Engaging and Empowering School Libraries

Educating and training our library educators

(Start at 5.47 mins to miss set up chat) Elizabeth, Ruth and Sabrina chat with Krystal Vittal, Deputy CEO of Suffolk libraries, Briony Birdi, Senior lecturer and dissertation supervisor at Sheffield University, Corin Peacock, a student at Sheffield University studying librarianship and Rachel Huskisson, school librarian about the different routes to a professional qualification.

We discussed why it is important to have a qualification, its benefits and the confidence it gives you. Whilst also touching on the importance of learning about other areas of the library profession. 

Apprenticeship information https://www.cilip.org.uk/general/custom.asp?page=LISApprenticeships#:~:text=The%20Level%203%20standard%20covers,to%20resolve%20their%20specific%20query  

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Reading for recreation, reading for learning and reading for life. The school librarians role in supporting reading.

(Start at 4.55 mins to miss set up chat) Elizabeth, Ruth and Sabrina chat with school librarian, Clare Brumpton and teacher, Gaurav Dubay about reading. We discussed the importance of reading for recreation, how to support students reading for learning and give ideas for engaging reluctant readers in reading for life. Listen out for my snowman gaff... proves it is a live show! 

Here is the link to the article we mention - School libraries and reading development 

If you want to know more about how I can support school libraries check out my website https://www.elizabethahutchinson.com/ 

ebooks and audiobooks in school libraries

(Start at 4 mins to miss set up chat) Elizabeth, Ruth and Sabrina chat with Raff Grasso, a teacher librarian from Melbourn and Haley Higgins and Alison Mercer-Cifola from Bolinda. We talked about ebooks in school libraries. We covered having a school collection and how to promote them. Using the public library collections and the increased use of audiobooks. We cover diversity and how this medium supports health and wellbeing as well as catering for visually impaired readers. Will it make you want to download a book or two? 

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Thoughts and tips for stock selection for school libraries

(Start at 4m 55sec to miss set up chat) Elizabeth, Ruth and Sabrina chat with Alison King, Will Lack and Jim Mcleod about selecting stock for your school library. We covered diversity, how to find hidden gems and how to choose genres we don't read ourselves. Thanks to Jim I have just downloaded my first ever horror story... Will I be a convert?

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https://www.gingernutsofhorror.com/contact-feature.html# 

https://www.ukreadingroadmap.org/ 

Why is collection development important in our school libraries?

#LSLLTS is not running during the holidays, this is an older episode we recorded on 15th November 2021. Ruth Maloney and Elizabeth Hutchinson talk to Debra Perrin, school librarian, about why collection development is important. "What a holistic and wide-ranging discussion with amazingly varied views yet librarians' hearts are all the same - we want our students reading, learning and growing" Irene Reid 

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Banned Books: Challenges from an educational perspective

(Start at 2m 50sec) Elizabeth and Sabrina (Ruth was poorly) chat with Amy Hermon and Steve Tetreault 2 US school librarians about book banning in the US. They talk about their situation and advise us on what we should do now before it is too late. Claire Marris a UK librarian who has recently written for the School Librarian about book banning joins the conversation from a UK perspective. 

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Collaborative Inquiry: Do teachers have time for this?

(Start at 2mins 45 sec to miss set up chatter) Elizabeth and Ruth chat to Emma Wallace (School Librarian) and Dr Julie Greenhough (English teacher) about their recent FOSIL inquiry collaboration with year 8. They give a fascinating insight into the benefits of collaboration for their students and themselves. 

Book Awards: Why are teenage books so angsty?

Elizabeth Hutchinson and Ruth Maloney chat to Jake Hope and Amy McKay who are both involved with the Carnegie and Greenaway Book Awards about how book awards are run and the nature of teenage fiction. We also discussed the merit of using illustrated books with older teenagers too.