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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
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
SCIS is more
By Caroline Hartley
Issue 119, Term 4 2021
We also welcome Jerrie as our new 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’
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
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
bsites for library staff. Contributions are encouraged as we would like to provide comprehensive information on our website that is beneficial to all school libraries. 5. Subscriptions 2001 Due to requests from library staff we are making arrangements for SCIS subscriptions for the year 2001 to
Venturing Out on the NSW Board of Studies Website
By Louise Bidenko
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
and reviews of their latest and most pertinent material. Another source, which seemed important to include, was the existing resources available in school libraries and storerooms around the state. With the absence of a syllabus for many years decisions concerned with resourcing HSIE K-6 have been
Reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 27, Term 4 1998
have the opportunity to hear Jamie McKenzie during his recent visit to Australia should seek out this thought provoking article. It discusses the way school libraries may develop over the next decade and the accompanying role of Teacher Librarians. McKenzie states that the best case scenario would s
Facing the 21st Century: The First International Conference of Jewish Pedagogic Centers
By Dianne Lewis
Issue 9, Term 2 1994
rary was obviously a popular place for students throughout the school day. Despite its limited resources, this library was philosophically similar to school libraries in Australia, UK and North America. The Pelech school, regarded as having an innovative religious curriculum for girls, was housed
Content is King, but Content Management Rules
By Colin Bell
Issue 35, Term 4 2000
on Services, Margaret Paten said the system allows for the management of a 'hybrid library' (see 'The Great Divide? Physical and Digital Resources in School Libraries', Connections Issue 34, p 1 ), in which resources are varied and increasingly online. She said it operates on several different level
Book launches: connecting schools, students and local authors
By Jenna Hildebrand
Issue 109, Term 2 2019
Reading culture As school library staff, we strive every day to establish libraries and resource centres as places that support our students’ reading and information literacy. In our relentless quest to promote reading for pleasure, one major challenge is the structured class context. We need
Two sides of children’s literature: gatekeeper and creator
By Karys McEwen
Issue 121, Term 2 2022
y sparked the idea for All the little tricky things, and that my book will be ‘just right’ for at least some of the kids who discover it in their own school libraries, or have it handed to them by their passionate, intuitive school librarians.
School library spotlight: Newtown public school
By Lucy White
Issue 121, Term 2 2022
uable and saves a huge amount of time. What would you like to see SCIS do more of? I would love to see more School Library Spotlights on primary school libraries.
ELR Interview with Alice Pung
By Article by Education Services Australia
Issue 124, Term 1 2023
part of a process that determines how much compensation authors and publishers receive for revenue lost because their books are available for free in school libraries. How important are ELR payments to Australian authors? I’m so glad you asked that question because a number of years ago I was actua
Reading Australia
By Josephine Johnston
Issue 128, Term 1 2024
read more Australian books. This is where Reading Australia ( readingaustralia.com.au ) can help. We’re an online portal that provides teachers and school libraries with freely available resources for Australian books. We’re delighted to partner with Education Services Australia, the not-for-profi