Teacher librarians need your help to step up campaign.

Are you looking for a strong future as a TL ?

 Please take a few minutes to help get action from the Inquiry recommendations. The Hub has plenty of suggestions of ways you can help support your chosen profession. Your time is up Peter Garrett.. . .It has now been over three months since the report on the federal Inquiry into school libraries and teacher librarians has been tabled in parliament.

 _Let the Government know you care about school libraries and the education of future students!!_Visit The Hub Bookmarks for Garrett

Advocates fear that a parliamentary inquiry report into teacher librarians will be passed over in a busy parliament.

The report from the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education and Employment was tabled in May but has yet to be debated. Read more at: Teacher Librarians step up campaign-Education Review

What a difference a school library makes

The Australian Library and Information Association and Australian School Library Association have created this wiki to enable parents, students, teachers, and everyone else who is concerned about the state of school libraries, to find out more information about this highly topical issue and to join in the discussion.

 

NEW!! THE BOOKMARK CAMPAIGN

"There is an urgency to ‘make this noise’ as we only have a three week window of opportunity. The sending of the bookmark, which takes no more than 15 minutes to complete, needs to be undertaken by Monday 10 October 2011. Please encourage everyone you know, from any place in Australia, to send this bookmark. Everyone’s single act, together, will create the postal avalanche that is needed." stated Anne Girolami, on behalf of ALIA Schools

THE BOOKMARK CAMPAIGN - CLICK HERE
ACT NOW DEADLINE 10 OCTOBER 2011

Bookmark templates are available at the ASLA/ALIA 

campaign wiki 

Reading Lists Galore

If you are ever looking for lists of books on any topic....
Check out ATN Reading Lists.
ATN Reading Lists was started in 1996 as part of a librarian collaborative project, All Together Now, begun by Dale Copps
 Book Lists has grown significantly since its birth in 1996 and now there are approximately 1,400 lists on the site!  AMAZING!
Their "original goal of a librarian collaborative is finally a reality. By using Wikispaces, the lists can be updated, added to, deleted from, corrected, etc., by librarians all over the world. How exciting is that!!"                
It includes pages such as:
Authors 
Focused Reading Skills
Genre
Online Videos
Professional Reading
Read Alikes
Read Alouds
Readership Targeted Lists
School Subjects
Themes
Values
Thanks to Steph Westwood on Maang for alerting me to this terrific resource.