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New Year, New Resolution
Every year brings new challenges to school libraries; whether it is budget cuts or 1:1 technology roll-outs or something else. In the current education climate it is vital we all continue to...
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School Library Plans into Actions
A Peter Drucker article read for uni many years ago ended up influencing me immensely as I started my first job running a primary school library. I was on my own, in a part-time position and was very...
View ArticleBe in control: participate in the new age of school libraries
On May 24th, SLAV hosted ‘Be in control: participate in the new age of school libraries’, a conference for library teams. In this post Cindy Tschernitz, SLAV Executive Officer, reflects on the day. The...
View ArticleInfluence and Enchantment
As part of a new series on advocacy in school libraries, regular Bright Ideas contributor Catherine Hainstock shares her reflections on how school librarians can assert their place at the heart of the...
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Opportunities for Building Influence
In the second post in our series on advocacy in school libraries, regular Bright Ideas contributor Catherine Hainstock shares strategies for building influence with colleagues. The degree of influence...
View ArticleFinding time to build influence
In the final post in her series on advocacy in libraries, Catherine Hainstock discusses the eternal question – how do we find time to build influence when we already feel time poor. In my last post I...
View ArticleSchool library blog making connections
Kim Yeomans is the teacher librarian (TL) at St Martin of Tours, Rosanna, Melbourne, where she has been full-time in the LRC (Library Resource Centre) for the past 11 years. Kim teaches 21 classes each...
View ArticleRevamping your school library orientation
Does your library orientation plan for next year’s students feel a bit stale? Have you been doing the same lesson for the last few years (or more)? Do you feel bored just thinking about what you have...
View ArticlePLN Plus – be the change you want to see
Kelly Gardiner, Online Learning Manager at the State Library of Victoria, is a well-known voice in the VicPLN community, particularly in relation to professional learning for educators and librarians....
View ArticlePLN Plus reflection – community in the making
In this guest post from Sue Osborne, Head of Library Service, Haileybury College, Brighton, she shares her experience of the recent PLN Plus course. I was interested to do the PLN+ because I had...
View ArticleAITSL research project – VicPLN reflection
Last year, some of you completed a survey for us exploring your experiences of the Victorian Personal Learning Network (VicPLN) courses. In this post, we’d like to share our findings. The team at the...
View ArticleSLAV and ALIA collaborate on Bendigo conference
The newly refurbished Bendigo Branch Library of the Goldfields Library Services was recently the venue for a joint conference of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and School...
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Libraries reinvented: No.1 of the top 10 list
Last week a headline in eSchool News caught my eye - Top 10 of 2014, No 1: Libraries reinvented. I tend to ignore social media notifications citing the Top 5, 10, 20 or 120 of the best tips, tools...
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Professional Learning Resource Round Up
As we all respond to the directives and guidelines in relation to COVID – 19 our association is working hard to ensure we are doing all we can to support our members. With some schools needing to close...
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Share Your COVID-19 School Library Experience
From the team at Students Need School Libraries – COVID-19. It changed Term 1, 2020. It changed the way students and school staff approach Term 2, 2020. It changed the way we view education. It...
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School libraries in South Australia 2019 Census
International Literacy Day 2020 marked the launch of the first ever comprehensive study of school library resourcing and staffing in South Australia. Commissioned by the School Library Association of...
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October is International School Library Month!
Ocotber is not far away and now might be a good time to consider celebrating your school library, and school libraries around the world, anytime during October. The International Association of School...
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SLAV Primary Conference Poster Gallery – May 24th 2021
SLAV Primary Conference Poster Gallery – May 24th 2021 Our thanks to those conference attendees who participated in the poster gallery competition! We had 6 wonderful submissions, all sharing great...
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Continuing To Work From Home – Some Ideas
With the recent lockdowns and remote learning continuing on and off, many of our members have been sharing (through our discussion forums) tasks they are prioritising and assigning library staff...
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School Library Association Media Release: Uplifting Stories – Book List
In a recent article in The Conversation entitled ‘A place to get away from it all’, researcher Dr Margaret Merga identified five ways that school libraries support student wellbeing. These were that...
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