Engaging and Empowering School Libraries

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. 

Non Fiction Collections in School Libraries. Do we still need them?

(Start at 2m 43s to miss out on set up chat) Ruth Maloney and Elizabeth Hutchinson discuss the relevance of non-fiction collections in school libraries with Jenny and Darryl Toerien.