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School Libraries and Information Literacy

Welcome to the School Libraries and Information Literacy site, for teacher-librarians, principals, school assistants, and those interested in collaborative teaching and school libraries supporting ICT and literacy.

  Check out the new Hot topic on social media and literacies. Take eight minutes to watch the video!  While there check out the other Hot topics and let us know what you think. Do you have a suggested hot topic? Or some news you d like to share? If so contact Colleen.Foley@det.nsw.edu.au

  Blogs are now used to host the discussion for the raps. Some wiki activities are also being included. Have a look at the Wilfrid rap blog or the Identity blog to see and for ideas for using blogs. The Term 3 rap is a combined Olympic Games and Book Week event!

A snapshot of interactivity at Wiley Park Public School library, in the latest Scan, highlights the use of IWBs as engaging teaching and learning tools, with examples of K-6 students interacting with technology in the library.

 Happily blogging @ Belmore South, in Scan, explores the use of blogs, avatars, vokis and wikis to engage students in creative, purposeful learning with meaningful audiences.

  The updated Copyright section for the Handbook for school libraries is now available. This provides the latest internet and digital related copyright guidelines for school libraries and teacher librarians, including format shifting issues and labelling requirements. The Copyright FAQs section of our site has also been updated to reflect the latest copyright advice.

  OASIS Web Enquiry has been welcomed by schools. This article from Scan February 2008 shows how some teacher librarians are using it, provides some timely reminders about downloading website orders from SCIS, and outlines how to use the Web Filter Check.

        Windows Movie Maker watch the movie, read the Scan article

  See the new Information skills pages in Teaching ideas including the new look information process summary from Information skills in the school. The full document is republished here.

 Working in the library (for SAS staff) can now be ordered. Select skill development details. 
    
For NSW government schools there is information on the OASIS Thin Client project and how to download SCIS records on the OASIS Thin Client Implementation page of the School Systems site on the DET intranet. The detailed support documents include instructions on downloading SCIS records to OASIS in the document Loading USMARC records. 

 About the School Libraries and Information Literacy website

The site promotes a range of support including statewide policy advice, teaching and learning ideas which integrate technology for teacher-librarians and teachers, resource reviews, professional development opportunities, SCIS, Scan and The School Magazine. The Library policy and the Memorandum for teacher-librarians are in the Policy and publications section.

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