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School Library Associations and Policies

ASLA (ACT) is a member of the Australian School Library Association, the federal body which represents school library organisations in most Australian states.
 
The ASLA site includes the Policy Statement - Teacher librarians in Australia and Standards of professional excellence for teacher librarians.
Other members of ASLA include:
 
Australian School Library Association (NSW)
Australian School Library Association - Tasmania
Australian School Library Association (Northern Territory)
School Library Association of Queensland
School Library Association of Victoria
School Library Association of South Australia
Western Australia School Library Association
SLANZA: School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa
 

School Library Web Sites

TLs@EdNA Teacher Librarians Meeting Space
ACT Department of Education and Training : Schools (link to individual schools)
Australian Libraries Gateway : Find a Library
School Libraries.Net
Resources for School Librarians
School Libraries and Information Literacy (NSW Dept. Ed.)
P.L. Duffy Resource Centre, Trinity College
 

Listservs

OZTL_Net
Oz-Teachernet
LM_NET
Big 6
 

Online Librarianship Journals

Connections (SCIS)
School Library Media Research
Teacher Librarian
School Library Journal
School Libraries Worldwide (IASL)
Scan
Orana (ceased publication - June 2005)
The Question Mark (Jamie McKenzie)
 

Other Library and Information Services

The National Library of Australia
ACT Virtual Library
 - Online Collections
 - eBooks
 - Your Tutor
Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
International Association of School Librarianship (IASL)
Courses for Teacher Librarianship offered across Australia (ASLA)
Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Australian Copyright Council
Screenrights : the audiovisual copyright society
Smartcopying : National Copyright Guidelines
School Libraries and Information Literacy (NSW Dept. Ed.)
The WWW Virtual Library
The Internet Public Library
 

Other Teaching and Learning Sites

ACT Department of Education and Training
Education Network Australia (EdNA)
Computer Education Group ACT Inc. (CEGACT)
Curriculum Corporation
The Educator's Reference Desk (AskERIC and ERIC/IT)
From Now On - Education Technology Journal
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
 

Information Literacy

Policy Statement - Information Literacy
Policy Statement - Electronic Information Literacy
Information Skills and Literacy : Information Literacy Sites
Information Literacy Online (NZ)
Tom March / ozline.com : Bright Ideas for Education - WebQuests
Big6 : an Information Problem-Solving Process
Filamentality : helping you add your Filament to the web of learning
ALA : Information Power
Guided Inquiry (Carol Kuhlthau & Ross Todd, CISSL)
The Question Mark (Jamie McKenzie)
Information Literacy (SLANZA)
CMIS : Resourcing the Curriculum : Information Literacy
 

Information Literacy: Skills

Effective Search Strategies (CMIS)
Evaluating Websites (CMIS)
 

Web 2

Edublogs - education blogs
New Tools for Student Communication (Podcasting, Wikis and Blogs - links)
 

Books and Literature

The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBC)
Ozlit Books & Writers Database
The Lu Rees Archives of Australian Children's Literature
ASLA (NSW) Booklists Also check the Books and Reading Link.
Ipswich District Teacher Librarian Network - Book Week
Inside a Dog (12 to 16 year olds)
 

Electronic Books

The Online Books Page
eBooks@Adelaide
Project Gutenberg : Online Book Catalog
Classic Bookshelf
Books Online (Trinity College)
Weirdstop, Coolstop and Wonderstop. Libby Hathorn's interactive online stories.
 

Worth Reading

Information Literacy Experts or Expats? SLANZA 2007 Conference, Pru Mitchell
 
Copying podcasts in educational libraries (Connections) EnhanceTV provides information on educational TV programs and films, as well as providing free study guides and features to assist the use of audiovisual material in teaching.
 
Graphic Attention: graphic novels in libraries (Connections) Alison Lee discusses how graphic novels can be a useful addition to any library, both for education and enjoyment. Graphic novels encourage readers to explore a new, exciting and accessible way of reading.
 
Competing in a Google world (Connections) Catherine Leonard discusses how librarians and libraries can compete against the pervasive nature of search engines such as Google and Yahoo to ensure survival in the information industry. She gives examples on what librarians can do to enrich the experience of information seeking and delivery through library catalogues.
 
Digital Nativism, Digital Delusions. and Digital Deprivation (Jamie McKenzie, From Now On) Is being born into a culture saturated with things digital a blessing? How sensible and well documented is Prensky's notion of digital natives and digital immigrants?

Postal enquiries: Sue Martin, ASLA (ACT) President, P.O. Box 700, Jamison ACT 2614
Email enquiries: Sue Martin
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