tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76431577176057890682024-02-19T17:52:07.121-08:00Infowhelm: A Journey into LibrarianshipMargarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.comBlogger202125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-60261051913453449932021-08-13T02:36:00.027-07:002021-09-22T02:54:59.233-07:00Where do we purchase our books from?<p>We are pretty busy in our school library and ideally it would be great to have the time to stroll through the stacks of a bookshop and fill a basket with books.</p><p>But rather we purchase our books from a range of companies that are happy to work with us.</p><p><b>Bookstores</b></p><p>The local <a href="https://www.dymocks.com.au/stores/vic/dymocks-camberwell" target="_blank">Dymocks</a> is happy to take school purchase orders and package up orders for us. The odd purchase comes from <a href="https://www.readings.com.au/" target="_blank">Readings</a> and sometimes <a href="https://www.robinsonsbooks.com.au/">Robinsons</a> bookshop.</p><p><b>Book Tubs</b></p><p><a href="https://www.lamontbooks.com.au/" target="_blank">Lamont Books</a> drop off tubs of books for us to look through, they also do a high quality standing order that we get every term. We generally get the books for a number of days and then they get picked up again.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CSIo3Q1Bxzd/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_TBGMPlEfc0BGnUZ_rowfFSrz5g4cgUaNom5uQm1BNBYaPJAddZv8mxYkYTQZ8saGmZIK_Zf8bbXmTJfiaBu0T5D-JASPT2Na-R1uvei-tC_r2RVJ4W8Gb0WvEYpyxzJTMgq-BjeKmA/s320/Lamont+Book+Tubs.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CSIo3Q1Bxzd/" target="_blank">source</a>]</div><p>We also got some books dropped off from VIPA books, who are local and we are happy to support them.</p><p><b>Standing Orders</b></p><p>We get a <a href="https://www.lamontbooks.com.au/librarians-schools/standing-order/" target="_blank">standing order</a> from Lamonts every term. These books come with a detailed book review and we are guaranteed that they are "Young Adult" books. Lamont seem to be able to pick all the award nominees every year, so when the CBCA awards come around, we have normally had the books in the circulation before then.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3oM7-sywvALxmwot0YjHX3dqM8C1w2m2jdeqlFZcErOUN_EieunqGIKMkZLqfE85yFfQ1Orq89lbe3OHSf9cdgj4UZ4_y_QS39LkFoiXWiHxE8ZVCFeEa-h4RiS5fXKGuC3qpOjgU6xw/s1202/Lamont+Standing+Order.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1202" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3oM7-sywvALxmwot0YjHX3dqM8C1w2m2jdeqlFZcErOUN_EieunqGIKMkZLqfE85yFfQ1Orq89lbe3OHSf9cdgj4UZ4_y_QS39LkFoiXWiHxE8ZVCFeEa-h4RiS5fXKGuC3qpOjgU6xw/s320/Lamont+Standing+Order.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[source]</div><p><b>Online Purchases</b></p><p>We can also purchase through <a href="https://www.wheelersbooks.com.au/" target="_blank">Wheelers</a> for physical and also electronic books and audiobooks, we get invoiced for payment.</p><p><br /></p><p>So a range of strategies are used by our library to purchase books.</p>Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-58438345887150677812021-06-21T02:16:00.026-07:002021-09-22T02:30:30.855-07:00#freebookmarks for your #schoollibrary Reading Bookmarks<p>We knocked out some new bookmarks for the end of term.</p><p>Lots of borrowing happening and the <a href="http://infowhelm.blogspot.com/2021/04/free-cactus-reading-bookmarks.html" target="_blank">cactus bookmarks</a> were very popular, so I threw these together with some stock Canva images. Students seem to like the bold colours and images.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CQQC16ljITK/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="963" data-original-width="1088" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vBHw83YqmZmCASJP6ET_yNjT9oWd9qZy9u8y5kWNwxN6VChyrQfjZwfYObRoU4BXSCNS3CtWp9XTr8o0zOlb66beSRhH7KEtfI9WULf7YTwYjuZBl5JM_9Y9qgm3s6Pri3d9rHKzNN0/s320/Reading+Bookmarks+Canva.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CQQC16ljITK/" target="_blank">source</a>]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I normally print about 10 pages worth of bookmarks each time.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd1IJ6BHA89ZS7ZCD2cENpUmN0zz4PkvoHH0Pi5G9GTU8vXPI7kPNOw_NOO6aX7GL71oFs5RU9kGVm1Xak1XrYO5BplmRjF5fm8bRTKEnKv-RmMoiJGM9Me2w7RQ6ljraoPXwLss1ax80/s1104/Reading+Bookmarks+June.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="1104" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd1IJ6BHA89ZS7ZCD2cENpUmN0zz4PkvoHH0Pi5G9GTU8vXPI7kPNOw_NOO6aX7GL71oFs5RU9kGVm1Xak1XrYO5BplmRjF5fm8bRTKEnKv-RmMoiJGM9Me2w7RQ6ljraoPXwLss1ax80/s320/Reading+Bookmarks+June.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CQQC16ljITK/" target="_blank">source</a>]</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ae6OY5rwTwDFPFAhXkCJq5ZBhrf_GAr_/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Download the bookmarks here</a>. If you enjoy my free bookmarks then let me know in a comment.</div><br /><p></p>Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-76902162412116970892021-05-17T01:48:00.001-07:002021-09-22T02:13:49.542-07:00Library and Information Week: Fake News Challenge<p>We decided to do a <b>Fake News Challenge</b> as part of 2021 Library and Information Week.</p><p>Each lunchtime students could collect the slip for the day and then at the end of the day we announced winners where they could collect lolly pack. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COrQSOpjPYT/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1198" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_T4eNVlRdLN-gUg67bRU-3HkW7X3riRy52Qr0W6LFkj0WjN8XI-ZrmBY_OrBmWCsai-FhE_hf_K2fvQdQ6t6MfTlhI5tAxqlFwfjS82Sfok9sGhXpCf1qCPjZENyX0VDVN_xEyo4l2G0/s320/Fake+News+Challenge.png" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COrQSOpjPYT/" target="_blank">source</a>]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some of the answers were well thought out and then others .. well they were not!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COrf4ovDY8M/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="1208" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqElVfaoJXeDMlGy_Kt31yBNwqWxD72VSbD8-KAQFKWjMmw2ZM85OPMl0e7siGsmULdXjtOjXdOs_vTGO36Aakm_q6zMY9hFyHshG_soIhg0h703c11QkHntt7lGTCXj2DEzpcHdv_KQI/s320/Fake+News+Answer+Example.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COrf4ovDY8M/" target="_blank">source</a>]</div><br />We had a good giggle at the answers and had great conversations with kids at lunchtime on how to look up information online, triangulate answers and frame a good answer.Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-45965661609616652392021-05-13T01:34:00.008-07:002021-09-22T01:47:27.443-07:00Library and Information Week: Scrambled Poetry<p>I'm always on the lookout for activities for Write Club to do that are a bit different and hands on.</p><p>So I copied some magnetic poetry words onto coloured paper and make some offline kits for students to play with during "Library and Information Week".</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1kIjRCeeIqR3qRzbj-bnrFfXxXuPWM5bmXPuzI9B9Nf4D6XXVh-0J-5IMAhKTj8fqO0fx5zfEDi1qvRrXHisLjgYolE8Tz8Toas1ZQ_AGMtmZCIgYitFYjk8bc_0K068QyyXGOIto-Mc/s2048/Scrambled+Poetry_2477.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1kIjRCeeIqR3qRzbj-bnrFfXxXuPWM5bmXPuzI9B9Nf4D6XXVh-0J-5IMAhKTj8fqO0fx5zfEDi1qvRrXHisLjgYolE8Tz8Toas1ZQ_AGMtmZCIgYitFYjk8bc_0K068QyyXGOIto-Mc/w400-h300/Scrambled+Poetry_2477.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>It did take me an evening of cutting out the words for the packs, but we made 6 different coloured kits for lunchtime activities.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COjbDdaDTgZ/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1194" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRjFk2Owl9HcDOdjVVZ0vT4S-e3glbhyphenhyphenx3UuJkHWLRfwJCJbyrP8dglqIRqT4yG1AFL4rsN9FmWf6Iry4WkTkhyBKaVnfr7jOTNMVAOYz4F5b7QLUsnivZj8m4ZCxsRVqREec0GqRQfFM/s320/Pink+Scrambled+Poetry.png" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COjbDdaDTgZ/" target="_blank">source</a>]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>It was a great activity, and the kids took photo's of what they had created so that they could go away and do some more writing from the inspiration.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COripUrjvOq/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="1196" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxV9OxJKMRa1OmnpvRSHLVjtSGDADc5f6LyCt_P5vKr1Qr-HL1J2SnhAn6pgfsL1lH6nqPeJ1-lgQRmVeCv9zz8n8EhRXq1vOKWJ0VY30twTVRTQBookV1mD72p9HpprjOPZT1XYZMcxA/s320/scrambled+poetry+challenge.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COripUrjvOq/" target="_blank">source</a>]</div><div><br /></div>If you wanted to do it online, here are some links:<br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Magnetic Poetry online</b><br /><a href="http://magneticpoetryplayonline.com/original/">http://magneticpoetryplayonline.com/original/</a></li><li><b>Magnetic poetry online via Google Docs</b><br /><a href="https://shakeuplearning.com/magneticpoetry/">https://shakeuplearning.com/magneticpoetry/</a></li><li><b>Build your own magnetic poetry activity using Google Draw</b><br /><a href="https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2018/10/12/build-your-own-online-magnetic-poetry-kit-with-google-drawing">https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2018/10/12/build-your-own-online-magnetic-poetry-kit-with-google-drawing</a></li></ul><p></p>Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-58882263643121225632021-04-30T01:16:00.010-07:002021-09-22T02:32:19.189-07:00#freebookmarks for your #schoollibrary Cactus Reading Bookmarks<p>These cactus reading bookmarks have been very popular in the school library. </p><p>We make them in house using <a href="https://www.canva.com/" target="_blank">Canva</a> and then print them off on the thickest card we can feed through the copier.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COPGoHbjAO4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="1198" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOm2aypSkyghQzigte5xb4MIzBehGS057hzMGXmT9qEcILZ8ldzVRgDs2irGcKSwjTxDXkMR2TwgxW1BkN2SRb7X1letE0LyDoLsF558xr1JHmFoHV2VgqcGsb60qkfdtUU3SrfdrrrLE/s320/Cactus+Reading+Bookmarks.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COPGoHbjAO4/" target="_blank">source</a>]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gut9aeA9YZtIVrdgtQoyOYTsJxkWIBnb/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Click here to download the file</a> and print for your library<p></p>Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-14933291296646597952021-03-25T23:57:00.017-07:002021-09-22T01:14:23.764-07:00Year 8 English: Genre Tasting activity<p>The Library Team had a request for "something different" from the Year 8 English teachers. </p><p><br /></p><p>Normally we would talk to them at the start of a wider reading session and talk about the new books on offer, some of these would be picked up for the session, but often most students would go to the area or genre that they like every week. </p><p>The idea was to expose students to more books than they would normally look at. After some discussion we came up with the idea of tasting and then came the placemats and bookmarks.</p><p>The tables looked lovely with the placemats and bookmarks!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvUjMnz8p7BDodhvXUNK-MrJmjeEiJaQcG2kDXqHcMwh3QhqubEQNhyphenhyphenFLQKe-MS9dE-gBQE3A14imscaCPXwmD93YNHmtwZyADifUzEtz3_TxUq7yFnzv-HrwVuwm1oFPf4nRDkdTky1Q/s1394/Genre+tasting+placemat.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="982" data-original-width="1394" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvUjMnz8p7BDodhvXUNK-MrJmjeEiJaQcG2kDXqHcMwh3QhqubEQNhyphenhyphenFLQKe-MS9dE-gBQE3A14imscaCPXwmD93YNHmtwZyADifUzEtz3_TxUq7yFnzv-HrwVuwm1oFPf4nRDkdTky1Q/s320/Genre+tasting+placemat.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>At each table we had a sign with the name of the genre, a QR code to the catalogue for that genre and a selection of 4-6 books. We opted not to list the books on the sign, as each class might be presented with different books. We had six Year 8 classes to cater for!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CMbZwDgjxML/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1194" data-original-width="1196" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFv3cNLH0cdonmm8istBvPm3Y6eK7Gb0fSTAaZMxDozFEcsAm3dIXU5CDpa6jETiZDHsWkuCL6Cw683U1LhChwnROf0lmBGc2N1RwN_5iZJJTvLKt1cLPfeSuaixoU3PtBYLBtngMxEAE/s320/Genre+Tasting.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CMbZwDgjxML/" target="_blank">source</a>]</div><div><br /></div>Each student got a bookmark and then they had about 5-10 minutes at each table to read the blurbs and then decide which book they would want to read in that genre. Students were encouraged to write down the name of the book and then they could follow up at a later date.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CMecJq7BvJ9/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="1198" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCyJBCNRsidny-YaE7fYBXU7UwwQVd-xkqR_wiu2BBWY1BDBbW8lLh7pq9mTq7HXIsz9Fztx1U8CVyv5sQbMvBPab0rs5733Cpce8X6wUd-jCzAOJI_Nzw46GBGh4jaNsQV5evfOr8iaA/s320/Genre+Tasting+bookmark.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CMecJq7BvJ9/" target="_blank">source</a>]</div>At the end of the lesson, students could borrow one of the books from the tables to take home and read.</div><div><br /></div><div>Some of the English teachers collected the bookmarks to have a look at what the kids had chosen. You could always do this activity with a form to collect which books interested the kids as well. However we did get some great feedback from students in regards to the physical bookmark that they could fill out and take with them.</div><div><p></p><p>If you want a copy of my genre tasting files (canva), just shoot me a message konstantkaos via gmail.</p></div>Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-13754124929201482062021-02-25T22:35:00.025-08:002021-09-22T00:54:35.399-07:00Celebrating Library Lovers Day<p>February 14th is Library Lovers Day.</p><p>It is the chance to celebrate your local library and in our school library, we were meant to have our celebration on the 15th, but we went into lockdown for a week. So we are having it on the 24th February.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLtLTYgjUOX/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="1196" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggd9f3ezkpuPKmtMSxQLJt7vDLT0z31G6zdEb_2ffcPFWKCUk650bazTlFg0BVjDuOyMpZgAJ_Xi4O4hJDKvF6E3vdiPOPTADsR8xjMsRmMqnGnTWho6nT_nobFuQ9pLWXtsTcsBkX2d8/s320/Library+Lobers+day+Love+trees.png" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLtLTYgjUOX/" target="_blank">source</a>]</div><div><br /></div>"Blind date with a book" was displayed and students encouraged to take home a book and read it based on the brief description that we put on the front of the books. We wrapped 80+ books. <div><br /></div><div>They were borrowed out to our Library Lovers Day account, so that if students were searching for them, they wouldn't get confused by seeing a book that was meant to be on the shelf.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLqBu-SjSO8/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1192" data-original-width="1198" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoXVi-qudCA42YeSHet4m-piF8S9JkSeHj9yDJqMwTyVB9lRQXHwwokkoMg5PWdx8nDhmdO08EXNP5byxfbcLcY0id21vA04I1c3iCoW7Osg1yUpNeED5OQKQpKe2dd05r2gtsXS0j5A/s320/Library+Lovers+Day+books+wrapped.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLqBu-SjSO8/" target="_blank">source</a>]</div><div><br /></div>We created some flair to create bunting and some student voice slips to get feedback from students on the day.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLLjfDhB8Od/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1196" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhrCnyzAzMSjvkBqi19zzsKpVJWUaSvEBOWNtyG5gpxIcM4rEoXZhH1fepAwSMMkdo1YUhRmTfPoi2GVXSXEUkNOOUZB66EogHLTXpxteUxWpkK3j4x8OU07fVtvF2BlsZNj7W0kh4WU0/s320/Library+Lovers+Day+Flair.png" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLLjfDhB8Od/" target="_blank">source</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>We bought 100 packets of sweets from <a href="https://www.meltedcandy.com.au/" target="_blank">Melted Candy</a> to give out to kids at the circulation desk if they borrowed a book. Contact your local confectioner directly and ask them what they can do. It was a whole lot easier than trying to run around shops!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin8dwAIf-5v5nrsOFbzJvD8z60oGR49s6ELHOrMrCnVSjZtznaZxYLP3peproX4uF7jmQXxQ2F7fZQoYSyZuH2NxDGSjzOKY8pzJMVRHF-d9J2anADxWB6M2Cp2DUvUmz2vlhMNRgxzko/s1202/Library+Lovers+Day+Love+Hearts.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1202" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin8dwAIf-5v5nrsOFbzJvD8z60oGR49s6ELHOrMrCnVSjZtznaZxYLP3peproX4uF7jmQXxQ2F7fZQoYSyZuH2NxDGSjzOKY8pzJMVRHF-d9J2anADxWB6M2Cp2DUvUmz2vlhMNRgxzko/s320/Library+Lovers+Day+Love+Hearts.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLA3lFZD2t8/" target="_blank">source</a>]</div><div><br /></div>Here are the completed student voice cards, and if you want to see more photo's the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLqdUJXg2uW/" target="_blank">school's instagram</a> posted some.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLqh40tDLSn/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1196" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThx-zcc4sDiBkDs5OGZiOZnvP1s3Zl8_KSmJRgSYGPITkm2WRFbcNquUr-xB0gF4ubGGybBWhGuJlVtdETJXr7o_eMP82vbt1oqv-kTMMs9bUNqcgIOQamH3qaeHOepO9M5TztZ3ayTY/s320/Library+Lovers+Day+Student+Voice.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLqh40tDLSn/" target="_blank">source</a>]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>It was such a popular event, with all the books borrowed out by the end of lunchtime. We also had the Principal come down and chat to students about their reading as well.</div></div></div>Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-72295622523515835952021-02-21T22:05:00.047-08:002021-09-22T00:34:51.112-07:00Unwrapping our 3D Printers<p>We got our three 3D Printers delivered at the start of February and we started to put them through their paces.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CKu3suLhGyn/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="1200" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFox04GlnMofoJSxuYihOp8YvUye3JysFxbCvShHdzfyPZmb_foNe3SrHFs1SxdHd3prlDSO0pJErmrr2Ad0JE_-jEepMreeCaBV180eCsaKwEiDLAlGEzcd7w_PZn6RkRtX-z61Vwskc/s320/3D+Printers+arriving.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CKu3suLhGyn/" target="_blank">source</a>]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We ended up getting some <a href="https://www.bilby3d.com.au/DispProd.asp?CatID=9&SubCatID=119&ProdID=3DPFFinvent2SE" target="_blank">FlashForge inventor2 machines</a> and a <a href="https://www.bilby3d.com.au/DispProd.asp?CatID=9&SubCatID=119&ProdID=3DPFFguider2sUP" target="_blank">FlashForge Guider 2</a> for ABS printing. Realistically if I had an open chequebook I would have gotten three <a href="https://ultimaker.com/" target="_blank">Ultimaker</a> units, but we all have budgets in our School Libraries - right?</div><p></p><p>Firstly, a print off of <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:763622">Benchy the tug boat</a>. A diagnostic print designed to test the thresholds of your printer.</p><p>One of our science teachers wanted an <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2406778" target="_blank">Apollo Astronaut</a> printed for his Year 10 STEM class.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLMAS7DBtio/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1198" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4RDtHJsDAbqMiDIT1Z5f4QGhWhxJMI-6P7f9kBQ0G2qLH6gKMzvaX-64JYeXLLnrzi2FdMbMxpatOmpvaSegIPEDxt7vX786YUrYO4bMUbiLgFK7_Hh6JuOGETR4eyMUIOF30DoP823Q/s320/3D+Printing+Astronaught.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLMAS7DBtio/" target="_blank">source</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>One of our tech guys wanted a <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4038181" target="_blank">Baby Yoda</a> printed off.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNEEGqQptUiBP2fgnM4_5zYFo44XYBe97C6r8cya-p-FV0XlAcI7_fJ4vQvqgImAN_FqRwwUjK_peOfrQzyg_D7Yf7Fv7qbfmZ12RWDTJeQ41K7O232f-1gzaIud8dpVM1-Iv-QJzZWk0/s1198/3D+Printing+Baby+Yoda.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="1196" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNEEGqQptUiBP2fgnM4_5zYFo44XYBe97C6r8cya-p-FV0XlAcI7_fJ4vQvqgImAN_FqRwwUjK_peOfrQzyg_D7Yf7Fv7qbfmZ12RWDTJeQ41K7O232f-1gzaIud8dpVM1-Iv-QJzZWk0/s320/3D+Printing+Baby+Yoda.png" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[source]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We also experimented a bit with <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2222245" target="_blank">Pi Cookie Cutters</a>. I love the idea of kids designing their own cookie cutters and then using them as part of a food tech project.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLlW79GhBy5/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1202" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAhe0Sg0Vg00j3d4ADbhqWAi8z0W1XwaIDttD8lbx_IiTb6zA2-zsi_V-Otj5AdaskcisQgHqe0BwL1H3AdauPNwtkwOhyphenhyphenETHBECutO0aLd7Pgic9CfAaW-B_6eFBfkRdVCWisaIpMeVc/s320/3D+Printing+Pi+Cookie+Cutters.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLlW79GhBy5/" target="_blank">source</a>]</div><div><br /></div>I am putting links to 3D Printing resources up on my <a href="https://sionlrc.libguides.com/learningresourcecentre/3dprinting" target="_blank">Library Makerspace Libguides</a> page.Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-13050300571990375742021-01-12T19:58:00.009-08:002021-08-13T01:02:11.047-07:00 School Library Social Capital Goals for 2021<p>As we start our 2021 in Australia, it is good practice to set you and your team some goals for 2021. </p><p>They might be to increase senior readership or increase understanding of the research process, but it is also important to continue to build our social capital within our school community. We can get so bogged down in what we are doing that we become invisible because we are so busy.</p><p>Building social capital is also about building reputation and positioning our school library as the essential service that we are.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CDYSFMhDd2n/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="599" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiujbEJ07WvtWH1Hq4QegYP7r2LPt3BnWr47MKQx80EvAr9AS1QhS0au4gKJGurdGg1YNHIcE4It4HQdKvaCHmuXHEktQpOIGWgd0Uz-WgxK9njpHvS7_vdCMGjhyKdSDfv5FcUSaFSeLc/w400-h399/Welcome+back.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The majority of teachers in our school<br />don't see how hard the Library staff work <br />to keep the curriculum resources accessible by everyone.<br />[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CDYSFMhDd2n/">source</a>]</span></div><p></p><p>So consider the following ideas as possible goals for your school library.</p><p><b>We will touch base with EVERY pre-service teacher in our school to promote the role of the school library and library science professionals.</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">An easy one to measure, what % of pre-service teachers did we speak to? Create a pack of pamphlets advocating the school library and the role of how library professionals might support them with their teaching . How can you help them resource their lessons. Return on investment for this goal isn't one that you will see, but perhaps the pre-service teachers will develop an appreciation for school libraries and will engage with them when they get their first contract.</p><b>We will make sure that the school library is "on the radar" by being present or being on the agenda of every curriculum meeting in the school.</b><div><br /></div><div>The agenda item should ask for a "call to action". The completion of a survey or something to add value to that curriculum area. Regular updates to my team on what is happening in each learning area. Popping book pamphlets into pigeon holes isn't going to engage teachers to engage with your service.</div><div><br /></div><div>When you are a one-man-band this can be difficult, but how can you use curriculum meetings to engage with teachers and identify area where the school library can help them?</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The School Library team will continue to develop their social capital by working collaboratively on knowing our teachers and their teaching and learning needs.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>How can you build school library organisational knowledge of what teachers are teaching and where their needs are? Do we need to use a customer relationship database to keep tabs on our conversations or sometime more simplistic like a google doc? How can we build our social capital in the various curriculum areas? How can your team address this goal?</div><div><br /></div><div>I am sure that discussions with your team will uncover many other social capital goals that you can engage with.</div><div><br /></div><div>Good luck for 2021.</div>Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-39305735095769677332021-01-01T23:47:00.005-08:002021-01-01T23:48:08.992-08:00How did we build School Library social capital in a covid-lockdown environment?<p>Reflecting back on 2020, it has been interesting to look at my role and how it has grown throughout the year. </p><p>It was only five years ago that I was just starting out as a Teacher Librarian, however I did have 20 years of teaching and leadership roles behind me. I was blessed to find a great School Library leadership role with a fabulous team in a school with a Principal that is supportive of what we are trying to achieve.</p><p>It has been interesting to watch the profession and how it has changed throughout 2020. </p><p>School Library leadership roles, that had once been held by teacher librarians have been watered down into Education Support roles, but they still have curriculum development requirements tacked onto the job description. Those schools that liquidated their TL roles the year before found they didn't have any support from their library staff during lockdown. Many of those school libraries have just disappeared from the "radar" of educators in their schools.</p><p>I was adamant that in 2020, I was going to promote my role as a teacher librarian and what we are doing in the school library. </p><p>A school specific school library Instagram wasn't going to happen easily, but I wanted to seperate what I was doing on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/konstantkaos/" target="_blank">@konstantkaos</a> Instagram from my active school library work. </p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/lovemyschoollibrary/" target="_blank">@LovemySchoolLibrary</a> was formed. Instagram is a great way of documenting what you are doing in your school library and celebrating what you are achieving. Using tools such as Prinkl to print out posters which show what you have achieved throughout the year.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CDSmhfFnQJ5/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="602" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiILlp57tqTwyhWmnHMsnGM15BvaLOTPWs7pQ1SRJZePkU_mvssAZwID-U0fvpqwUwot-hEILcOM8pUV9glAlKnGo427uXxRuNSXfCeFMeUiYFcLD9_WTq_MdtmtgXJHJZPBkJew5aHj3I/w400-h399/winter.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">One goal of 2020 was to set up my own "school library" instagram.<br /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/lovemyschoollibrary/" target="_blank">@lovemyschoollibrary</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>When the first lockdown hit us, I was adamant that the <b>School Library would not become invisible</b>. </p><p>Library staff are good at just hunkering down and getting the work done, but when things move online you tend to become invisible. Invisible departments can't argue for more money or resources come budget time.</p><p>So what did we do:</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>We set up a <a href="https://sionlrc.libguides.com/learningresourcecentre" target="_blank">Libguide for the school community</a>.</li><li>We set up a <a href="http://infowhelm.blogspot.com/2020/05/exploring-need-of-school-library.html" target="_blank">weekly newsletter for staff </a>which then evolved into a <a href="http://infowhelm.blogspot.com/2020/08/our-library-newsletter-moves-online.html" target="_blank">Libguide newsletter.</a></li><li>We made sure that we were included in the fortnightly newsletter that went home to parents.</li><li>We set up a Borrow Bag "click and collect" system for students so they could borrow physical books.</li><li>We made sure that the <a href="http://infowhelm.blogspot.com/2020/07/wider-reading-online-during-covid.html" target="_blank">wider reading experience went online</a> so that students would continue to have contact with the school library.</li></ol><div><i>I think</i> that this promotion of library services and development of <a href="http://infowhelm.blogspot.com/2015/08/librarians-and-social-capital.html" target="_blank">social capital</a> held us in good stead when it came to capital work applications at the end of the year. 2021 finds us setting up our own Tinker or Makerspace and hopefully giving our Library Foyer and circulation desk a make-over.</div><p></p><p>The "<a href="https://studentsneedschoollibraries.org.au/" target="_blank">Students need School Libraries</a>" website invited feedback from school libraries on what they did during Covid. <a href="http://infowhelm.blogspot.com/2020/06/school-libraries-during-covid-19.html" target="_blank">Check out our response</a>.</p><p><b>As we move forward into 2021, what will your social capital goals be? </b>What will you put in place to make yourself more visible to the school community?</p>Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-14680688526257846212020-12-04T01:02:00.001-08:002021-09-22T03:06:37.138-07:00Write Club: Mystery Box<p>As a treat we had a mystery box in for our Writers Club at lunchtime.</p><p>In the box, a variety of objects that students could use to weave a story. We pulled them out one by one and discussed ideas, then students got to choose three objects and they could write a story about them.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIMsVK_jT9N/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1198" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZF9AI5UQhdpRUsfYRIUYN3sC89DKVy87XW5q5-WRSw9PDUEmmi47pA5JekuWAicOXEwGbBmW-wM6lG9YrkReRG0wcfkCYxwNInfq-ywKrlak1X0Rh2QlUajBGubpZQcOj8jxlW2TUoI/w399-h400/Write+Club+-+Mystery+Box.png" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIMsVK_jT9N/" target="_blank">source</a>]</div><p>In true writers club style, everyone got a coloured "dot" to vote on which story they liked the best and the winner got a lolly pack.</p>Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-70292516899889544272020-12-02T23:50:00.030-08:002021-01-02T00:07:49.695-08:00Street Library Update<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The completed street library is a bit of a monster, we wanted to be able to move it around the school. So the base actually has bricks in it to keep it stable and lockable castors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0NfmArhqAkb1exr2ZE7vX28k4KqP7O8BRJV6_QwOfLY0PcZtvOaG7FNLSfYL6nSQOv6W9kB5Y1wvbEkRy-OmYCgz35LOcy3Oo4FJjPqKEQ3U16qvR4sZwuhypHKnDbg9jZMAQfvkgaLs/s600/Completed+Street+Library.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="599" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0NfmArhqAkb1exr2ZE7vX28k4KqP7O8BRJV6_QwOfLY0PcZtvOaG7FNLSfYL6nSQOv6W9kB5Y1wvbEkRy-OmYCgz35LOcy3Oo4FJjPqKEQ3U16qvR4sZwuhypHKnDbg9jZMAQfvkgaLs/s320/Completed+Street+Library.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had a design competition during the CBCA "book week" celebration and worked with the Visual Communication teacher to write up a design brief so she could use it as a task in class. If you want a copy of the entry form, just get in touch via twitter @konstantkaos.<br /><br />We ended up getting about 15 entries which I thought was good given everything else that was going on in the school at the time.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkbjWFsLGWccIfnaY6whIyLu9-Hp1xUZHD-5KO-Nmu8b_l3BY2gxGwhyYXvYWPO0X_QTXCHAZU_s-_IwMroB5Pmb4eslqpSpYg6CDFYN8r2r1TgXrCbaYKTLxgMi0jvuVwi5nwe9iwmF4/s601/Street+Library+Design+Competition.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkbjWFsLGWccIfnaY6whIyLu9-Hp1xUZHD-5KO-Nmu8b_l3BY2gxGwhyYXvYWPO0X_QTXCHAZU_s-_IwMroB5Pmb4eslqpSpYg6CDFYN8r2r1TgXrCbaYKTLxgMi0jvuVwi5nwe9iwmF4/s320/Street+Library+Design+Competition.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The winning designs were two year 10 girls and they have worked together to morph their designs together for a final design.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CISuFneBefn/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="603" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAriXCxyNdkXVsbcU1eBT2AA1Qv2A2_7WHgby_xXOHhjC00cxdmI3QMws3JXPGHQ2WdEcgpG6lDVeWfWFN51BJFtUhY8FuGrzKPljW1Dvx2PYY9VK8V8kGUJ9e1a-gDnRr4alfHuz_Oo/s320/Street+Library+Design+2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CISuFneBefn/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="601" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnvekHTOzVHHJB7gtuLw9uLdi5Y80DZddK6wGfsefvGiOYiSRddVGxxbxxkjqMdSNnXdeXOItRO0dNCHZZgBAoDp85831vtyX5hjRaPWNmZ0MP1k997l0cHsk3VKBY0wC2JHw8PibfZc4/s320/Street+Library+Design+1.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From Instagram [<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CISuFneBefn/" target="_blank">source</a>]</div><br />I can't wait to see what they end up doing!<p></p>Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-21591292674947093842020-09-30T05:45:00.006-07:002020-09-30T05:48:46.938-07:00Setting up a Street Library for your School Library<p> We had been bouncing around ideas for how to dispose of our weeded books for a while.</p><p>A plastic container in the corner of the school library with a sign saying "free stuff" just wasn't cutting it. Messy, disorganised and a missed opportunity to promote what we do in the school library. I had discussed a few times with maintenance the idea of re-fashioning an old bookcase like a house where we could place it in front of the Library as a point of interest. But the idea was clunky and didn't offer more than another place to dump weeded books and rubbish.</p><p>With covid-19 lockdown and cabin fever, I found myself exploring our local streets and came across a street library in one of our local parks. Excitedly we took along an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Fortress" target="_blank">old Dan Brown book</a> and exchanged it for a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Let_Me_Go_(novel)" target="_blank">more interesting book by Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go</a>.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CE6iT4EDrd2/" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="598" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_VzHLdMVsNSCtIZPYul-Z65ggvAXIiEIv3Jx2Sl4zlnQcfxShXHyrZNrjrzvjwSxCHetPtWHpSYdZM8Ub09VsQp5QwqOzlmFN66z1hrknl7Lyc8rsim7Z0I2DvNKz4XnEXR3VrwFmBo/s320/StreetLibrary.png" /></a><br />[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CE6iT4EDrd2/" target="_blank">source</a>]</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We incorporated the idea of finding a local street library into our wider reading presentations and many students recognised what they were and were excited to exchange a book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Why would you get a 'street library' for your school?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We started to investigate the possibility of getting a street library for our school:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>We can use it as a promotional tool for School Library events. For example: <a href="https://www.cbca.org.au/cbca-book-week" target="_blank">CBCA Book Week</a>.</li><li>We can move it throughout the school and have it present at events with weeded books, promotional bookmarks and postcards. For example: During orientation week for Year 7's or leading into the holidays in the staffroom. Bookmarks promote what the library is doing.</li><li>To make books more accessible to students and staff who might not visit the school library for other than photocopying facilities. For example: In the VCE area, promoting age specific books to Year 11's and 12's.</li></ul><div>With Covid-19 we will have hand sanitiser inside it for students who are mindful of germs.</div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>How would you go about organising it?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can buy the flat packs and stands from <a href="https://streetlibrary.org.au/">Street Library Australia</a>, but our maintenance team welcomed a fun project and knocked up a box from marine ply. It will be mounted on a stand with lockable castors and handles to move it around the school.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CFvt6LUDt2y/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="599" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl45olJ1dD3aenfErCxLg7XkJSF82kEHW8WVi-paQM4R-noKbPWSavNI2M457suxEL5o6ZHDHZ1PEXV2kxdTHLPRplC8u82vzpvhMGAi3_Hjcn_gLq0Kg21TcnWKxEm1OWvlaN3KR21tw/s320/StreetLibrary+WIP.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CFvt6LUDt2y/" target="_blank">source</a>]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Maintenance are painting the street library in weathershield paint and we were thinking of holding a competition to see if a student/s would like to paint the street library with their bookish designs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Students can submit their designs via an online classroom or email and there might be a book voucher involved as part of the prize pack. Maintenance are going to mix us some paint pots of weathershield of primary colours so that the students can paint their designs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>My home street library</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Of course, this tale would not be complete without sharing our own 'Kammelot' Street Library, (not a spelling mistake, a play on our last names). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During lockdown I convinced my father-in-law to make me a street library from an old bookcase and we have bought the plates and are going to register it with <a href="https://streetlibrary.org.au/" target="_blank">Street Library Australia</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As a holiday activity, my daughter painted some of her own designs on it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CFYuZZcj_1w/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="598" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYA0MM02nRnQpWK_xkXDLQpk1GnArqvKizo-rzpT4PaqlqkgMgG5I8EKHVLVUccc_TwQkbeBzNi1-ahbdXXlMjNueXWA9eH3OSADvUwhms3KWIBm36F8Kr_AsVQeCkn8f-aWGT8GMMoY/s320/Street+Library+painting.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CFbLJImD3IZ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcx415bLzh2K8Gi2e7sSu6V55MWSMnk1n8pLDnfWEFbA-8QcDfIhUnPKlIMZGPpe5PucyXXj42IgVt_e2FVOCHuNGL49GywPwqTfawQR_6OYCvjawqKmPtHjKR30hJZpvheXGezKVagU/s320/FranDow+Street+Library.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CFeL9MqjOzc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSXjJpLbAzI_NMIucJ6Toa5dD1-NPar0D_2hkIOpn3KQaLCjlcCL5seL6066U8raq4dd1ID_iP8rL7W1XS8UNaOw1lgeCtR7YbU-Q_GRBjOUaOwSSJaSLsC8u1A2xBMb0qgLSmwFjpxRg/s320/Dragon+Street+Library.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We are all excited about including some weeded books from our own library in the street library and seeing how it goes!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Has your local community got their own street library?</div>Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-1021456407901001202020-08-19T21:02:00.000-07:002020-08-19T21:02:58.142-07:00Embracing the professional development opportunities in lockdown.It has been a long day, I've taught a few classes online and have had meetings via "Zoom" as well.<br />
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I've had a shower and I am sitting here in all my fluffy-dressing-gown-glory waiting on the <a href="https://youtu.be/A-pndkLFR3g" target="_blank">#TM6 'teachmeet'</a> to start via Youtube.<br />
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I have been lurking in this #edureading group for the last year, doing their readings and following their twitter feeds. But haven't managed to get to any of their 'teachmeet' sessions in the evenings. Sometimes it seemed all too hard; family, sickness, school responsibilities.<br />
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Teaching associations and professional development providers have all "gone online" to continue to provide professional learning to teachers. The side benefit to this is that the price has dropped, so as a department leader, I can sometimes afford to send the whole team, where as before it would have been just one person. Professionally, this is fabulous as it engages the whole team in discussions afterwards.<br />
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If I had attended the 'teachmeet' in person, I could have interacted with my network and partaken in those serendipitous discussions that often spark ideas and innovation. But at home, the environment was much different.<br />
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The platform for the 'teachmeet' was youtube, and it worked quite well. We could chat in real time on the youtube page and then there was a twitter back channel where people posted pictures of screen shots and links to articles that were mentioned. I had two computers going, the stream and then my desktop linked up to twitter and google.<br />
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With my bluetooth headphones in I could continue to listen to the session even if my son needed a drink or a hug.<br />
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Reflecting on this flexibility of web delivered content, I "attended" a webinar a few weeks ago and listened to half of it while driving home. In the past I wouldn't have attended the event because I needed to be home at a certain time, but now I can listen and sometimes participate irregardless of my location.<br />
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I am missing the discussions over coffee at break time. I am missing the exchanges of business cards and conversations about possibilities and ideas. I am missing the collegiality and the sense of community that comes with meeting familiar people at professional development events. If it is Zoom session you can see who is in attendance, but other streaming services don't allow you to see the participants.<br />
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Something we should keep when we slowly move from Stage 4 to Stage 1?Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-45991745918156853102020-08-13T16:50:00.000-07:002020-08-13T16:50:28.245-07:00Our Library Newsletter moves onlineFor Term 2, the LRC team put together a <a href="http://infowhelm.blogspot.com/2020/05/exploring-need-of-school-library.html" target="_blank">text based newsletter</a>.<br />
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Distributed via email it was just a list of links and ideas - low tech!<br />
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At the end of Term 2, we did a survey with staff to see what they thought of the format and frequency and upon reflection and discussion with the LRC team, re-invented the newsletter transferring it to our Libguides platform.
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As a team we contribute to the newsletter over a two week period and when it is full distribute it with an email which lists the things that we can't put on the website, like student achievements in reading and writing.<br />
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So <a href="https://sionlrc.libguides.com/lrcnewletter" target="_blank">check it out</a> if you want, let us know what you think!Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-17914092953100334132020-08-09T17:57:00.001-07:002020-08-09T17:57:17.242-07:00WASLA Article - Supercharge your school library with co-curricular clubs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Lawson, M (2020). Supercharge your Library with Co-curricular Clubs. <i>IC3. Professional Journal Of The WA School Library Association, vol 10.(No. 2 July), 3-8.</i> (<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FbwsMpnWiQO45FpFSFRWhEhvKtVkSOmJ/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">link</a>)</blockquote>
<br />Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-16619896073957974172020-08-06T16:56:00.002-07:002020-08-06T16:56:43.194-07:00Teacher Librarians as Game ChangersCatching up on "The Game Changers" podcast, I listened with great interest at the <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-127023293/series-2-episode-7-transforming-teachers-deborah-netolicky" target="_blank">interview with Dr Deborah Netolicky</a>. I've been following Dr Deb on twitter for some time and her work has challenged my thoughts on how I go about my work as a Teacher Librarian.<br />
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Not only do I see myself as a co-teacher assisting teachers on the side with reading, literature and research but I am also an experienced teacher and curriculum designer. Coming up with innovative curriculum ideas is my superpower.<br />
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The interview was interesting and spoke a lot about how schools are changing because of Covid19, but my ears pricked up when they started to talk about The Grattan Institute report "<a href="https://grattan.edu.au/report/attracting-high-achievers-to-teaching/" target="_blank">Attracting High Achievers to Teaching</a>".<br />
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In my 25 years of teaching, my wage growth hasn't matched the growth in my cost of living. Even though I have stepped up into a leadership position, my potential earning capacity hasn't really increased much.<br />
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If I wanted to grow my income in education, my next step up would be to go for a Deputy Principal role. The current teaching experience scale doesn't allow for competency creation, you are just automatically shunted up the teaching scale until you get to the top and then you take on a leadership position to increase your wages. Some schools are even starting first year out teachers on Level 5 as a way of attracting quality applicants. In fact when I took a year of leave back in the early 2000's to work in industry, I was earning twice as much (back then) as I do at the moment.<br />
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The Grattan Institute's revolutionary idea to create classes of teachers that would attract an extra $40k or $80k in wages, might be a valid idea. Providing career and wages growth for teachers, when there isn't much wages growth at the moment. Wages growth is one reason why we are losing teachers to industry. Our current progression model relies on teachers putting in the extra yards, out of the goodness of their hearts, until they can get that elusive leadership position, which is more 'administrivia' rather than revolutionary curriculum development.<br />
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As I listened to the podcast (while sewing fabrics masks for friends and family), I thought, "I have heard this before" ... I trawled through some old blog posts to find one from 2011 called "<a href="http://infowhelm.blogspot.com/2011/08/all-librarians-do-is-check-out-books.html" target="_blank">All Librarians do is check out books, right?</a>". I was just starting my Master of Education (Teacher Librarian) degree there was heated discussions about the ultimate school where the Teacher Librarian was seen as an instructional partner.<br />
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<i>Herring (2007) writes that there is no other role in the school that is more focused purely on curriculum needs than the <b>Instructional Partner </b>and who is in no better position to reinforce learning with cognitive and constructivist theories. In the HREEC (2011) report on School Libraries, Parliamentary recommendations reinforce the view that the <b>Teacher Librarian as an Instructional Partner</b> is uniquely positioned in the school to influence and drive change. [<a href="http://infowhelm.blogspot.com/2011/08/all-librarians-do-is-check-out-books.html" target="_blank">source</a>]</i></blockquote>
No where in the Grattan report does it mention Teacher Librarians and their role as curriculum specialists. Teacher Librarians as Game Changers in their own schools.<br />
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The <a href="https://www.aitsl.edu.au/teach/understand-certification-and-halt-status" target="_blank">High Achieving Leading Teacher certification</a> is in one sense providing a pathway for experienced teachers, however we need to ask whether it is linked to wage growth. But before we go and re-structure the teaching professional we need to ask whether this need can be fulfilled by the Teacher Librarians in our schools at the moment.<br />
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The under-appreciated Teacher Librarian who isn't seen as a curriculum specialist but rather a book shelver.<br />
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Herring, J. (2007). Teacher librarians and the school library. In S. Ferguson (Ed.) Libraries in the twenty-first century : charting new directions in information (pp. 27-42). Wagga Wagga, NSW : Centre for Information Studies, Charles Sturt University.<br />
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House of Representatives Education and Employment Committee (HREEC). (2011). School libraries and teacher librarians in 21st century Australia, The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, <a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/ee/schoollibraries/report.htm">http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/ee/schoollibraries/report.htm</a><br />
<br />Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-68271280640319887192020-07-27T18:04:00.001-07:002020-07-29T18:56:44.126-07:00Wider Reading Online during Covid<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
In addition to the usual tasks of working in a School Library, one of my jobs as a Teacher Librarian is to facilitate the wider reading program.</div>
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So each session starts with a spiel about new books or the programs that we are supporting at the moment and then we settle into doing half an hour of reading. During this time, I scoot around the room asking each students what they are reading; encouraging them to engage in recreational reading or recommending books to them.</div>
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And then Covid19 hit .... What to do with what is normally a very interpersonal task?</div>
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In consultation with the English teachers we came up with a model to do Wider Reading Online.</div>
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Normally wider reading takes half a period, 35-40 minutes. But online things take a lot longer.</div>
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I address the class at the start of the period with a pre-prepared presentation for the fortnight on topics that would interest the students (10-15 minutes), we then break up into mini groups for a "book chat" discussion were I ask each student to talk about what they are reading at the moment. I ask them where they got their books from, do they have recommendations for other students and if they have read a book that someone else is reading. The larger the group sessions the more likelihood there is that someone else will be reading (or will have read) the book that the student is reading. I did a session with 9 students in a group and it worked well.</div>
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I take notes throughout this session, marking down what they are reading and what page they are up to and I take note of which students to follow up on. Students that might not be reading anything or they might have expressed that they are having difficulty finding a book to read. I can follow these kids up and make up a Borrow Bag for them to make sure that they have something to read.</div>
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I transcribe my notes into my google spreadsheet where I keep the wider reading data and take note of which kids are actually reading and which ones are "nursing" books. Sitting on the same book for months on end.</div>
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Sometimes students will remember what I was reading last time and comment on whether I have finished my book, sometimes they are enthusiastic to talk, other times not so.</div>
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This is what we have been doing for our lockdowns. It is lovely to talk in small groups and to share the "I've also read Anne of Green Gables" discussions that might not normally happen when I speak to the students 1:1.</div>
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<br />Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-65872868775972360042020-07-17T23:01:00.000-07:002020-07-27T18:06:17.993-07:00Covid-19 Borrow Bags in the School LibraryWe packed another seven Borrow Bags this week for students who wanted to still borrow physical books from our collection, but who were not learning on campus. We decided not to use the term "Click and Collect" as many retailers are using this term and we wanted to emphasis "Borrowing".<br />
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There has been a great deal of discussion about Borrow Bags on the various mailing lists and Facebook groups so I thought I would document our process. I am sure that there are so many ways of doing this, but this is what worked for my team.<br />
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To start with, safety is our first priority. Not just physical safety, but mentally as well. Students and parents both wanted to know that we had taken appropriate precautions when dealing with the books.<br />
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Students would r<b>eserve their books via the catalogue</b> and also email us to say they wanted a Borrow Bag packed for them. In the email to us, students could request a <b>mystery pack</b> in a particular genre<b> </b>and also ask for books to support the Victorian Premiers Reading Challenge.<br />
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In our first lockdown in Victoria, Australia, we had one student who read through a selection of Novellas and Graphics Novels and she completed the Victorian Premiers Reading Challenge before the end of Term 2. Bravo!<br />
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We looked at using a Google Form for this, but often we would have to email back and forth with the student letting them know what was or wasn't available. A google form offered no advantage (for us) over email.<br />
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During our first lockdown, Term 2, 2020 we had lots of students interested in collecting a Borrow Bag. The interest petered off towards the end of lockdown, however the girls that were borrowing were grabbing 4-6 books each. We had two staff members come into the library on the Monday and Thursday to create and then distribute the Borrow Bags.</div>
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Each bag had a little lolly pack with a Chupa-Chump and some fruit chews in a little cute plastic bag with an "Enjoy your reading" label on them. A few students were very excited by this surprise. We also included bookmarks and some feedback/book review sheets as well.</div>
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A few button badges found their way in as well. These were received well! I have uploaded one of the<a href="http://infowhelm.blogspot.com/2020/07/free-badge-printable-reading-and-books.html" target="_blank"> button badge printables</a> to my blog for your downloading pleasure.</div>
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After creating a "group" spreadsheet of all the Borrow Bag recipients and their books while we were working from home, we printed off "receipts" that we could use to mark off whether a book was available or not.<br />
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When we came onsite, we printed off the receipts, collected the books and then folded it strategically. This was then used to label the bags. We managed to initially grab the bags from the Marketing office. They were left over from an event. But as we did more and more Borrow Bags, we finally just bought some from Officeworks, a business stationary retailer in Australia.</div>
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We constructed the bags on the Monday and then they were collected on the Thursday. Allowing three days between us handling them and the kids collecting them. The guidelines given to us by the school was to clean and then quarantine books for three days before shelving.<br />
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So throughout Lockdown 1.0 this is what we did. During Lockdown 2.0 it might be a bit different as Year 11/12 students are onsite. Students will be able to pick their Borrow Bags up from the Library if they have been temperature checked a the front office. But we will still have to follow our quarantine procedure.</div>
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Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-1140981526537784422020-07-06T20:59:00.001-07:002020-07-06T21:00:00.408-07:00Free Badge Printable: Reading and BooksEarlier in the year I made these badges for students who borrowed books during the lockdown period.<br />
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We would throw a few into the bags with their books along with bookmarks and a few lollies.<br />
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If you have a badge maker you can download this PNG file and print it out to the desired size. My button badge maker is 1.25" in size. I have a template in Canva that I use to create these.<br />
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<br />Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-32884925123416859102020-07-04T06:50:00.000-07:002020-07-04T06:50:00.421-07:00Publications update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Finally getting around to updating my publications list. I've got a few articles in the "pipeline" at the moment on a variety of topics. It's been a while since I have had the energy to write, things are chaotic here in Victoria, Australia.</div>
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This was a short and sweet article, originally pitched as five things that worked for us and the editor of FYI reduced it to three things.</div>
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<br />Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-8338717813013303822020-06-11T17:53:00.001-07:002020-06-11T17:53:35.967-07:00School Libraries during Covid-19: a reflectionWhen I got the email suggesting that I contribute to this online initiative I was in the thick of it.<div><br /></div><div>Being a Teacher Librarian from home was harder than I thought it would be. Much of my role is connecting with staff and nutting through problems in a one to one environment.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://studentsneedschoollibraries.org.au/snapshot-of-a-school-library-during-covid-19-24/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1560" data-original-width="1614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghrbMFMbTJaI8yJeDNC6H-1JybOaQ_xjXAeYQYnzh6Hv-ZHXvce8Mde_xmFP-J_k_90MrZf8Pugwft9s247668dZ1delU-afLGjA46cnE0yg3ZkvJ5y-7X2CiQpdmNXWeggKhyphenhyphenCklYljQ/s320/Snapshot+of+a+school+library.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When we went online, the game changed. We had to "as a team" do things differently. Have a read of my reflection on the <a href="https://studentsneedschoollibraries.org.au/snapshot-of-a-school-library-during-covid-19-24/" target="_blank">Students Need School Libraries website</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you are working in a school library during Covid-19, please contribute to this valuable resource.</div>Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-58956780574548355092020-05-18T16:49:00.000-07:002020-05-18T16:49:30.070-07:00Exploring the need of a School Library NewsletterFor a while now, during Covid-19 lockdown, our team has been producing a newsletter that goes out to staff at the end of each week with relevant links to resources that we manage.<br />
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Our objective was to cut down on the wave of "all staff" emails that the team would send out throughout the week. Our staff was expressing overload by the number of emails they would get every week and if we could consolidate our communications into a newsletter, it would hopefully help.<br />
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We have received good feedback from staff but will do a proper evaluation to see if staff want us to continue with this.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">May 25 to May 29 is Library and Information Week, a week to celebrate library services around the nation. This year’s theme is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>CREATE</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and we’d like to invite YOU to do a little creating. All you need is a good idea and photo to create your very own book cover.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Penguin Classics Cover generator</span></b><a href="https://penguin.jos.ht/" style="color: #0563c1;"><b><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">https://penguin.jos.ht/</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Penguin Classics Cover generator allows you to create your very own literary classic.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We’d love you to participate, especially the English and VisComm teachers, and all the book lovers on staff. Your cover might be the book you’ve always wanted to write or perhaps you’d like to design your own cover for an existing title. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Why not give it a try? You can CREATE your book cover directly from your phone or desktop. Then email it to the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><Library email><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>so we can add it to our digital gallery</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Have fun! We look forward to receiving your creations.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Whitehorse and Manningham Libraries</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://wml.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/MSGTRN/WPAC/JOIN" style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">https://wml.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/MSGTRN/WPAC/JOIN</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><br /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Join up online and get access to their free streaming services<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Kanopy</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Beamafilm</b>. Services also include access to Ancestry.com and all their eBook collections.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Australian True Crime Podcast</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://australiantruecrimepodcast.com/" style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">https://australiantruecrimepodcast.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb delve deep behind the headlines to bring a fresh take on all things true crime.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Bark Europa</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://www.barkeuropa.com/" style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">https://www.barkeuropa.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Built in 1911, Bark Europa is a working tall ship. They had to cancel their normal Antarctic voyages and are sailing back to Holland from Ushuaia because of Covid-19. Captain Klass is holding competitions as they sail home. The latest one is ‘When will EUROPA lose her shadow and see the sun directly overhead?’.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Humankind</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://www.humankindfilmfestival.com/" style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">https://www.humankindfilmfestival.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Human Rights Film (and Arts) Festival is going online as Humankind, screening a different film each night from May 18 to 24. Tickets required. Films are free. Donations accepted. The Artist program is also online.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Collaborative Whiteboard space</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://whiteboard.fi/" style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">https://whiteboard.fi/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Online whiteboard tool for teachers and classrooms!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Top Year 7 Reads</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><Year 7 Wider Reading Libguides URL></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">If you teach Year 7, how many of these have you read?</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 23pt; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://library.sion.catholic.edu.au/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&brSn=14031&brKey=396155120" style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="color: #337ab7;">It Only Happens in the Movies by Holly Bourne</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Wheelers eBook platform</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://sion.eplatform.co/" style="color: #0563c1;"><b><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">https://sion.eplatform.co/</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Remember you can download the eBook platform onto your smartphone so you can listen to audiobooks while you walk the dog!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Children’s Book Council of Australia: Older Readers Shortlist<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Announced this week, these 6 books were chosen from an initial list of 100 Young Adult books.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://library.sion.catholic.edu.au/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&brSn=21484&brKey=2113082473" style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="color: #1155cc;">The boy who steals houses by C.G. Drews</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://sion.eplatform.co/title/9781760786342/epub" style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="color: #1155cc;">How it feels to float by Helena Fox</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(eBook)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://library.sion.catholic.edu.au/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&brSn=24560&brKey=282985617" style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="color: #1155cc;">When the ground is hard by Malla Nunn</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://library.sion.catholic.edu.au/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&brSn=21323&brKey=1345414936" style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(also on eBook)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://library.sion.catholic.edu.au/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&brSn=32154&brKey=273555384" style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="color: #1155cc;">This is how we change the ending by Viki Wakefield</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(also on eBook)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Victorian Premiers Reading Challenge Update</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Check out the</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> <VPRC </span>Libguide> for testimonials from students who did the VPRC last year.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Term 2 Week 5</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> 127 verified books/ 663 registrations<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">These are the girls that picked up their Borrow Bags, so ask them about their books if you teach them.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><name> and <name> have been busy stocktaking the Non-Fiction part of our physical collection. We do this to identify shrinkage, inconsistencies in the catalogue and to check the quality of the books on the shelf.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Most popular Non-Fiction books</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://library.sion.catholic.edu.au/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&brSn=7380&brKey=625096039" style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="color: #1155cc;">The Complete Dog Breed Guide by Kim Dennis-Bryan</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We’ve just added some great new programs to the collection and we’ll have more for you next week. All episodes are short and get to the point quickly.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Tracing a projected image part 1: Preparation, Tracing a projected image part 2: Design, Tracing a projected image part 3: Preservation, Applying Lining Paper: Part 1, Applying Lining Paper: Part 2, Applying Lining Paper: Part 3, Applying Solvent-Borne Paint to a Door: Part 1, Applying Solvent-Borne Paint to a Door: Part 2, Applying Solvent-Borne Paint to a Door: Part 3, Applying Emulsion Paint to a Ceiling Area</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-63750279347837496262020-02-24T03:51:00.000-08:002020-03-16T03:54:47.046-07:00Reflections on Library Lovers Day 2020Library Lovers Day comes around so quickly at the start of a school year. You start the term and BAM you need to have something organized.<br />
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We did "Blind Date with a book". We wrapped the books in brown paper bags and wrote the barcode and some key terms on the front of the book.<br />
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Each student that borrowed a "Blind Date" book also got a little love heart chocolate. We had over 80 borrowings, although we haven't measured if they actually read the book in full!<br />
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An affirming exercise was the "Library Lovehearts". Throughout the day the students could write us a love heart. These hearts were then turned into a wall display.<br />
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For the staff room we also did a Word Search, some quote cards and a Clickview bookmark.<br />
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The day seemed to be successful with lots of students picking up books to read and weeks afterwards students were still reading their Blind Date books during Wider Reading.Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643157717605789068.post-14450604208660988192020-01-14T21:48:00.003-08:002020-01-14T21:48:37.379-08:00Welcome to 2020I'm moving schools this year, across into the role of Head of Library and Information Services. It's very exciting and there is a certain amount of "good anxiety" in the air around expectations and anticipated experiences.<br />
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I am looking forward to focusing just on the "school library" and being a Teacher Librarian for a while rather than being pulled between other teaching and leadership responsibilities. Putting some of the materials that I learnt in my degree into play, as my new school is mostly a greenfield site as far as Teacher Librarians go.<br />
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They haven't had a Teacher Librarian for several years so there are lots of opportunities to established an evidence based reading and information literacy program.<br />
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Wish me luck!Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.com0