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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
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
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
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
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
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 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