ABC – Does the Internet of Things Mean the End for Privacy? (24/4/2015)
Wii Room: The Fascinating Repairmen. #013 “The Book”
2014 Softlink Australian School Library Survey
Open Educational Resources: An educator’s guide to open educational resources (OER), including online repositories, curriculum-sharing websites, sources for lesson plans and activities, and open textbooks.
ALIA Schools. (2014). Promoting your school library.
Disaster Resilience Education and the National Curriculum
Project 13 – Cybersafety initiative of national and state school library associations, national library association, philanthropic and corporate partners to help keep kids and teens safe online.
State Library Creative Writing Competitions
School libraries infographic from the New Jersey Association of School Libraries
Libraries are Forever: E-Books & Print Books Can Coexist Infographic
Keith Curry Lance & Linda Hofschire report January 2012 – Change in School Librarian Staffing Linked with Change in CSAP Reading Performance 2005-2011
Juicy Studio: Readability Test
Canberra Times – Teacher Librarians Crucial in Info Age
The Enchanted Inkpot – Steampunk and Gaslamp Fantasy
The Hub (Quality School Libraries in Australia)
Parliament of Australia – Inquiry into school libraries and teacher librarians in Australian schools
Tehani’s Top Ten – Ten books every child should read before finishing primary school
How to do research – An interactive map
Tsunami of Information poster (courtesy of Dianne McKenzie)
What librarians and Google are for…
ABC Talkback: Revisioning the Library
Social Media Policy (YouTube clip)
Bright Ideas – A blog by SLAV and the State Library of Victoria
Collaborative Planning (YouTube clip)
Australian School Library Association (www.asla.org.au)
Australian School Library Associations
- School Library Association of Victoria
- Australian School Library Association New South Wales
- School Library Association of South Australia
- The School Library Association of Queensland
- AISWA Libraries
Other Associations useful for School Libraries
Children’s Book Council of Australia (WA Branch)
The Children’s Book Council of Australia is a volunteer organisation that exists to:
- Encourage young people of all ages to read and enjoy books
- Promote excellence in books for young people by encouraging Australian authors and illustrators
- Encourage high standards of reviewing
- Support schools and public libraries in their efforts to encourage young people to read and enjoy quality literature
Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators
This a professional organisation for writers and illustrator’s of children’s books. Although members do not need to be published it is an organisation for professionally minded author/illustrators that support excellence in children’s literature and discuss industry issues (rather than a writer’s group/centre).