Welcome back everyone! This summer our Graduate Student Library Assistants were hard at work making displays to showcase the different kinds of resources in our collection here at the OISE Library. Displayed now are samples of the catalogue exhibitions.
Explorations of Humanity: Ancient History and Archeology (http://uoft.me/1zL) was put together by Ryan Johnston. This display drew on resources about historical narratives that can be studied through non-textual artifacts. There was fiction, like Adventures in the Ice Age JUV FIC B155A, curriculum resources like Clues From the Past: a resource book on archeology (CR 930.1 C649). There was also a teaching kit with a replica of the Rosetta Stone (493.1 R829).
Nich Worby put together the display entitled LGBT Inclusive Education for Pride Week (http://uoft.me/1zR). The exhibition purpose was to address homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, and bullying in the classroom. In the display, he included such works as It gets better: Coming out, overcoming bullying, and Creating a life worth living, edited by Dan Savage and Terry Miller. Plume, 2012.( JUV FIC I88), as well as books like Get that freak : homophobia and transphobia in high schools by Rebecca Haskell & Brian Burtch. (373.15809711 H349G) and Don’t be so gay! : queers, bullying, and making schools safe, by Donn Short (373.158 S559D).
Women’s Rights, Human Rights, and Global Issues was researched (http://uoft.me/1zS) by Wendy Traas. All of the works displayed in this exhibition were collected from from OISE’s Women’s Education Resources Collection (WERC). Wendy’s display included books such as Development with a body: sexuality, human rights and development, edited by Andrea Cornwall, Sonia Corrêa and Susie Jolly (WERC 306.7 C821D), The granddaughters of Ixmucané: Guatemalan women speak as told to Emilie Smith-Ayala with a translation by Emilie Smith-Ayala. (WERC 305.42097281 S664G), and Developing power: how women transformed international development edited by Arvonne S. Fraser and Irene Tinker (WERC 338.90082 D489).
Siobán Linnen showed off books from OISE’s juvenile fiction collection in an exhibition entitled Inspiring Female Characters in Children’s Literature. These books were displayed after a recent study showed that fewer than 35% of children’s books published each year featured a female main character. Children’s books displayed in Siobán’s display included; Olivia written and illustrated by Ian Falconer (JUV FIC F182o), Ramona Quimby, age 8 by Beverly Cleary (JUV FIC C623Rq), Blubber by Judy Blume, (JUV FIC B658b1), and The bad beginnings by Lemony Snicket; illustrations by Brett Helquist (JUV FIC S672B).
The display Graphic Novels and Comic Books in the Classroom (http://uoft.me/1zT) was created by Sarah Gauthier. Despite the stigma that comic books and graphic novels have, they are valuable teaching resources. To show this, Sarah selected books like: Maus I : a survivor’s tale : my father bleeds history by Art Spiegelman CR 940.5315 S755M, Bone by Jeff Smith ; with color by Steve Hamaker JUV FIC S651B, and Getting graphic: Using graphic novels to promote literacy with preteens and teens by Michele Gorman CR 741.5 G671G.
The last display of the summer was put together by Laura Devouge (me!). This display was called Let’s Stop Bullying!. (http://uoft.me/1zU). I was inspired to create this display after watching the documentary Bully! I selected books for students like The Nine Lives of Travis Keating by Jill MacLean (JUV FIC M163N), and My secret bully by Trudy Ludwig with illustrations by Abigail Marble (JUV FIC L948M). I also selected texts such as Bullying Hurts: teaching words and kindness through read a louds and guided conversations by Lester L. Laminack and Reba M. Wadsworth (371.58 L231B), and Real Life Bully Prevention for kids: 50 ways to help elementary and Middle School Children by Catherine Depino (372.158 D419R).
Come and check out the display, and check out the posts each GSLA did about their display listed in the blog here if you’re interested.