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School Library Spotlight: Xavier College, Burke Hall

By Fiona O'Rourke

Issue 119, Term 4 2021

It highlights another important role that libraries play – helping to maintaining the wellbeing of our students. 4. How do you promote reading and literacy in your school? Are there any challenges in doing so? It is exciting to see that my new school wants to continuously reflect and improve. 

Australian Children’s Laureate 2024–25: Sally Rippin

By Interview article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 129, Term 2 2024

udent-to-adult ratio. They need more support in the classroom to be able to give children the individual attention they need. That support might be literacy experts, it might be mental health support, potentially. I know of one school who had engaged a social worker. There might be all kinds of co

Teacher librarian leadership and generative AI: An opportunity for leading innovation

By Matthew Boggon

Issue 130, Term 3, 2024

ndicating that developing these research skills using generative AI acts as skill development in the same way that research skill lessons and digital literacy programs often taught or supported by teacher librarians are. This is an extension of the work many teacher librarians are already successful

School Library Spotlight: Ellerslie School, NZ

Issue 132, Term 1, 2025

enefits the kids and their families. It’s rewarding to know that books, even as they age, can still go to good use. How do you promote reading and literacy at your school, and are there any challenges in doing so? With our newest, youngest students, the goal is simply getting them engaged with r

School library spotlight: Christian College Geelong

By Article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 133, Term 2, 2025

lar that we realised we needed to do something similar every year, starting earlier and making even more. The proceeds were donated to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. There are activities every day of the week to enhance our students’ learning and the ultimate goal of Reconciliation. We are al

SCIS interviews ASLA School Library Professional of the Year Award winner - Claire Elliott

By Article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 134, Term 3, 2025

, what would it be? I’d like to see a stronger connection made between having a qualified teacher librarian and the impact that can have on student literacy. Libraries aren’t just about books, they’re about expertise, resources, and supporting both students and teachers to foster a genuine love of

How Monmia Primary School refurbished its library

By Article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 136, Term 1, 2026

the decision to refurbish the library, and what were the key issues or limitations you hoped the refurbishment would address? My background is in literacy, so when I arrived at Monmia as Assistant Principal I could not walk past what we called “the library” without cringing. It was a 25 year o

The professional learning hat

By Barbara Braxton

Issue 97, Term 2 2016

is to enable our students to become lifelong learners. By teaching students, staff and other members of the school community about the information literacy process , we provide them with a scaffold that they can use in any area. This allows them to find what they need to know, whether it is solvi

(Re)Designing the library through school community participation

By Dr Hilary Hughes

Issue 111, Term 4 2019

arians in contemporary education. From an educational perspective, a participatory designing process supports the development of spatial awareness, literacy and numeracy. For students, it offers rich opportunities for inquiry and problem-solving, with particular applicability to Design and Technol

School library spotlight: Yarra Valley Grammar

By Dr Mark Merry, Miriam Meehan

Issue 112, Term 1 2020

ents in different modes helps us to forge relationships and create learning environments that suit our users’ needs. How do you promote reading and literacy in your school? Are there any challenges in doing so? I get to work with all of our Year 7s and 8s, and some of our Year 9s, through our re

The art of inclusive storytelling with Lili Wilkinson and Campbell Whyte

By Lili Wilkinson, Campbell Whyte

Issue 138, Term 3, 2026

be mistaken for simplicity. ‘I think definitely in the West, we historically have always treated images in literature as sort of a training wheel for literacy, where, as you get older, you require the training wheels of imagery less and less until finally we reach literature’s “final form”, which is