna Fortune at the #SLGconf in @TrinityComp_ @LAIonline

First speaker at our conference this morning is Dr Joanna Fortune on The Power of Play #SLGconf #Play @laibluesky.bsky.social

LAI President Eileen Morrissey launches the LAI AGM in Pearse St Library #Libraries @dublincitylibs.bsky.social @laibluesky.bsky.social

Librarian // Poetry Ireland (Dublin 1) @poetryireland.bsky.social #LISjobsIE #libraryjobs #jobfairy libraryjobs.ie/item/librari...

Sora Sweet Reads is now live on Sora! Over 200 ebooks & audiobooks for students across all levels. These simultaneous-use titles are available for free now to 25 August. Check out the Sweet Reads collection on your Explore tab. Free membership for JCSP/DEIS schools. #SummerReading

Don't miss our May 15th conference on the power of play. Speakers include psychotherapist Dr Joanna Fortune, Lego Serious Play facilitators How Might We, & inputs from practicing school librarians. Don't miss it! Check out Eventbrite for tickets. www.eventbrite.com/e/fun-dament...

JCSP Libraries Academy Film Awards 2025 Celebrating Student Film-Makers: Highlights from the JAFAs After a long hiatus, the JCSP Libraries Academy Film Awards (JAFAs) made a welcome return recently in the Light House Cinema. It was a much-anticipated event that allowed our talented young…

Always fun to work with Lily from the Museum of Literature. Getting us into writing @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

🤩📚Thanks to all the students, staff and family members, who took part in, & who helped promote, the national ‘Drop Everything and Read’ event, taking place this week in schools around the country. @jcsplibraries.bsky.social #DropEverythingAndRead #DEARIrl #jcsplibraries

Our @CityofDublinETB @jcsplibraries & @cdetbscc ‘We Write What We Like’ Writer-in-Residence 2025 showcase about to kick off in the beautiful @NLIreland. Exciting! @nlireland.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social

Some pics from our WRaPParound Showcase in @tcddublin on Tuesday. 21 schools, 300 students & a wonderful morning of poetry, song & rap. Thank you to @poetryireland & Trinity Access Programme for your support on this great #CreativeWriting & #Performance initiative.

It’s @dear_ireland Day! Schools, libraries, writers & everyone else across the country are taking time out to read this morning - incl all attendees from our Great Reads Award earlier this week. Register your support at dropeverythingandread.ie #LetsGetIrelandReading

And the 2024 winners are…

Getting set up for our Great Reads Award in the beautiful Seamus Heaney Theatre in @DCU Exciting!

Hear ye! Hear ye! Our #GreatReadsAward prize winners will be announced this morning - at ceremony in the Seamus Heaney Theatre in @dublincityuni.bsky.social. Exciting! #GRAIrl #LoveReading #IrishWriters @dculibrary.bsky.social

Check out our Digital Library circulation stats below. 930 checkouts so far today. Our library is open 24/7 - so no doubt there will be more checkouts - #eBooks, #Audiobooks & #DigitalMagazines - before midnight. Demand is ever increasing for this valuable service

Excitement building for Interschool Quiz as part of HSCL literacy initiative @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

🎺The Charts are in!🎺 Check out our most borrowed #eBooks, #Audiobooks & #DigitalMagazines in March. Library membership is free for JCSP/DEIS schools. Full details at jcsplibraries.com @singmecreation.bsky.social @slglai.bsky.social @inotenews.bsky.social #LoveReading #SchoolLibraries

There's a slight sense of panic in the quotes in this article. A growing sense that we are losing young readers at a key point in their development. www.thebookseller.com/news/bologna...

Our South East Super Spellers final about to kick off in the Riverside Hotel #Enniscorthy - with #JCSP schools from across Waterford & Wexford. Exciting!

Attention schools! DINOSAUR PIE, BLACK & IRISH: LEGENDS, TRAILBLAZERS & EVERYDAY HEROES, & MIGHTY MINDSETS are shortlisted for the Great Reads Award! Voting closes tomorrow evening so don't miss out! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📸Calling all schools 📸 Tomorrow is the closing date for entries for our SNAP Photography Challenge. Schools can submit up to 5 entries in each of the Junior, Senior & Special Needs categories. Don't miss out! #edchatie Full details & entry form: jcsplibraries.com/2025/01/24/j...