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The Great Aussie Book Count 2021-22
By Michelle Harvey
Issue 121, Term 2 2022
LR surveys in previous years. From the feedback received, we learnt that 26% of those running the ELR Survey identified as library officers, 18% as teacher librarians and 16% as library technicians. Others included librarians, school administrative staff, heads of library services and IT staff: so
Increase your digital resources for free with the SCIS Collections
By Renate Beilharz
Issue 129, Term 2 2024
ions magazine includes a regular segment called ‘Websites and app reviews’, in which free educational apps and websites are recommended to schools by teacher librarian Nigel Paull. Each term there is a new list, and current or past lists can be downloaded through our collections page. e-Books Th
Using social media to support school library services
By Helen Stower, Margaret Donaghue
Issue 98, Term 3 2016
ositioned ourselves as learners. We realised we had to participate in social media to understand how it worked, and how it might benefit students and teachers (Valenza 2014). At that time, our vision was to connect our learners with the skills, tools, and information they needed to live and work i
Tinkering, making and building in the school library
By Jackie Child
Issue 102, Term 3 2017
ike the Fuzz Family who land on Smeeborg and need help navigating the technomazes. Coding is being referred to as the 21st-century literacy and, as teacher librarians, literacy is our passion and expertise. At St Aidan’s we have been running a Robotics and Coding Club within our makerspace for the
What’s New
By Dianne Lewis
Issue 8, Term 4 1993
s programmes, to enable students to develop skills necessary to access information in its broadest sense. The first of the four related domains is teachers and teaching , which incorporates the notion of teacher-6 librarian as facilitator of access to information for curriculum purposes by teache
School libraries enhancing student wellbeing
By Jackie Child
Issue 105, Term 2 2018
encouraged. By providing regular library lessons and being open during, before and after school, we give students access to an incredible space where teacher librarians and other school library professionals are at their aid. Teacher librarians and classroom teachers prepare lessons for students in
School library spotlight: Ocean Reef Senior High School
By Sarah Betteridge
Issue 109, Term 2 2019
What is your job title and what does your role entail? I am a qualified teacher librarian, employed as the school librarian at Ocean Reef Senior High School, which is a years 7–12 government co-educational school, with approximately 1,200 students. My role includes supervising the day-to-day ru
Fathers reading week: a case study for the Great School Libraries campaign
By Lucy Chambers, BAHons; DipLib; MSc; MCLIP
Issue 115, Term 4 2020
vents were: Film night. Seventy children attended. Playground display. Around 30 families and many fathers attended. Fathers sharing stories. Teachers were very pleased with attendance at the fathers’ drop-in storytelling, particularly in EY. Fathers with no spoken English shared stories in
Australian Children’s Laureate 2024–25: Sally Rippin
By Interview article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 129, Term 2 2024
with things in the world. But he wasn’t able to pass Year 12 because he wasn’t able to write an essay on Shakespeare. In what ways do you believe teachers can be equipped to better support neurodivergent students, particularly when it comes to reading and engaging with stories? A message that
A world of online distraction
By Resource Centre Manager
Issue 91, Term 4 2014
on by discouraging students from using their own memories.' There was also fear when textbooks began to be published in the 1800s. Many believed that teachers would no longer be needed, that the texts would contain all of the information that students needed to learn (Laster, 2013). Finding a Bala
On-Line Services for School Libraries
By Lance Deveson, Beverly Pianta
Issue 2, Term 2 1992
On-line - What is it? An on-line service will allow you, your teachers and students to connect via personal computer and telephone line to the world. For moderate charges you can access newspaper databases and download full-text articles, or access bibliographic databases. What are the hardware
Teaching Australian Cinema with Rabbit-Proof Fence
By Dr Stephen Gaunson
Issue 92, Term 1 2015
The biggest issue with teaching Australian films is the inherent problem that many students (and teachers) approach them as being boring, dull, or bad. Rather than engage with the films, most view the experience as a civic duty that one must simply 'endure'. While there are no excuses for bad Austr
Stopping the slide: improving reading rates in the middle school
By Narelle Keen
Issue 99, Term 4 2016
progressed into higher grades, but this was the first time we had hard data to support this. After consulting with these stakeholders and the Year 6 teachers, I decided to investigate the causes and provide recommendations as part of my professional learning. With the approval of our principal, I p
School libraries supporting literacy
By Stephanie Ellis
Issue 99, Term 4 2016
most part they do not require a significant investment of budget or time, and many allow for one of the key factors in effective library programming: teacher collaboration. Below is a summary of the activities and strategies that were shared. How school libraries can support literacy Book of th
School libraries support digital technologies
By Martin Richards
Issue 102, Term 3 2017
e, you can move on to a programming language such as Python, but if you don’t feel comfortable moving to this level, leave it to the computer science teacher. Ideally, teachers in your school are incorporating coding in their classes. The webpage ‘ Choosing the right apps for your class ’ provides
School library spotlight: Glen Eira College
By Karys McEwen
Issue 102, Term 3 2017
e main tasks I focus on are collection development, encouraging a love of reading through library programs and astute readers’ advisory, working with teachers to provide information literacy sessions and curriculum support, and creating a warm, vibrant library space for the whole school community. I
CC News
By Graham Williams
Issue 26, Term 3 1998
le for viewing on SCISWeb. Please ensure you read the licence agreement carefully and that you understand its terms and conditions. Feedback Many Teacher Librarians across Australia have now been using SCISWeb and SCISCO for quite a while. Staff in the SCIS Unit have been very pleased to have po
How does the information get onto the SCIS database?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 2, Term 2 1992
rtment of School Education will ensure that the team of five cataloguers will achieve an annual target of 6,000 new bibliographic records. A panel of teachers and teacher-librarians from schools throughout the state is being coordinated by the SCIS Review Coordinator to ensure that a target of 750 r
The challenge of implementing change
By Angela Platt
Issue 103, Term 4 2017
During my spare time in my school library, I was recently perusing various blogs, Pinterest, Twitter, etc – looking for any new library-related ideas, examples of best practice and developments which I should know about. One such blog that piqued my interest on this occasion was ‘ Day in the life ’
School libraries and e-learning: where synergy equals opportunity
By Anita McMillan
Issue 104, Term 1 2018
gies and a clear vision for their LMS infrastructure to support access dedicated deployment resources including e-learning leaders, trainers and lead teachers bottom-up and top-down approaches, including dedicated professional development time, new staff appointments to lead implementation and train