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This Group space for library staff focusses on Library Research, Surveys and Questionnaires. Members are encouraged to share surveys and participate in research activities.The 2008 SLASA school library survey for completion by all schools in South Australia is hosted here.

This paper examines two Australian projects that assist teacher librarians develop skills in communicating online. It presents an outline of what has been learned about the types, advantages and disadvantages of online tools, and contributes to a greater understanding of cognitive and affective issues in the effectiveness of online professional development.

I am a Teacher Librarian currently temporarily placed (TPT)at Hendon Primary School.

We are on a Campus and service three primary schools and a kindergarten. In total, wecater forsome 850 students plus the staff. The layout of the current Resource Centre includes multiple areas which have been added to over the past 20 years.Whilstthis has given us a lot of space, the roomsdo not flow and fail to work efficiently. They areat different levelsand contain odd angles and corners. Our circulation desk is not only too low, it is too small and poorly located. The work room is a good size but our desk/ benches are at student height and the room has poor storage facilities.

Linden Park Schools have a new reception to year 7 library. After years of managing in two separate old libraries, we think we have reached nirvana in this new site. It's a new standalone building, centrally located on the school site. It's spacious, light and airy with a greatview of the city from the western window. Combining the two libraries has been a challenge - that term that covers all manner of trauma- but it is starting to feel like a really busy and vibrant community place. The down side is the fact that the new building does not include a teacher resources area; these are housed in satellite areas around the school. Maybe the new round of funding will help add some extensions for the teacher resources. It seems re-development never finishes!

School Community Libraries Handbook November 2007

Looking to be a teacher librarian? you must already be a qualified teacher + elective in the Graduate Diploma must be LIBR 5013 Reading for Learning and Leisure with a focus on children's and adolescent literature + the in-service project will need to be completed within a School library

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