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Empowering school library staff to navigate the AI frontier
By Dr Kay Oddone
Issue 126, Term 3 2023
2022). AI for School Teachers . CRC Press. Nayyer, K., & Rodriguez, M. (2022). Ethical implications of implicit bias in AI: Impact for academic libraries. In S. Hervieux & A. Wheatley (Eds.), The rise of AI: Implications and applications of artificial ontelligence in academic libraries (pp.
Working together: collaboration between libraries and bookstores
By Kristen Proud
Issue 112, Term 1 2020
My partner Lucky and I opened Squishy Minnie, a specialist childrens and young adults (YA) bookstore, just over two years ago in Kyneton, a small regional town in Victoria. Our main aim was to increase the access local children and young people had to quality literature and to literary events. Pr
School Library Spotlight: New Zealand School Library Collection Recovery Initiative
By Article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS). Thanks to Lewis Brown and the National Library Services to Schools team for their participation.
Issue 130, Term 3, 2024
hiti, Hawke’s Bay, Bay of Plenty and Tararua. The resulting floods caused widespread damage, significantly impacting schools and, by extension, their libraries. To understand the extent of the damage and the subsequent recovery efforts for New Zealand school libraries, we spoke with Lewis Brown, the
School Library Spotlight: St Stephen's School
By Lise Legg
Issue 120, Term 1 2022
1. What is your job title and what does your role entail? My job title is Head of Libraries at St Stephen’s School, which is an independent, co-educational Uniting Church school from Pre-kindergarten to Year 12. The school was established at the Duncraig Campus in 1984 and the Carramar Campus in
40 years of SCIS
By Article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 131, Term 4, 2024
uthority Files. As SCIS reaches its 40th anniversary, the milestone offers us a chance to reflect on why cataloguing support is so vital for school libraries. And, how the innovations SCIS has pioneered have had enduring benefits for schools around the world. To explore this, we have spoken to two
Leigh Hobbs on the invaluable, irreplaceable school library
By Nicole Richardson
Issue 106, Term 3 2018
and transformational power of reading and creativity for young people. During Leigh’s two years as laureate, he passionately campaigned for school libraries and school librarians, as well as the need for young people to engage in creative participation. His campaign for school libraries was drive
School library spotlight: Yarra Valley Grammar
By Dr Mark Merry, Miriam Meehan
Issue 112, Term 1 2020
us about the new Yarra Valley Grammar Research Centre and why the school has invested in it? There was a reasonably shallow view at one stage that libraries were going to go out of fashion because everyone could sit at home and do their research online. That misses the point. Libraries aren’t jus
Navigating the information landscape through collaboration
By Elizabeth Hutchinson
Issue 101, Term 2 2017
School libraries and school library professionals have a huge role to play in supporting teaching and learning within a school. I often hear visiting authors comment on being able to identify a good school by how well the library is used. School librarian Caroline Roche penned the phrase ‘heart of
School library spotlight: Val Wardley
By Val Wardley
Issue 122, Term 3 2022
h in Katherine in the Northern Territory. I have lived and worked in the Northern Territory since 1997, and have spent most of this time working in libraries in some capacity. I have seen many changes in libraries over this time, from Command Line Library Systems and HyperCards, through to SQL and
AI Leadership Framework: Advancing Australian school library professionals’ AI literacy and leadership competence
Issue 132, Term 1, 2025
education during the digital era. Advance Knowledge for Executives , 1 (1), 1-9. https://ssrn.com/abstract=4160798 Merga, M. K. (2022). School libraries supporting literacy and wellbeing . Facet Publishing. Oddone, K., Garrison, K., & Gagen-Spriggs, K. (2024). Navigating generative AI: The
SCIS is more
By Anthony Shaw
Issue 131, Term 4, 2024
priate subject headings, descriptive cataloguing and presentation of data. To continue the important work that our cataloguers do we asked all school libraries in Aotearoa New Zealand to provide their thoughts about the value of Ngā Upoko Tukutuku subject headings in catalogue records. In Connection
SCIS is more
By Anthony Shaw
Issue 129, Term 2 2024
at you like about our services; what improvements we can make to our products, services and communications; and better understand the needs of school libraries. It’s also a great way for us to ensure that our development and product enhancement plans are in line with what you, our customers, are nee
Working with pupil library assistants in primary schools
By Lucy Chambers
Issue 107, Term 4 2018
nd confidence, and feel empowered may gain an improved attitude toward education. Each year, the UK School Library Association and CILIP School Libraries Group run a national competition for secondary schools called the Pupil Library Assistant of the Year Award. A nominee acknowledged the mutu
Supporting multiple literacies through robotics clubs
By Chelsea Quake
Issue 110, Term 3 2019
School libraries have long had a natural affinity with English and humanities departments. This is understandable, given school library professionals’ long-standing involvement in literacy support and advocacy, and the traditional assumption that literacy belongs to these subjects. However, the rec
Teacher librarian leadership and generative AI: An opportunity for leading innovation
By Matthew Boggon
Issue 130, Term 3, 2024
eb 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 of inf
School library spotlight: University High School, Melbourne
By Stephanie Ward
Issue 123, Term 4 2022
bounce ideas off one another as it creates a sense of community and growing something and setting goals together which I can appreciate that not all libraries get the opportunity to have. My role can be more administrative than some of the other teacher librarians on my team. I’m responsible for
Metadata to enhance diversity, connection and belonging
By Catherine Barnes
Issue 123, Term 4 2022
School libraries are dynamic, innovative and exciting places, but they are also a place for diversity, connection and belonging. Ben Chadwick (2020) explains: ‘Some things are fundamental to providing a library service. Of course, you need a decent collection of resources, but you also need to sup
School library spotlight: The King's School Senior Library
By The King's School Library team
Issue 127, Term 4 2023
s, one librarian and one library assistant. The library team is overseen by the Dean of Digital Learning and Innovation, who is responsible for three libraries across the King’s Schools’ campuses. In the Senior School, the teacher librarians’ role involves teaching wide reading lessons and promoti
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