What qualities would you look for in preferred school library suppliers? In our library we use follett for our main catalogue and borrowbox for our ebooks and audiobooks. We used to use Wheelers, but we have found it too expensive to keepo both borrowbox and wheelers for eresources. The follett library management system can be […]
Author: Kellie Billingsley
Hi my name is Kellie and I am a busy mum of three young children. I am teaching at St Stephen's School K-12 in Western Australia. I am a full-time English and Drama Teacher and I am starting the role of Teacher Librarian at my school at the start of the academic year in 2022. I will be running the senior library for Year 7 - 12 and also Teaching Library sessions to Year 5 and 6.
Forum Discussion 3.1: Output measures as a basis for budget decisions
There are some ways our library makes budget projections based on potential demand from looking at output measures. This, however, is only one small part of the decision making on how to spend the budget. Up to date resources that link to curriculum content, reading for pleasure – eg. patron driven acquisition, employing qualified TL […]
ET 503: 2.5 Selection Criteria
Task: Select a resource and evaluate it according to the Hughes-Hassell & Mancall general criteria. Resource: The Climate Cure: Solving the Climate Emergency by Tim Flannery Appropriateness: Senior; Non-fiction. The resource is very specific to Australia and addresses current issues and recent events such as the 2020 megafires and Australia’s response to Covid-19. Scope: The […]
ETL 503: 2.4b Online Communities
Discussion Forum 2.4(b) Pros and cons of online communities. Select one of the crowd sourced review sites listed in this section or search for prolific book bloggers in the field and have a look at the way these reviewers discuss fiction relevant to school libraries. Share a link to an interesting book blog, Goodreads or LibraryThing review in Forum 2.4(b) and discuss your thoughts on the […]
ET503:2.4 Using Twitter as an online community for resource sharing
Discussion Forum 2.4(a) Selection aids online Select a curriculum topic of interest. Select one of the online communities or resource sharing services listed in this section, and spend some time searching for tags, hashtags, lists or communities of relevance to your topic. Share a link to a relevant online resource found from that community in Forum 2.4 and discuss the pros […]
ETL 503: 2.3 Search and Reflect
A review of a library using the curation tool ‘Libguides.’ I have chosen to review the Presbyterian Ladies College, Claremont, Western Australia . The school have used the curation tool Libguides. The homepage has an information skills process chart which displays information visually about the NSW Inquiry Process. Then each stage of this Inquiry Model […]
ETL503: Professional Reflection (Resource Selection)
Professional Reflection Think about responsibility for resource selection. You may like to use one or more of the following questions to write some blog posts. Discuss how the teacher librarian’s expertise and role is different from that required by all teachers. Share ideas on how teacher librarians might effectively collaborate with the school community in […]
ETL503 1.1: Print Books or eBooks?
1. Students need school libraries Organisation. (2018). https://studentsneedschoollibraries.org.au/ Highly important message on this web page! The SNSL is a valuable resource and reminds us as to why school libraries and qualified library staff are still important in education today. I have printed off some of their infographics for my school library before. 2. Most teens prefer […]
A Library Story
Watch A library story at https://vimeo.com/82208025 Write your opinion on the coverage of the role of the TL as presented by Valenza, and the importance of lobbying activities such as this one. I found the video clip provided a useful quick summary of the importance of school libraries and TLs. However, it could have been […]
ETL 401 Assessment 3 Part C: Reflective Practice
I have previously reflected upon the belief that literacy is a skill that students need to function in society, after school. (Billingsley, 2022, Jan 8). Information literacy (IL) is at the heart of lifelong learning, a sentiment that has been echoed in both the Obama and Alexandria proclamations. (Jacobs & Berg, 2011). We only need […]