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Supporting Australian book creators
By Alison Lester
Issue 110, Term 3 2019
I love school libraries and it makes me feel sad and angry when I hear about schools closing their libraries. The library should be the engine room of every school, a place where students and teachers can go and be expertly steered to the information they need. And, this information might be digi
ELR: big win for Aussie authors
By Amanda Shay
Issue 126, Term 3 2023
Have you ever thought about how lucky Australian school children are to have to access Australian-made content in their school libraries? One copy of an Australian-made book may have been purchased for your school library and can now be borrowed hundreds of times. Yet, the author was only paid
Supporting Australian book creators
By Daniel Hughes
Issue 114, Term 3 2020
ross Australia. These payments compensate them for income potentially lost as a result of their books being available for loan in educational lending libraries. As numerous Australian authors and illustrators have attested, ELR enables them to continue doing what they do best — creating great books!
Supporting Australian book creators
By Ruilin Shi (with thanks to Jeannie Baker)
Issue 111, Term 4 2019
stralian book creators, including Jeannie Baker, lose income through the free multiple use of their work in Australian public and educational lending libraries. That is why the two Australian Lending Right Schemes (ELR and PLR) are so important to all of them. The Educational Lending Right (ELR) s
ELR interview with Kim Brunoro
By Education Services Australia
Issue 123, Term 4 2022
y provides up-to-date library data that ensures Australian creators and publishers can receive compensation for the free use of their books in school libraries. Why is it important for school library staff to participate in ELR if they’re invited? School library staff are in an important position
Supporting Australian book creators
By Sally Rippin
Issue 115, Term 4 2020
ces, so most of the time they were packed away in storage or wistfully handed down to a family friend. Sometimes we lived in countries where public libraries stocked few books in English or we knew we wouldn’t be there long enough to bother getting library cards. This is where I would rely on scho
ELR Interview with Alice Pung
By Article by Education Services Australia
Issue 124, Term 1 2023
Alice Pung is one of Australia’s most-loved writers; her books appear in libraries around Australia. Alice’s first novel, the prize-winning Laurinda, was recently adapted for the stage and presented by the Melbourne Theatre Company. Alice spoke to Connections about libraries, Laurinda, her most r
The story of Story Store
By Joanna Baynes
Issue 127, Term 4 2023
Joanna Baynes began her library career while still a student at school, then moved on to public libraries, before finding her dream job at King’s School, working with and for boys aged between 4 and 13 years. I loved my 35 years at King’s. Life was always busy and challenging, but in the back of
Australian Children’s Laureate 2024–25: Sally Rippin
By Interview article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 129, Term 2 2024
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 libraries and
The Great Aussie Book Count 2021-22
By Michelle Harvey
Issue 121, Term 2 2022
This up-to-date library book count data ensures Australian creators and publishers can receive compensation for the free use of their books in school libraries through the Australian Government’s ELR program. Five minutes is all it takes! And don’t let the name fool you: ELR is not your typical ‘s
Get ready to count …
By Article by Education Services Australia (ESA)
Issue 134, Term 3, 2025
llects up-to-date library book count data to ensure Australian creators and publishers receive compensation for the free use of their books in school libraries. Education Services Australia (ESA) assists the government by collecting this data from Australian schools. …the more you support authors t
The future is bright
By Authored by Future You and SCIS
Issue 121, Term 2 2022
ills like never before. How can schools foster a greater understanding of the possibilities of working in STEM for girls, and what role can school libraries play in that education? As part of a two-part special on primary schools and STEM, Connections spoke with astrophysicist and author Professo
SCIS is more
By Anthony Shaw
Issue 134, Term 3, 2025
ddressing this. It will be interesting to see if he and the department are open to funding training for school library staff and ensuring that school libraries in South Australian government schools have trained library staff. As well as a wonderful opening address the conference included engaging
SCIS is more
By Anthony Shaw
Issue 125, Term 2 2023
ts (ELR) survey each year? ELR is a great way of ensuring that Australian creators are rewarded for their efforts from books which are held in school libraries. Each year ESA works with the Office of the Arts to ensure that they have accurate data to base the ELR payments on. Thank you to those sc
School library spotlight: Toowoomba State High School
By Lorraine Petersen
Issue 113, Term 2 2020
Are there any current issues facing your library? How are you working to overcome these? Traditionally, the biggest challenge that Textbook Hire libraries face is maintaining sufficient numbers of identical textbooks in the collection, in spite of frequent book damage and loss. This issue has b
Using the Medium blogging platform to teach critical and digital literacies in art
By Tania Sheko
Issue 110, Term 3 2019
ems art can help you if you’re studying to become a doctor’ . Projects such as this one have me thinking about the issue of staffing in some school libraries. Even with well-staffed libraries, teacher librarians might not have the opportunity to explore and experiment. Some of my most valuable exp
Windows and mirrors: Visibility and representation in Australian LGBTQIA+ YA fiction
By Nell Day
Issue 113, Term 2 2020
nating panel discussion among Australian authors Alison Evans , Jordi Kerr and Jessica Walton . We reflected on the authors’ own experiences of libraries as queer-identified young people, and discussed LGBTQIA+ writing in current Australian young adult (YA) fiction. Alison Evans recalled the
School library spotlight: Trinity Grammar School, Sydney
By Courtney Nolan, Stefanie Gaspari
Issue 116, Term 1 2021
iver innovative library services and promote a positive reading culture at Trinity Grammar School, Sydney. The role has strategic oversight for three libraries – the Arthur Holt Library at our Senior School, the Junior School Library and the Preparatory School Library. Having Courtney to manage the
School Library Spotlight: Xavier College, Burke Hall
By Fiona O'Rourke
Issue 119, Term 4 2021
e. I was particularly struck by this comment: ‘I am not a great reader but the library makes me feel safe.’ 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 chal
Looking for silver linings: Educating about privacy and security in our increasingly online world
By Dr Kay Oddone
Issue 114, Term 3 2020
ve, and future-focused pedagogies. However, increasing use of technologies is accompanied by increasing digital security risks. We who work in school libraries, are challenged to fulfil our role as leaders of digital and critical literacies, to ensure that as new technology continues to be introduce