Book review: See you on Venus

I visited my old workplace recently and I got to talking with my lovely library ladies about new books that had come in over the past year. I didn’t realise how much I missed buying for a school library collection! So, I have decided to help them out a little by reading some of the…

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Brief thoughts on IASL Conference, 2023

The International Association of School Librarianship (IASL) Conference was held in Rome, Italy from July 17th to 21st, 2023. I attended, along with a number of my Charles Sturt University colleagues. It was my first time attending the IASL Conference and it was so much fun. I admit that I was totally unprepared when I…

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Creating a hanging indent in WordPress

Ever wondered how to create a hanging indent for your references in WordPress? I wrote a blog post with steps for how to do this – let me know how you go!

Reading identities

One of the parts of my PhD research that gets me very excited is learning more about reading identities. I thought it would be a good idea to quickly share the four different types of identities I have come across and why teacher librarians need to be aware of them! Avid reader The first type…

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Working on campus for two weeks

In the last two weeks in February, I worked on campus and it was a lot of fun. This is my third work visit to Wagga Wagga (fourth overall so I’m starting to get the lay of the land) so I thought I’d do a bit of a run down of what’s been like to…

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Reviewing and rating books: A deeply personal act

The following Tweet popped up in my Twitter feed the other day and it got me thinking… There are a couple of issues within this tweet, including the concept of authors trying to influence reviews/ratings of their books, but the one I want to focus on is the act of rating and reviewing books, and…

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Opinion: Softlink 2022 Report

The 2022 Softlink report has been released! Each year, Softlink invites school libraries and Teacher Librarians (TLs) around Australia and New Zealand to respond to their annual survey. Each year, Softlink produces a report with their findings. I’ve had a good look at the 2022 report and thought it might be fun to draw out…

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Opinion: Teen Reading in the Digital Era Report Update

The Teen Reading in the Digital Era project is a fabulous project that is run by a team of researchers from Deakin University and is all about understanding teen reading habits. Findings of this research provide valuable insights into the reading lives of teens. They have recently released a report with an update on their…

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Tools for Content Creation

There are so many tools available for digital content creation; it can be very overwhelming! I thought I’d give a quick rundown of the tools I use to create content for blogs, Instagram, YouTube and Spotify. “Free” Content By now we should all know about Creative Commons Licensing and what images we CAN and CANNOT…

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