ALIA Schools [aliaschools]
ALIA Schools promotes the interests of school libraries and teacher-librarians, provides opportunities for professional development, lobbies for school libraries with state and local groups, liaises with other groups, identifies and analyses current trends in teacher librarianship, and maintains the profile of teacher-librarianship within ALIA.
What a difference a school library makes
The August sitting of Parliament has commenced. If you haven’t emailed your concerns about school libraries and teacher librarians to your Federal Member please visit these websites to do so today.
For a copy of the sample letter go to this wiki: http://schoollibraries2011.wikispaces.com/ then click on the campaign hyperlink. This will take you to the section of the wiki that has suggested articles for you to use in your school newsletter. It also contains media releases and sample letters. Click on the sample letter for politicians and download. You will need to add your MP’s name at the top and your name and contact details at the bottom.
To find out who your member is go to http://www.alia.org.au/schoollibraries/ and scroll down to the part titled: Template letter to you MP. **Do not use this template letter – use the template letter on the wiki page**. There you will see two hyperlinks that enable to you find out who your member is. You can email them directly from this area.
This should take no more than 10 minutes. So … get going … and let’s create that noise that signals teacher librarians and school libraries do make a difference!
Quick!! School library supporters, please follow the link below and take part in the Bookmark Campaign. Urgent call to action, deadline is 31 December. Post your bookmark to the Minister of Education and Employment and help us get the Inquiry Report into School Libraries tabled in Parliament.
Bookmark template and instructions: Red Bookmark | B&W Bookmark
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Update your membership details online to nominate Schools sector interest.
For information and registration forms for upcoming PD activities, please click on the Professional development link.
Instructions for becoming an e-list member are as follows:
- To access the e-list you will need your ALIA membership number and a password, since only members may access the e-list.
- Connect to the e-list pages.
- Scroll down until you come to ALIASchools and follow the prompts to join the e-list.
- If you don’t yet have your password just send an e-mail to ALIA and they will forward it to you very promptly.
If you would like to be a member of ALIA you can either be an individual or institutional member. Information about membership costs and benefits can be found on the website.
In a spirit of collegiality, the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) Schools and the Victorian Catholic Teacher Librarians (VCTL) make available to school communities A Manual for Developing Policies and Procedures in Australian School Library Resource Centres. It is the result of a joint working party and has been published to support the professional practice of staff in school library resource centres.
The collaborative nature of this document and the spirit of cooperation in which the work was performed has enabled this document to not only be completed but also to be made available to all school library resource centres in Australia at no cost. The document is only available electronically.
For more information click here
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