@jcsplibraries

Official Twitter account of the JCSP Demonstration Library Project. Supporting literacy and learning in Irish schools. [email protected]

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Check out our Top 20 #eBook #Audiobook & #DigitalMagazine checkouts for September - & also our Top 20 borrowing Year Groups across our 235 member schools. A total of 9972 titles were checked out this month. #SchoolLibrariesMatter #LoveReading #JCSPdigitalt
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JCSP Library Aidancs@staidanscslibSep 30
Fantastic fun hands on learning experience at Shut Your Eyes and See IN-PERSON creative writing workshop yesterday well done students and learning team @MoLI_Museum @jcsplibraries
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School Libraries Group, LAI@SLG_LAISep 25
We are delighted to announce this fabulous set of books as the finalists for the Great Reads Award 2026, an award for Irish debut children's books, selected by school librarians. Register by 16th Oct. (bit.ly/GRA26) to be entered into a draw for a set of the books!
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Calling all Ravenclaws-Slytherins-Gryffindors-Hufflepuffs! For the month of September students can check out Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone on Sora and there is no wait time! Available in #eBook & #Audiobook formats across a range of languages. Get reading!
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Check out our Top 20 eBook, Audiobook & eMagazine checkouts from our Sora Digital Library in August. Logins for incoming 1st Years have been sent out to all member schools - so time to get reading! Over 125,000 titles to choose from. #JCSPdigital #SchoolLibrariesMatter
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Join Our Team: Part-Time School Librarian Position An opportunity to join a great team of school librarians. For full details of the position and application process, click on the link below.... jcsplibraries.com/2026/08/06…
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Our school libraries may be closed but our Digital library remains open & our students continue reading throughout the summer. Check out our top checkouts for June below. #LoveReading #JCSPdigital
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Teenage boys in UK ‘stuck’ reading primary-level books while girls’ tastes expand theguardian.com/books/2026/j…

Teenage boys in UK ‘stuck’ reading primary-level books while girls’ tastes expand

Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series accounts for eight of the 10 most read books by 11- to 14-year-old boys, while girls the same age enjoy a wider range of authors and genres

theguardian.com
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Lots of great book choices from our annual book swap at our end of year team meeting in Galway. #LoveReading
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Wow! Fantastic reading stats from the students in @colchilmlib. Well done to all 👏👏👏 @AccReader @INOTEnews @KWETB
JCSP Library CCM@colchilmlibMay 15
The library was in a celebratory mood today as we rewarded a 1st Year English class with a well-deserved pizza party. The students broke our school's Accelerated Reader word count class record with an astonishing 96,000,000 words read during the year. @jcsplibraries @ccmwicklow
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Check out these great new #NonFiction titles just added to our #DigitalLibrary on Sora. Free membership for JCSP/DEIS schools - see jcsplibraries.com/jcsp-digit…
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School Libraries Group, LAI@SLG_LAIMay 14
Up now is Tara Mulhern representing Jigsaw & Neart, speaking on how school librarians can build connections, collections & corners to support their neurodiverse students. #neurodiversity #SLGconf26
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School Libraries Group, LAI@SLG_LAIMay 14
Our Autumn conference kicks off in The High School Rathgar. First up is Dr Margaret Flood of @MaynoothUni speaking on applying #UDL in the #SchoolLibrary setting.
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We had super creativity in the @Oide_JCSP library at lunchtime yesterday. Check out the Colosseum & the Eiffel Tower. 👀 🤩 @jcsplibraries @WWETBofficial @SLG_LAI @Oide_PPDEIS #schoollibraries #greatschoollibraries
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Bloomsday Festival
@bloomsdayfestApr 29
Bloomsday 2026 Young Authors Creative Writing Competition Write an imaginative story (fiction or creative non-fiction/poem) that explores the theme of “Finding Home” Full details on how to enter and prize details at museumofchildhood.ie/bloomsd…
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Great morning at our JCSP Libraries Academy Awards (JAFAs) in the beautiful #LightHouseD7. Well done to all the very creative student participants. #Creativity #FilmMaking #Wellbeing
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JCSP Library CCM@colchilmlibMay 8
It was a pleasure to welcome the storyteller, Niall de Burca, to our library to entertain the students at our annual JCSP summer celebrations. After telling his hilarious stories, Niall presented some of the students with prizes for their work. @jcsplibraries @ccmwicklow
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School Libraries Group, LAI@SLG_LAIMay 7
Our May conference on Supporting Neurodiversity in Schools & Libraries will be held on May 14 in The High School, Rathgar, Dublin. Guest speakers incl Tara Mulhern (Jigsaw) & Margaret Flood (Maynooth Uni). Full details and reg link at bit.ly/SLGconf26 Don't miss it!
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Check out our Top 20 #eBook, #Audiobook & #eMagazine titles in April. A total of 5,299 items were checked out to students in DEIS schools last month. JCSP Libraries - supporting literacy & learning in Irish schools #JCSPdigital #LoveReading #SchoolLibraries
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DEAR Ireland@dear_irelandApr 27
Brilliant photos @OMahonysBooks. Thank you for your support! #WeGotIrelandReading #DEARirl
OMahonys Booksellers@OMahonysBooksApr 27
Replying to @dear_ireland @museumofci @INOTEnews @poetryireland @IrishWriterNews @PublishingIRL @KidsBooksIrel
We loved participating in this year's #DropEverythingAndRead See all our photos and reel across our socials and #LetsGetIrelandReading
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