ASLA Online

Explore the impact of the digital agenda for school libraries

Who should visit this site

If you are a school administrator, ICT coordinator, teacher librarian, library media specialist, school librarian, classroom teacher, student undertaking studies in school librarianship, school library academic or a school library consultant we invite you to be involved in ASLA Online.

Events

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ASLAXXI: On the countdown for early bird rego close...only one week to go. Check out ASLA 2009 http://www.asla.org.au/pd/conference/

ASLAXXI: For presenters - remember that the deadline for next round of papers is 1 July for the general papers for the conference

ASLAXXI: Make a holiday out of it and check out the social programme http://bit.ly/5W7YC

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Welcome to ASLA Online

The Australian School Library Association (ASLA) is a national association representing the field of teacher librarianship and school library resources services in Australia.

During May 2008, ASLA hosted its third online virtual conference: Under Construction: A World Without Walls which focused on the impact of the digital agenda for school libraries.

This ASLA Online site will continue to host discussions with the aim to bring together a range of educators to consider, discuss and explore the educational potential of a globally connected world.

Please explore the forums and the groups on this site.

Forum

Karen Bonanno

Does school education discourage creativity?

Started by Karen Bonanno in Curriculum development 21 hours ago.

Karen Bonanno

Print resources versus online subscriptions 8 Replies

Started by Karen Bonanno in School_libraries. Last reply by Barbara Tibbits Apr 2.

Alan

Educational Magazines with an international Flavour? 3 Replies

Started by Alan in Web 2.0. Last reply by Debbie Feb 3.

Blog Posts

Karen Bonanno

Blog - School Libraries 21C

This moderated discussion on School Libraries 21C - http://schoollibraries21c.edublogs.org/ - may be of interest to you and your colleagues.

The discussion on this blog commenced June 1 and concludes June 26.

Dr Ross Todd, Director, CISSL, USA and Lyn Hay, Charles Sturt University,Australia will guide the discussion.

The discussion is organised around three main headings:

1. The future of school libraries

2. The school libr… Continue

Posted by Karen Bonanno on June 8, 2009 at 10:56am

Mark Cruthers

Learning in a Virtual Classroom

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Posted by Mark Cruthers on May 19, 2009 at 9:47am

Karen Bonanno

Australian School Libraries Research Project

The Australian Library and Information Association, the Australian School Library Association and Edith Cowan University are pleased to announce the release of survey results from the Australian School Libraries Research Project.

Please check the media release information at http://www.asla.org.au/advocacy/mediarelease-May09.htm

The reports can be found at htt… Continue

Posted by Karen Bonanno on May 11, 2009 at 4:32pm

Karen Bonanno

ASLA 2009 conference registration now open

The ASLA XXI Conference Committee is pleased to announce that registration for the ASLA XXI Biennial Conference, 29 September to 2 October 2009, to be held at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Western Australia is now open.

The registration brochure (as a PDF file) and the online registration web link can be accessed from the conference registration web page

Early bird registration must close Tuesday 30… Continue

Posted by Karen Bonanno on April 6, 2009 at 8:53pm — 3 Comments

Karen Bonanno

Policy statements for school libraries

The Australian School Library Association (ASLA) and the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) Joint Policy Advisory Group are pleased to advise the revision of several joint policy statements – please refer to the main index at http://www.asla.org.au/policy/ for the following:
• Policy statement - Guided inquiry and the curriculum
• Policy statement - Information literacy
• Policy statement - Library and information services in school… Continue

Posted by Karen Bonanno on March 19, 2009 at 2:46pm

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Karen Bonanno added a discussion21 hours ago
Does school education discourage creativity?
Sir Ken Robinson, an international leader in the development of creativity and innovation, was recently in Australia and was interviewed on ABC Radio National Life Matters He says the school system often discourages creativity by favouring academ...
Karen Bonanno commented on Karen Bonanno's blog post 'ASLA 2009 conference registration now open'June 23
Only one week to go before the early bird registration for the conference closes. Check out the program, social events, speakers, etc. at http://www.asla.org.au/pd/conference/ and then get your registration in to catch the early bird ;-)
Karen Bonanno added 4 blog postsJune 8
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mel obrien added a discussion to the group Engage, Explore, Celebrate ASLA XXI Biennial Conference 2009May 18
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Karen Bonanno added a discussion to the group Engage, Explore, Celebrate ASLA XXI Biennial Conference 2009May 15
Follow ASLA XXI on Twitter
You can follow the developments for the conference on Twitter. Check out the tweets at http://twitter.com/ASLAXXI
mel obrien commented on Karen Bonanno's blog post 'ASLA 2009 conference registration now open'May 11
If you have registed for ASLA 2009 please join the group "Engage, Explore, Celebrate ". It would be great to get some pre-conference discussion happening.
 
 

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