Karen Bonanno's Blog (11)

Day one of the ASLA XXI Biennial Conference in Perth has started. You can follow the conference on Twitter by using the hashtag #asla2009.

Opening keynote by Libby Gleeson set out a challenge for educators - Literature in schools (whole literature programs and not just the decodin

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On July 22, ABC Canberra Radio: Live on Drive host, Louise Maher interviewed Karen Bonanno, Executive Officer, Australian School Library Association, on 'The role of teacher-librarians.' Richard Aedy from Life Matters ABC Radio National interviewed Mary Manning, Executive Officer, School Library Association of Victoria on 'Teacher-librarians are a dying breed in the education system'. To get access to these interviews visit the… Continue

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

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

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

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

A few weeks have passed since the devastating Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria. School library colleagues from around the world have sent messages of support and a number have contributed to various projects such as the Victorian Bushfire Teddy Bear Drive. Updates on ongoing initiatives will be available on the ALIA blog Also you might like to visit the… Continue

The Australian School Library Association Inc. (ASLA) and Pledger Consulting Pty Ltd (LinksPlus/Weblinks) have pleasure in announcing the winner of the 2008 Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year Award – Jan Radford from Delany College, Granville, New South Wales. This national award recognises and honours an exceptional Australian teacher librarian in a school… Continue

ASLA XXI Biennial Conference 2009 -- 29 September - 2 October 2009 at the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre, Perth, Western Australia The ASLA XXI Biennial 2009 Conference Organising Committee invites abstract submissions for presentations at the 2009 Conference. This Conference aims to bring together professionals from all over Australia and… Continue

The ASLA Online III team has been working on the planning for this event for about 18 months. It is my pleasure to introduce them to you. From Australia there is Jennie Bales from Tasmania, Sue Johnston from South Australia, and June Wall from New South Wales (and yours truly from Queensland). From the USA we have Dr Marcia Mardis from Michigan. Quite an interesting bunch who have been communicating via a discussion list to get things happening. So, the action begins and we hope you enjoy the… Continue

The theme for this conference was inspired by the work of Thomas L. Friedman (2006), The world is flat. The flattening of the world, according to Friedman was triggered by ten forces - 11/9/89 (fall of the Berlin Wall), 8/9/95 (Netscape goes public), work flow software, uploading, outsourcing, offshoring, insourcing, in-forming and the steroids (Friedman 2006, pp. 50-200). The focus for this conference emph… Continue