Seven Domains of School Library Practice
Innovation
Foster a mindset of curiosity, creativity, and continuous improvement to enhance library services, learning experiences, and engagement, responding to changing needs and exploring new possibilities.
The Innovation domain supports and embraces transformation by bringing value through creative solutions. It encourages staff and students to explore new ways of thinking and doing, from refining library processes to experimenting with new programs and services. Innovation ensures the library remains responsive, relevant, and forward-looking.
Innovation in School Libraries
Innovation is not about shiny gadgets or new tech, nor is it about makerspaces or hands-on learning. Those might form part of innovative approaches, but at its core innovation is about solving needs and bringing value through creative solutions. That might mean improving services, updating programs, finding new ways to do things, and most importantly, having a mindset that embraces curiosity, creativity, and continuous improvement. This leads to enhanced library services, learning experiences, and engagement. It's all about seeing needs and exploring new possibilities. It's what makes school libraries future-proofed and relevant in a changing education landscape.
Driving Innovation
What is innovation and what does it look like in the school library? Is it just a buzzword or does it have a place in a future-thinking school library?
Cultivating Innovation
How do you start to approach and build a mindset of innovation? Explore the processes and steps you can take to increase and use innovation in your school library.
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Seven Domains of School Library Practice
The Seven Domains of School Library Practice framework provides a holistic guide for leading, designing, and sustaining effective school library programs. Each domain, Environment, Literacies, Learning, Resources, Leadership, Innovation, and Community, represents a key aspect of professional practice that together shape dynamic, future-focused libraries. The framework recognises the interconnected nature of these domains, highlighting how thoughtful design, guided learning, diverse collections, supported literacies, strategic leadership, creative innovation, and strong community connections work in harmony to enhance learning, wellbeing, and engagement.
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Framework Resources
The Seven Domains of School Library Practice is designed to be a practical guide and tool for school library professionals. To use the framework, there are a range of helpful resources, including posters that outline the framework, and audit tools.
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