School Library Associations
School Library Web Sites
Listservs
Online Librarianship Journals
Other Library and Information Services
Other Teaching and Learning Sites
Information Literacy
Web 2
Books and Literature
Electronic Books
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School Library Associations and Policies
ASLA (ACT) is a member of the Australian School Library Association,
the federal body which represents school library organisations in most Australian states.
The ASLA site includes the Policy Statement -
Teacher librarians in Australia and Standards of professional excellence for teacher librarians.
Other members of ASLA include:
Australian School Library Association (NSW)
Australian School Library Association - Tasmania
Australian School Library Association (Northern Territory)
School Library Association of Queensland
School Library Association of Victoria
School Library Association of South Australia
Western Australia School Library Association
SLANZA: School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa

School Library Web Sites
TLs@EdNA Teacher Librarians Meeting Space
ACT Department of Education and Training : Schools (link to individual schools)
Australian Libraries Gateway : Find a Library
School Libraries.Net
Resources for School Librarians
School Libraries and Information Literacy (NSW Dept. Ed.)
P.L. Duffy Resource Centre, Trinity College
Department of Education: Tasmanian School Library Guidelines
School Library Support (Western Australia)

Listservs
OZTL_Net
Oz-Teachernet
LM_NET
Big 6

Online Librarianship Journals
Connections (SCIS)
School Library Media Research
Teacher Librarian (formerly Emergency Librarian)
School Library Journal
School Libraries Worldwide (IASL)
Scan
Australian Library Journal (ALIA)
Orana (ceased publication - June 2005, see Issues Index)
The Question Mark (Jamie McKenzie)
From Now On (Education Technology Journal)
Warrior Librarian (Satire)
techLEARNING (Technology and Learning)
Library Media and PR

Other Library and Information Services
The National Library of Australia
ACT Virtual Library
- Online Collections
- eBooks
- Your Tutor
Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
International Association of School Librarianship (IASL)
Courses for Teacher Librarianship offered across Australia (ASLA)
Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Australian Copyright Council
Screenrights : the audiovisual copyright society
Smartcopying : National Copyright Guidelines
School Libraries and Information Literacy (NSW Dept. Ed.)
The WWW Virtual Library
The Internet Public Library
A Simple Book Repair Manual

Other Teaching and Learning Sites
ACT Department of Education and Training
Education Network Australia (EdNA)
Computer Education Group ACT Inc. (CEGACT)
Curriculum Corporation
SCIS : Supporting Libraries : Library System Vendors
The Educator's Reference Desk (AskERIC and ERIC/IT)
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

Information Literacy
Policy Statement - Information Literacy
Policy Statement - Electronic Information Literacy
Information Skills and Literacy : Information Literacy Sites
Information Literacy Online (NZ)
Tom March / ozline.com : Bright Ideas for Education - WebQuests
Big6 : an Information Problem-Solving Process
Filamentality : helping you add your Filament to the web of learning
ALA : Information Power
Guided Inquiry (Carol Kuhlthau & Ross Todd, CISSL)
The Question Mark (Jamie McKenzie)
Information Literacy (SLANZA)
CMIS : Resourcing the Curriculum : Information Literacy

Information Literacy: Skills
Effective Search Strategies (CMIS)
Evaluating Websites (CMIS)

Web 2
Edublogs - education blogs
New Tools for Student Communication (Podcasting, Wikis and Blogs - links)

Books and Literature
The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBC)
Ozlit Books & Writers Database
The Lu Rees Archives of Australian Children's Literature
ASLA (NSW) Booklists Also check the Books and Reading Link.
Ipswich District Teacher Librarian Network - Book Week
Inside a Dog (12 to 16 year olds)

Electronic Books
The Online Books Page
eBooks@Adelaide
Project Gutenberg : Online Book Catalog
Classic Bookshelf
Books Online (Trinity College)
Weirdstop, Coolstop and Wonderstop. Libby Hathorn's interactive online stories.

Worth Reading
Information
Literacy Experts or Expats? SLANZA 2007 Conference, Pru Mitchell
Copying podcasts in educational libraries
(Connections) EnhanceTV provides information on educational TV programs and films, as well as providing free study guides and features
to assist the use of audiovisual material in teaching.
Graphic Attention: graphic novels in
libraries (Connections) Alison Lee discusses how graphic novels can be a useful addition to any library, both for education
and enjoyment. Graphic novels encourage readers to explore a new, exciting and accessible way of reading.
Competing in a Google world (Connections)
Catherine Leonard discusses how librarians and libraries can compete against the pervasive nature of search engines such as Google and
Yahoo to ensure survival in the information industry. She gives examples on what librarians can do to enrich the experience of
information seeking and delivery through library catalogues.
Digital Nativism, Digital Delusions. and Digital Deprivation (Jamie
McKenzie, From Now On) Is being born into a culture saturated with things digital a blessing? How sensible and well documented
is Prensky's notion of digital natives and digital immigrants?

Postal enquiries: ASLA (ACT) President, P.O. Box 700, Jamison ACT 2614
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