Category Archives: School Libraries

Learning to predict the future by inventing it – TeenTech Awards

Posted on March 29, 2019 by

The surest way to predict the future is to invent it, a maxim attributed to Alan Kay while at Xerox PARC, who did as much as any to invent the future of computing. So how does one go about inventing … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 5, 2019 by

School libraries aren’t statutory, and in the UK no one knows how many there are, or if they are staffed or funded. The Great School Libraries campaign is a three-year campaign which aims to change this – collecting data about school … Continue reading →

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Three quick tools for research

Posted on October 18, 2018 by

I recently gave a ‘whistle stop’ training session to all of the year 12 pupils at our school, and this was followed by in-depth sessions to some of our HPQ and EPQ pupils at the end of last term. It … Continue reading →

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Older Teens Library Engagement

Posted on February 7, 2018 by

You may recall last Autumn a survey was disseminated, which many of you completed, about engaging older pupils in your Library. I was pleased to have such a high volume of respondents – 39 – during the October and November … Continue reading →

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The dangers of reading Fiction

Posted on September 18, 2017 by

Blog post by Angela Platt, Librarian, Ibstock Place School The term ‘reading for pleasure’ most widely refers to voluntary reading conducted independently.  According to the National Literacy Trust, it is summed as “reading that we do of our own free … Continue reading →

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The Challenge of Implementing Change

Posted on June 16, 2017 by

During my spare time in my school library, I was recently perusing various blogs, pinterest, twitter, etc – looking for any new ideas, best practice and developments in the field which I should know about. One such blog that piqued … Continue reading →

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Health Information Week – join in!

Posted on March 28, 2017 by

Many organisations across different sectors are collaborating for Health Information Week (HIW) (3-9thJuly 2017). This campaign aims to improve accessibility of high quality health information for the public as well as building on local partnerships between information providers and improving … Continue reading →

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Eltham event – part two!

Posted on March 21, 2017 by

SLG Regional Event.  Saturday 18th March 2017.  Held at Eltham College, London. Due to popular demand Eltham College was the impressive venue once again for one of the SLG Regional Events.  Having offered the same programme back in October and … Continue reading →

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A word about Copyright

Posted on March 12, 2017 by

Naomi Korn, a CILIP Trustee, came to speak at the Day Conference and AGM on February 7th 2017 for SLG.  Having heard her speak at CILIP Conference 2016, I knew she was excellent and an authority on  copyright.  She runs … Continue reading →

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Revalidation – why bother?

Posted on February 24, 2017 by

Post written by Sheila Compton, who is on the SLG National Committee When looking on the CILIP Directory of Registered Practitioners to see if my Revalidation had been updated I noticed that coincidentally the Revalidation was registered exactly 41 years … Continue reading →

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