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School Library Web Sites
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Information Literacy
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Books and Literature
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Worth Reading
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 policy statements 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) Inc.
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
DET : Directory of Schools (link to individual schools)
Australian Libraries Gateway : Find a Library
School Libraries and Information Literacy (NSW Dept. Ed.)
Department of Education: Tasmanian School Library Guidelines
School Library Support (Western Australia)

Listservs and Blogs
ACT TL listserv : Members must be currently employed in ACT school libraries. Contact info@aslaact.org.au to request membership.
 
OZTL_Net
Oz-Teachernet
LM_NET
Big 6
Australian Children's Literature Alliance : Bright Ideas (SLAV, blog)

Online Librarianship Journals
Connections (SCIS) Click Latest Issue.
School Library Media Research (American Association of School Librarians)
Teacher Librarian (formerly Emergency Librarian)
School Library Journal
School Libraries Worldwide (IASL)
Scan (NSW Dept. Ed. & Training)
Australian Library Journal (ALIA)
Orana (ceased publication - June 2005, see Issues Index)
From Now On (Education Technology Journal)
Warrior Librarian (Satire and ending soon)
Library Media and PR
Metro Magazine Study guides and Screenings.

Other Library and Information Services
The National Library of Australia
ACT Virtual Library
 - Online Collections
 - eBooks
 - Online 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
Enhance TV
Smartcopying : National Copyright Guidelines
School Libraries and Information Literacy (NSW Dept. Ed.)
The WWW Virtual Library
The Internet Public Library
School Libraries.Net
Resources for School Librarians (U.S. school librarian)
A Simple Book Repair Manual
Australian Casual and Relief School Library TEACHING STAFF Wiki

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

Information Literacy
Policy Statement - Information Literacy
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)
CMIS : Resourcing the Curriculum : Information Literacy

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

Books and Literature
Australian Literary and Historical Texts
The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA)
The Lu Rees Archives of Australian Children's Literature
ASLA (NSW) Books and reading for young people
Ipswich District Teacher Librarian Network - Book Week
Inside a Dog (12 to 16 year olds)
Australian Literary (useful links)
LiteraryAwards.com.au (Australian and international book awards)
Australian Children's Literature Alliance : Bright Ideas (SLAV, blog)

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

Worth Reading
Standards for the 21st-century learner AASL, 2007.
 
Information Literacy Lots of interesting links in this Shambles site.
 
Directing information literacy in a digital (school) environment James Henri, 2004
 
Beyond Cut-and-Paste : Engaging Students in Wrestling with Questions of Import By Jamie McKenzie, From Now On, Vol 18, No 1, September 2008.
 
Getting Attention in the Laptop Classroom By Jamie McKenzie, From Now On, Vol 18, No 2, November 2008.
 
IASL Site of the Week
 

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