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Executive Summary
of ASLA National Council Meeting by teleconference
November 10, 2008
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ASLA (ACT) is the professional association for all those interested in,
or engaged in, aspects of education in school libraries in the ACT. It aims to promote the interests of
Teacher Librarians, by providing a forum for professional discussion and growth.
"Effective learners are not just those who are knowledgeable but rather
they are people who are able to find and use information as required."
(Learning for the future: developing information services in schools
2001, 2nd edition, p. 2.)
Calendar: ASLA ACT / TL meetings 2009 (Word doc ready for printing out)
ASLA (ACT) General Meetings for 2009:
Thursday 25th June. Library Walking Trail at Radford College, 3.30 for 4pm
Walking trail Flyer: Word document format or pdf - need Acrobat Reader
Thursday 20th August. ASLA PD. TBA
Thursday 17th September. Library Walking Trail at Harrison School, 3.30 for 4pm.
Thursday 29th October. ASLA XXI Conference PD at St Monica's, 3.30 for 4pm.
Thursday 12th November. ASLA Dinner and AGM at Italo-Australian Club, Forrest.
Library Walking Trails
Information flyer (pdf)
Visit and tour a new or renovated library - Thursdays, week 9 in terms 1-3.
Term 1: Lyneham High School, 2nd April.
Term 2: Radford College, 25th June.
Term 3: Harrison School, 17th September.
Previous meetings:
ASLA Meet, Greet and SCRATCH that PD Itch!
February 12, 4-6pm, Canberra Grammar School
SCRATCH involves sequential thinking and story animation. http://scratch.mit.edu/
Thursday 2nd April. Library Walking Trail at Lyneham High, 3.30 for 4pm.
Thursday 21st May, 3.30 for 4pm start. Web 2.0 Fun. Marist College Senior Library. RSVP by Thurs 14th May.
ACT Cluster Group Meetings for 2009:
Northside:
Term 1: Thursday 19th March, 3.30 for 4pm start - Merici College
Term 2: Thursday 4th June, 3.30 for 4pm - Lake Ginninderra College
Term 3: Thursday 27th August, 3.30 for 4pm - Lyneham High School
Term 4: Thursday 5th November, 3.30 for 4pm - Ainslie Primary School
Southside:
Term 1: Thursday 19th March, 4pm - Calwell Primary School
Term 2: Thursday 11th June, 4pm - Stromlo High School
Term 3: Thursday 6th August, 4pm - Lake Tuggeranong College
Term 4: Thursday 5th November, 4pm - Girls Grammar Junior School Library
ASLA ACT Committee Meetings for 2009:
19 Feb, 12 Mar, 2 Apr, 14 May, 11 Jun, 2 Jul, 13 Aug, 10 Sep, 15 Oct, 19 Nov.
Marist College, 4.15 for 4.30pm unless notified.
Conferences and Workshops:
2009, 29 Sept - 2 Oct: ASLA XXI Biennial Conference 2009, Engage,
Explore, Celebrate, Perth Convention Exhibition Centre, Perth, Western Australia.
2009, 2 Sept - 4 Sept: IASL, 2009 Annual Conference, School
Libraries in the Picture: Preparing Pupils for the Future, Information Research through the School Library, Abano Terme (Padua), Italy.
2010, 29 April - 2 May: Children's Book Council of Australia, Across the Story Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland.
Popular Links:
ASLA Australian School Library Association
A member of ASLA ACT Council attends meetings of the ACT branch of the Australian Library and Information Association as an observer and reports on ASLA ACT activities.
TLs@EdNA Teacher Librarians Meeting Space
ACT Virtual Library,
Online Collections,
Online Tutoring,
E-Books
Children's Book Council of Australia
Library and Information Week
COOL Awards - Children's Choice Book Awards in Canberra
Australian Children's Choice Awards
MS Readathon
Galleries and Museums of the ACT (Word doc. kindly compiled by Gai, June 08)
ASLA (ACT) Wikispace:
If you are a Teacher Librarian, a Teacher or a Librarian working in schools in the ACT, Australia, you are welcome to
become a member of our wiki which is at http://www.aslaact.wikispaces.com.
Please send an email to
with a request to join and include your name, school and email address.
All access to the wiki is temporarily password only. Login and password will be given to TLs in the ACT through the listserv.
The wiki will reopen for everyone to view once the govt. sector centralized library database
discussion has been finalized.
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Postal Enquiries: ASLA (ACT) President, P.O. Box 700, Jamison ACT 2614
Email Enquiries:
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