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School library spotlight: Newtown public school
By Lucy White
Issue 121, Term 2 2022
uable and saves a huge amount of time. What would you like to see SCIS do more of? I would love to see more School Library Spotlights on primary school libraries.
ELR Interview with Alice Pung
By Article by Education Services Australia
Issue 124, Term 1 2023
part of a process that determines how much compensation authors and publishers receive for revenue lost because their books are available for free in school libraries. How important are ELR payments to Australian authors? I’m so glad you asked that question because a number of years ago I was actua
Reading Australia
By Josephine Johnston
Issue 128, Term 1 2024
read more Australian books. This is where Reading Australia ( readingaustralia.com.au ) can help. We’re an online portal that provides teachers and school libraries with freely available resources for Australian books. We’re delighted to partner with Education Services Australia, the not-for-profi
Inside SCIS: News and info to support your library work
By Anthony Shaw
Issue 135, Term 4, 2025
nurturing warmth upon it to sustain the beautifully bright yellow flowers into the inevitable spring. As Term 3 turns into Term 4, I hope everyone in school libraries experiences a similar moment where they see the beauty of their work and how it supports students to blossom and learn. Welcome to
Addressing reconciliation in a school setting
By Jan Poona
Issue 94, Term 3 2015
299.9215. And that's a win for reconciliation! Teacher librarians, SCIS, and reconciliation Dreaming stories are purchased in their thousands by school libraries and used with school children as part of the curriculum. However, few teacher librarians would do their own cataloguing. Instead, the
Library catalogues and the World Wide Web: it takes two to tango
By Nicole Richardson
Issue 101, Term 2 2017
s, it’s also an ideal selection aid that can eliminate another step in your selection process, and point you in the direction of resources that other school libraries are using. While these services can be supplied by external platforms, library management systems (LMSs) can include features such a
Emily Rodda on treasured stories
By Nicole Richardson
Issue 108, Term 1 2019
his”. It’s all about putting the right book into the hands of the person who is going to love it — and having the knowledge to be able to do that.’ School libraries as saviours ‘Stories should be at the absolute centre of any education,’ Emily says. It is for this reason that she has been dishea
SCIS interviews Teacher Librarian Award winner Megan Daley
By Megan Daley
Issue 126, Term 3 2023
of my teenage years watching her do her teacher librarian degree, and then doing kind of unofficial work experience or volunteering as a child in her school libraries. When I was at uni, I would do her Book Week displays with her and I would download SCIS records for her – SCIS has actually always b
Australian Children’s Laureate 2024–25: Sally Rippin
By Interview article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 129, Term 2 2024
xciting that this might prompt an overhaul in our education system and hopefully mean that all children will get the teaching they need. With some school libraries experiencing budget and staffing reductions in 2024, as well as some being dissolved into classroom libraries, do you believe librari
Teacher librarian leadership and generative AI: An opportunity for leading innovation
By Matthew Boggon
Issue 130, Term 3, 2024
ly to Web 2.0, and is therefore worthy of providing statewide support to develop teachers’ AI skillsets. The implications for this AI revolution on school libraries and teacher librarians are extensive. These implications, succinctly discussed by Oddone (2023), confront issues such as the accuracy
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
d to offer to support that. It’s been incredibly valuable for my professional and personal growth. Finally, if you could change one thing about how school libraries are understood or supported in education, what would it be? I’d like to see a stronger connection made between having a qualified t
Stories make us: in conversation with Morris Gleitzman
By Nicole Richardson
Issue 105, Term 2 2018
doors to new experiences Morris Gleitzman’s predecessor Leigh Hobbs spent a large portion of his laureateship campaigning for school librarians and school libraries, especially in response to their diminishing roles in some schools. Morris also understands the important role that school library st
Creating a collection with SCIS
By Claire McLennan
Issue 135, Term 4, 2025
e students with a cognitive disability (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, 2024). To meet these needs, it is essential that school libraries provide access to books that mirror the diversity of their school community and build empathy. Teacher librarians need to consider