The Canberra Times: Charnwood-Dunlop School community rallies to improve reading

Written by Megan Doherty, this article talks about the strategies, including the employment of a teacher librarian, the Charnwood-Dunlop School have used to increase reading engagement, with positive implications for their testing results.

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Connections: Morris Gleitzman on the uniquely contributive role of school libraries

"Australian Children's Laureate Morris Gleitzman discusses the uniquely contributive role of school libraries, and how parents and supporters can work together to ensure students have access to strong school library services. "

Read the full article in Connections, Issue 108.

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The Conversation: Don’t worry, a school library with fewer books and more technology is good for today’s students

In response to a recent article about a school changing its library services, this article discusses the importance of school libraries and how libraries work with and teach students to use technology well.

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ASA: Gender, Gatekeepers and Good Fun

In her 2018 Australian Society of Authors’ Colin Simpson Memorial Lecture, presented on November 3 in Sydney, Jacqueline Harvey talks about the importance of reading, gender in literature, and the role that librarians, teachers, and parents have in encouraging reading.

You can read the full transcript on the Australia Society of Authors' website.  

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ABC News: School libraries ‘disappearing’ as the digital age takes over

Patrick Wood on ABC News Breakfast talks school libraries and the steps author Leigh Hobbs it taking to save them.

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EducationHQ: Are school libraries on the way out or up?

Sarah Duggan writes about the future of school libraries in Australia and the steps author Leigh Hobbs is taking to preserve them.

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The Guardian: Experts condemn ‘folly’ of pilot scheme using pupils to staff school libraries

"Parents, literacy experts, trade unions, teachers and librarians have spoken out against initiative being trialled by the Scottish Borders council"

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