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Non-fiction: the elephant in the library
By Rebecca Tobler
Issue 107, Term 4 2018
Having recently completed my retraining as a teacher librarian, I have spent a great deal of time contemplating what to do with the non-fiction section. During my extensive research, I became increasingly frustrated that, as I’d initially discovered during the retraining, the only guidance was that
School library spotlight: Modbury High School
By Linda Guthrie
Issue 108, Term 1 2019
What is your job title, and what does your role entail? I am employed as a teacher librarian in a government secondary school with around 800 students. As a qualified teacher librarian, I really enjoy the range and scope of my role: teaching and learning, leadership, curriculum involvement, libra
Supporting multiple literacies through robotics clubs
By Chelsea Quake
Issue 110, Term 3 2019
ts will tend to prefer turning to each other to solve problems collaboratively. This is one of the things that makes robotics so appealing to me as a teacher librarian. Robotics has such an immense capacity to inspire inquiry-based learning, collaboration and knowledge-sharing between students. Rec
School library spotlight: Mercy College, Coburg
By Anne Girolami
Issue 118, TERM 3 2021
Melbourne approximately 10 km from the CBD. I am responsible for leading and managing the Information Centre. The library team comprises a 1.0 FTE teacher librarian position, shared between myself and another teacher who is studying to be a teacher librarian, and 2.0 FTE library technicians. T
Unique libraries: The School of St Jude in Tanzania
By Rebecca Hansford
Issue 119, Term 4 2021
o see what we’re doing and share their recommendations and expertise,’ Miss Judith says. Primary Library Mr Forehead is St Jude’s primary library teacher. He’s never met another Tanzanian with the same job. ‘It is not a common role,’ he laughs. ‘I don’t know any others.’ Mr Forehead has worke
(Re)Designing the library through school community participation
By Dr Hilary Hughes
Issue 111, Term 4 2019
xciting and sometimes daunting challenges. It can bring the whole school community together in a shared creative purpose. However, as one experienced teacher librarian commented: ‘It’s not enough to have a pretty building or space, it has to work as well’ (Bland, Hughes & Willis, 2013). Before deter
Read, respond, celebrate: engaging with the CBCA short list
By Josephine Laretive
Issue 102, Term 3 2017
ooks ensures students are given opportunities to ‘develop an informed appreciation of literature’ (ACARA). Engaging with the short list books enables teacher librarians to effectively apply the Australian School Library Association (ASLA) teacher librarian standards: Professional knowledge and promo
Filters in Scootle
By Daniel Hughes
Issue 96, Term 1 2016
your search by subject. For my World War I search, I am going to filter out all year levels other than years 9–10, as well as removing audio files, teacher resources, assessment resources, data sets, and text resources from the search. I will also use the ‘Learning area’ option to search by Histor
Get the best out of ABC Splash
By Leanne Robertson
Issue 93, Term 2 2015
Australian Curriculum there is something for almost any occasion. Splash provides a range of resources including video clips, games, collections and teacher resources in addition to a number of resources compatible with mobile devices. Among these are two new apps called 'Best of ABC Splash', one f
SCIS is more
By Dr Ben Chadwick
Issue 99, Term 4 2016
enough to attend the International Association for School Libraries (IASL) conference in Tokyo in late August. It was a unique experience to mix with teacher librarians globally, and with academics concerned with advocacy and advancement of school libraries. We also mingled with some wonderful new A
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 102, Term 3 2017
n, teaching tips, appropriate apps, projects, and current research. SCIS no. 1817209 Australian Ballet australianballet.com.au Students and teachers studying dance will discover an assortment of material on this wonderful website. The Education section includes curriculum-related resources
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 25, Term 2 1998
Electronic Resource Evaluations http://erep.qed.qId.gov.au/reviews/ webinqu3.dll? Coordinated by Education Queensland, this K-12 site provides teachers with evaluations of computer software and Internet sites. Bookmark Tutorial -Evaluating Resources http://Iibrary.berkeley.edu :8000/bkmk/
Cataloguing News
By Anne Dowling
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
mpiled, incorporating all the feedback from each stage of the consultation process. Because of the wide consultation with the Aboriginal community, Teacher Librarians from the North Coast of New South Wales, the State agencies and the Aboriginal Education officers, the list is now in a vocabulary
Welcome to 1999
By Kevin Gove
Issue 28, Term 1 1999
erence (see reports on page 1 and below). We are pleased to offer several new products (barcode scanners and modems: see details on page 3) to assist Teacher Librarians. We hope that we can help make your transition to the forthcoming millennium as painless as possible.
What's New?
By Nigel Paull
Issue 28, Term 1 1999
ation itself and the needs of schools change. (Publication not yet available for purchase.) Computers, Research and Students: A Survival Kit for Teachers and Parents This is a professional development package written by Karen Visser and Jill Johnson and published by Australian School Library
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 26, Term 3 1998
e comprehensive, this site contains tips and guides of an advanced nature. Resource Focus http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/centoff/cmis/ rf2.htm All Teacher Librarians should bookmark this site and refer to it regularly. It contains resource reviews by the Curriculum Materials Information Services
Servicing at a Distance
By Heather Kelsall
Issue 22, Term 3 1997
er students. Margaret's day starts with a check of her schedule lessons on-air for the day. At around 9.30 she starts issuing the books selected by teachers and students for mailing the following day. The mail-out day each week includes resources for assignment/ project activities, extension mater
Campus Network at Ferny Grove
By Beryl Ashby
Issue 19, Term 4 1996
tic support from Principal Ralph Took and Deputy Principal Pam Coughlin, the HOD Information Technology, Ken Capps together with a small committee of teachers and a parent representative, has developed a three-stage Campus Network Plan. This direction will eventually see the whole school linked to t
News from Curriculum Corporation
By Lance Deveson
Issue 19, Term 4 1996
iculum Corporation in the form of a package of information addressed to the Principal, inside of which there was a separate envelope addressed to the Teacher-Librarian. This envelope contained the 1997 SCIS Subscription Form, SCIS Database Products Order Form and the previous edition of Connections.
SCIS and its continued success
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 17, Term 2 1996
e SCIS standards teleconferences. The Department has an ongoing commitment to the SCIS national database and SCIS services and products. Queensland teacher-librarians and teachers-in-charge of resource centres are encouraged to utilise SCIS and thus take advantage of the national standards of cata