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Supporting Australian book creators
By Ruilin Shi (with thanks to Jeannie Baker)
Issue 111, Term 4 2019
ng her to a path of book creation. As a young child, Jeannie well remembers ‘the sense of comfort and excitement of listening to her mother’s voice reading a story from a library book before falling asleep’. Her father worked hard to make ends meet. They did not have the money to spare on buying b
Increase your digital resources for free with the SCIS Collections
By Renate Beilharz
Issue 129, Term 2 2024
is a curated selection of some of the 70,000 free ebooks provided by Project Gutenberg online, most of which are classic titles outside copyright Reading Australia These collections include work units created by teachers for teachers. The different work units introduce classrooms to a select
Putting the ALIA Code of Ethics into practice in school libraries
By Jacqui Lucas
Issue 134, Term 3, 2025
r actively sought out resources to support a specific student’s interest or identity? Or discussed copyright issues with a colleague? Do you champion reading for enjoyment? Perhaps you’ve taken action to ensure that student and staff information is protected on your library management system or crea
The end of an era
By Michelle Harvey
Issue 93, Term 2 2015
2004, our list had increased to include distribution partners for a range of national and international publishers such as: Stenhouse, International Reading Association, Australian Children's Television Foundation, Hawker Brownlow Education, and Pembroke Publishers, to name a few. We were also able
It’s time: let’s improve schools' perceptions of teacher librarians
By Bev Novak
Issue 99, Term 4 2016
in the classroom, teachers act as role models on how best to utilise the skills of teacher librarians. The core ‘business’ of teacher librarians is reading and literacy. Locating the right book at the right time for an individual child or teacher is a skill that should be highly valued and utilise
Library catalogues and the World Wide Web: it takes two to tango
By Nicole Richardson
Issue 101, Term 2 2017
rvices can be supplied by external platforms, library management systems (LMSs) can include features such as user-generated reviews, user tagging and reading lists, making the catalogue a rich, single location. User-generated content Welcoming the collaborative nature of Web 2.0 into the catalog
Internetting Corner
By Heather Kelsall
Issue 23, Term 4 1997
f Sydney has developed this site against tobacco. http://www.geocities.com/-spanoudilpoems More than 3000 poems written by 434 poets: well worth reading! http://www.poems.com An online anthology with at least one new poem added daily. http:www.scifi.com/sfw/ Reviews of new and classic
Have You Read This?
By Heather Kelsall
Issue 20, Term 1 1997
r 1996, No.59. Insite Vol.18 Issue 2, February 1997 features informative reports from State and Federal parliamentary libraries and is worth reading from cover to cover! Nick Bannenburg , Queensland Parliamentary Librarian maintains that with the ever-increasing involvement of government i
Internetting Corner
By Heather Kelsall
Issue 19, Term 4 1996
This business headlines service from Yahoo is a direct feed from Reuters. http://sunsite.unc.edu/ipa/index.html Poetry on-line, with three poets reading from their own work: Milosz, Heaney & Levine. http://ucunix.uc.edu/- edavis.kids-list/crafts.html A collection of practical craft activitie
News from the Information Program Continued
By Barbara Burr
Issue 10, Term 3 1994
ach the limits of frustration, try these three possibilities which may account for a number of those 'missing' items. 1. Frame Index (or grids) Reading from the frame or grid index at the bottom right hand side of each sheet it may seem that, alphabetically, the item is not there. However, thi
What's New
By Heather Kelsall
Issue 21, Term 2 1997
ead sentence beside the date. To produce the full article clients simply click on the headline. As newspaper text is generally recognised as having a reading age of 12+, this database is useful for providing information suitable for all levels of secondary students and covers most areas of the curri
Ten easy tips to be a library rockstar
By Gwyneth Jones
Issue 109, Term 2 2019
dventure! 5. Be mission-driven Consider writing a mission statement. Think about what matters to you. Is your library program focused on lifelong reading and literacy, creativity, constructivist learning, the maker movement? Is it future-ready, brain-centred, participatory, transparent, positive
Windows and mirrors: Visibility and representation in Australian LGBTQIA+ YA fiction
By Nell Day
Issue 113, Term 2 2020
bled mum … two mums, … a donor, … a transgender grandmother, and yet ... there are so many people who are not in the picture books that most kids are reading. And I know from personal experience that when you don’t see yourself in books, it’s damaging … It’s not just about what people are saying … i
SCIS interviews Teacher Librarian Award winner Megan Daley
By Megan Daley
Issue 126, Term 3 2023
mean by that? It's very difficult to collect data on the value of what a teacher librarian does, in terms of inspiring a love of recreational reading and supporting classroom teachers to teach information fluency. Much of what we do as teacher librarians is not necessarily seen by parents
A world of online distraction
By Resource Centre Manager
Issue 91, Term 4 2014
information overload, libraries have never been more important. Teaching information and digital literacies, and promoting and encouraging a love of reading are vital for the success of our students. In seeking balance it is important to model appropriate use of technology. Reading promotion prog
A Good Lesson To Learn: New Systematic Synthetic Phonics Lesson Packs For F–2
Issue 132, Term 1, 2025
sts for Australian classrooms. They save teachers time by supporting students to review already learnt content, build phonemic awareness, and develop reading, spelling, and handwriting skills—all in one lesson. Each pack is aligned with the Literacy Hub phonics progression and consistent with the
Adding to the local evidence base: developing and implementing a study on classroom teacher and teacher librarian collaboration
By Vicki Bennett
Issue 133, Term 2, 2025
pth of content I was able to effectively teach, as well as the time I had available to support students to learn how to select books they might enjoy reading and borrowing. It is important for students to be able to know how to select books and to know what they enjoy reading given that ‘reading for
Architecture of genre
By Les Kneebone
Issue 96, Term 1 2016
tion. Genre is a hot topic in school libraries, and who doesn’t like to hear the good news stories we often hear in these presentations? Children are reading because they want to, and it is now easier to find books they like in the library. Out-dated non-fiction collections are being weeded as libra
Historical fiction in the classroom: reflecting on Our Australian Girl and Do You Dare?
By Jane Goodwin
Issue 91, Term 4 2014
18 month period of their life. The series is aimed at 7–12 year olds, with the 'sweet spot' being years 3–5. Each book is 136 pages in length, with a reading level of 30+. Do You Dare? is a fiction series for boys featuring stand-alone novels that are set in different eras in Australian history
The challenge of implementing change
By Angela Platt
Issue 103, Term 4 2017
lt at the time. They did fit, but only by inches.) This school library, fitted with open-seating for around 40 pupils, and 13 soft brown chairs for reading, was created to provide an aura of academic rigour and quiet reading. When I arrived, the only computers in this library were the one at the l