Learning Commons at the CBE
Today’s learners cannot imagine life without the internet and supporting technology. The concept of the traditional library is changing to include technology, online tools and spaces for collaboration and exploration.
School Literary Materials Selection
Related to Ministerial Order (#034/2025), Standards for the Selection, Availability, and Access of School Library Materials, CBE has published an administrative regulation AR3051: School Literary Materials Selection. Families and community members can request a review or reconsideration of a literary resource in a school's learning commons by completing the School Library Materials Reconsideration Challenge Request through their local school.
CBE also has an eLibrary online tool available to families, students and staff, which is an online catalogue for all CBE school libraries with detailed information on books, DVD’s and other resources that are available to borrow.
Additionally, parents and legal guardians are welcome to review classroom library collections by contacting your child's school.
Our Learning Commons
Is the hub for our school learning community. It is for available to all students and is for research, reading and quiet study.
Hours
The Learning Commons is open during school hours. Ms. Hunt is available to support teachers and students during office hours on Monday and Wednesday. When Ms. Hunt is not available the Learning Commons is open for focused independent studying time.
Technology
Students have access to computers inside of our Learning Commons. Please see Ms. Hunt if you want to use these without your teacher present.
Borrowing Rules
You need to have your student card or student ID number to check out items from the library.
Students are assigned textbooks in September. Library books may be borrowed. Their loss, however, affects the school’s ability to provide programming to students. Please take good care of them, as you will be assessed costs for any damage or loss.
About Learning Commons
A learning commons is a whole school approach to building a participatory learning community. The library learning commons is the physical and virtual collaborative learning hub of the school. It is designed to engineer and drive future-oriented learning and teaching throughout the entire school.
Why Have a Learning Commons?
To facilitate “learning centered” focused work. We need a flexible space to collaborate, personalize, innovate, share and create. The Learning Commons is the hub.
Calgary Public Library (CPL) Partnership
CPL has a wonderful e-resource selection for research and it is available for free to us by logging in with your Calgary Public Library card to the CPL.