Welcome to September 2025. A month for learning, exploring, or maybe just recovering from the massive month of August. I am determined to get as much professional learning as I can this month, particularly around areas of interest and relevance to me. As always I have curated a wonderful list of professional learning opportunities for you, including webinars, podcasts, articles and more. What are you wanting to learn about this month?
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Webinars
Using First Nation Texts to bring empathy and understanding – SLANSW – 2 September 2025, 7pm -8pm AEST – free for SLANSW members, $45 for non-SLANSW members.
Exploring non-fiction: engaging young learners in information literacy with print texts – ASLA with Anna Davidson, Rebecca Lucas, Raffaele Grasso and Michele Rutter – 3 September 2025, 7:30pm – 8:30pm AEST – free for ASLA members, $40 for non-ASLA members.
Using Choice Boards in the School Library – Eduwebinar with Sam Wasson – 10 September 2025, 7pm – 8pm AEST – $45.
Online Conferences
New Librarians’ Symposium XI – 6 September 2025, 9am – 5pm AEST – $150 ALIA member, $200 non-ALIA member.
Awards
The School Library Journal School Librarian of the Year Award 2026 is open for nominations.
Videos
2026 Children’s Book Week Theme Announcement
Podcasts
Your Kid’s Next Read – recent episodes include 10 minutes with Cristy Burne, Creating Book Clubs that Work, 10 minutes with Joel McKerrow
School Librarians United – recent episodes include Freedom to Read Teen Advocacy Toolkit, AASL President Amanda Kordeliski, Soft Censorship with Tara Cooper.
AI in Education – recent episodes include Be Human First: leading with purpose in an AI world with Dr Sophie Fenton, and AI Tutors, Bias and GPT-5: What just happened?
Articles and Blog posts
Embedding digital and global citizenship skills in a library program – Raffaela Grasso. Raff kindly shares her presentation slides, packed full of resources and tips.
Teens are increasingly turning to AI companions and it could be harming them – Liz Spry and Craig Olsson
Leading in the dark – Laura Bain
School library professionals as leaders: Why leadership theory matters – Kay Oddone
The school library and e-learning platforms – Monica Morscheck
School library design, facilities and resources for sustainable cognitive and social development of students: An evaluative case study – Paulette Stewart
Addressing AI-Generated materials in the library collection – Nick Tanzi
Research news: The changing landscape of school libraries – Dominique Russell
The teacher librarian’s role in elevating literacy through quality literature – Trisha Templeton
But did they actually write it? – Janine Arantes
Teaching AI energy use – part 2 – Robbie Barber
Fighting back – the daily activism of a school librarian – Karys McEwen
The literacy skills your students need (that reading for pleasure can’t provide) – Elizabeth Hutchinson
6 Professional reading titles for the new school year and beyond – SLJ Reviews
Want more professional learning?
Have a look through last month’s professional learning list.