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We are celebrating school libraries and what better way than to celebrate the work of the school library team.

We are featuring the work of librarians, library volunteers, author/illustrator visitors, teacher librarians, library aides, library technicians, heads of library services, [your job title here], library merchandisers and everyone between. While the blog post is about a typical day in a school library, we in the know, know that there is no such thing as a typical day in the library, so feel free to make your response as varied, vibrant and exciting as possible. We want to portray a positive view of what school libraries can be, should be and are like.

You can choose to just answer the questions or you can give us an hour by hour run down of a day. Keep the answers as brief or as detailed as you want. And want to add photos? Yes, please!!! Or maybe even a video? Anything you want.

How can you help? Just answer a few simple questions - below. The segment will be called “A Day in the Life of a…” You can choose to be featured anonymously or with your real name and school name, please just let us know in your response. You will be featured on the SNSL website and social media pages. Help parents, families, principals, politicians and the general public learn a little more about the fabulous work of school libraries and school library workers.

Interested? Just answer the questions below or create your own. Then email it to us at blog@studentsneedschoollibraries.org.au

A Day in the Life of a …[ your role title here].

Do you want this to be posted anonymously? 

If not, what's your name and school name?

What is your role in the school library?

What do you love best about your job?

What age students do you work with?

What three words that best describe you?

What would you do if you had more time?

What do you spend most of your time doing?

What tasks are the next biggest spenders of your time?

What do you fill in the rest of the time with?

What are some things that you only do occasionally?

What is the coolest project you have worked on or the coolest thing about your work/day?

What’s the best thing that has happened to you in your role?

What made you want to be a …..?

What is one thing you would really like someone to know about your job?

You can also complete a time schedule for a typical/non-typical day, filling out details on what you do at work for each hour/half hour.

ACCESS: A Day in the Life of A

By SNSLAdmin | May 30, 2020

ACCESS: A Day in the Life of A ASLA’s ACCESS June edition has shared a collection of the responses to our A Day In the Life of A… blog post series. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the article and blog post series. This article was first published in ACCESS, vol. 34, issue 2, … Continue reading ACCESS: A Day in the Life of A

A Day In the Life of A Teacher Librarian #6

By SNSLAdmin | April 18, 2020

A Day in the Life of a Teacher Librarian #6 I’d like to introduce you to our next teacher librarian. She answered our questions about her job working in a school library. What is your role in the school library? I support teachers and students with literacy education, I manage teacher resources, the purchasing and … Continue reading A Day In the Life of A Teacher Librarian #6

A Day in the Life of a Teacher Librarian #5

By SNSLAdmin | April 8, 2020

A Day in the Life of a Teacher Librarian #5 Meet Jennifer Cain. She’s the Head of Learning Commons and Personal Project Co-ordinator Mater Christi College, Belgrave, Victoria. We asked her a few questions about her role and how she spends her days. What do you love best about your job? Working with students to … Continue reading A Day in the Life of a Teacher Librarian #5

A Day in the Life of a Library Aide #1

By SNSLAdmin | April 5, 2020

A Day in the Life of a Library Aide #1 Meet our next guest library staff member. She is a library aide. She works in a school in Queensland that teaches students aged 3 to 18. She gave us a rundown of her day and what she loves about her job. I love the flexibility … Continue reading A Day in the Life of a Library Aide #1

A Day in the Life of a Teacher Librarian #4

By SNSLAdmin | April 3, 2020

A Day in the Life of a Teacher Librarian #4 Meet another teacher librarian. She works in the Secondary Campus library of a P-12 Anglican School and gave us a run down of her typical day as a teacher librarian. The Library is open 7.30 – 5.00 we share the supervision of the Library between … Continue reading A Day in the Life of a Teacher Librarian #4

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