Ongoing since 1994, the Karajia and Environment Awards for Children’s Literature is The Wilderness Society’s yearly recognition of outstanding new children’s books, spanning fiction, non-fiction and picture books. The focus is on literature dedicated to fostering a love and appreciation for nature. The Awards could be utilised in an Australian school setting to promote environmental […]
Month: December 2023
4.3 – Genrefication of an Organisation System
In the last two and a half years, I have established two brand new primary school libraries. The first was as a beginning TL, where, in being guided by the experience of our library administration assistant, it was established according to traditional organisation principles of A-Z for fiction and Dewey Decimal Classification (DCC) for non […]
3.1 – First Nations Inclusion in the Collection
In establishing our new school library this year, I devoted much thought and consideration as to how I would respectfully include First Nations voices throughout the collection. Instead of creating a separate, isolated section, I integrated First Nations texts within relevant subject areas of our genrefied non fiction collection. I felt this approach ensured that […]