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Supporting Australian book creators
By Laura Armstrong, Gus Gordon
Issue 92, Term 1 2015
ts. With your help, authors and book creators will receive compensation for income potentially lost as a result of copies of their book being held in school libraries. Feedback from participants The feedback from participants is valuable information to identify areas where we can improve our pro
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
11 /pubs/man ifest.htm The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) and UNESCO have . cooperated in presenting a concise manifesto on school libraries that should be read by Teacher Librarians. Content includes a mission statement, legislation, goals, staffing and management. SCIS 10
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
ring many fascinating aspects of Science, these links would reward further investigation by Science teachers or those with an interest in Science. School Libraries: Empowering Learning http://www.dse.nsw.edu.au/stand.cgi/staff/ F1.0/F1.8/index.htm Developed for Teacher Librarians in NSW stat
Bollards to you too: ASLA XVI Conference Report
By Nigel Paull, Wendy Smith, Kevin Gove
Issue 28, Term 1 1999
ck, both highlighted the ways in which libraries represent and are custodians of local and national culture. They touched on what this might mean for school libraries. Separate sessions by Keith Gove (Curriculum Corporation) and Ashley Freeman (Charles Sturt University) identified the centrality of
The Gold Coast campus of Griffith University and Ipswich City Council both answer the plea of schools...
By Heather Kelsall
Issue 12, Term 1 1995
an get action and lobbying should be directed through your state branch of ASLA or contact the national president Norma Jeffrey on (09) 2644100. ALIA School Libraries Section national president Anne Plowman (Fax: 02 5641083) is also prepared to look at the issue. From past Letters to the Editor ther
Letters to the Editor
By Dianne Lewis
Issue 11, Term 4 1994
a: ALIA Schools section, Resource Centre Teachers Association (an association of the South Australian Institute of Teachers) and the South Australian School Libraries Association. We meet as a joint committee to share ideas and lobby as one voice for teacher-librarians in South Australia. At the l
What's New
By Katrina Kolt
Issue 11, Term 4 1994
Herald Sun on CD-ROM The Herald Sun on CD-ROM is a valuable product for school libraries. It provides full text searching of the Herald Sun and Sunday Herald Sun, and is updated quarterly. At a time when the provision of current information is imperative, this CD-ROM certainly overcom
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 36, Term 1 2001
and the Arts' Educational Lending Right project. We launched a new product, the SCIS Authority Files, which has been received with much enthusiasm by school libraries. In November 2000, the Curriculum Corporation Board endorsed a strategic plan for SCIS for 2001-2002. We have three major goals The
ELR, or the super fund you have when you don’t have a super fund
By Nadia Wheatley
Issue 103, Term 4 2017
s a count of their total book holdings, and can be completed in just a few clicks. The survey creates a national estimate of holdings in Australian school libraries, which is then used to recompense registered book creators for having their work freely accessible in schools. Participation is highl
Genre wars
By Martin Gray
Issue 104, Term 1 2018
library has moved to sorting its fiction collection by genre and has reported a 20 per cent increase in borrowing. Naturally, this has interested the school libraries in town. I decided to run a poll to see whether making the change was worth it for our school. Twenty-six per cent of the 100 respo
A national celebration of storytime
By Brendan Eichholzer
Issue 105, Term 2 2018
rience of the day, but also reminds parents of the importance of reading to young minds, and contributes to creating healthy reading habits for life. School libraries are a crucial part of making NSS such a success, while exposing thousands of children to storytime activities. In 2018, NSS will brin
The library, the child, the book creator: ELR and its role in the story cycle
By Tania McCartney
Issue 107, Term 4 2018
nd publishers. Every year, SCIS works closely with the Department of Communications and the Arts to conduct a survey of book holdings in Australian school libraries. This is the ELR School Library Survey. The survey produces an estimate of book holdings in Australian schools, which, combined wit
SCIS is more
By Caroline Hartley
Issue 119, Term 4 2021
so welcome Jerrie Johnston as the SCIS Customer Service Team Leader. Jerrie comes to the SCIS team with a wealth of experience working in schools and school libraries, most recently as Library Technician, Language Support and Literacy Intervention Officer and previously as Library Assistant. Jerrie’
Supporting Australian book creators
By Nova Weetman
Issue 119, Term 4 2021
writing for younger readers and between publications, I make living visiting schools and running writing workshops and talks. These are often held in school libraries, surrounded by students who love books as much as I do. It’s a pretty special job. I’m still a member of a library. Three in fact.
The Ever-Rising Popularity of Graphic Novels
By Michael Jongen, Helen Kain
Issue 125, Term 2 2023
ive it a more prominent position and display with the library. Such expansions of graphic novel sections are not uncommon. Over the last ten years, school libraries have been focusing much more on their graphic novel collections. They have gained in popularity as schools and libraries have become
Using social media to support school library services
By Helen Stower, Margaret Donaghue
Issue 98, Term 3 2016
. Twitter has also become a great platform to alert teaching staff about news, events, and resources particular to their faculties. Another role of school libraries is to curate information for students. Traditionally, a teacher librarian may have set aside a trolley of books on a research topic o
Architecture of genre
By Les Kneebone
Issue 96, Term 1 2016
ional learning event in the last couple of years, there is a good chance you would have encountered the ‘genre’ presentation. 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,
Promoting literature to students
By Bob Docherty
Issue 94, Term 3 2015
ction', built my knowledge of literature, and I grew to realise that children and young adults needed to be told about all those wonderful stories. School libraries do a brilliant job but they are under increasing pressure to reduce staff and costs as electronic sources take precedence. Librarians
The fourth age of libraries
By Sean McMullen
Issue 92, Term 1 2015
eenth Century saw the next stage of the modern library commence. Education for the masses led to public libraries, mechanics institute libraries, and school libraries. Far more people could now read, and they all wanted books. Books began to be produced cheaply, on an industrial scale, and librarian
Leadership is not optional – it's a job requirement
By Hilda Weisburg
Issue 101, Term 2 2017
ferences and programs. There I learned the ‘language’ of our profession, meaning I could speak with authority and conviction about topics relating to school libraries and education. I moved out of my comfort zone. I started saying ‘yes’ when my brain was screaming ‘Are you crazy? You can’t do that