Advocacy is hard
Leadership*Note, I wrote this over 12 months ago but couldn’t bring myself to post it. As I write this I’m […]
Leadership
Starting a school library audit
For Librarians, LeadershipAudit. It’s a word I like to use a lot in my school library practice. Whether I’m auditing a collection
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A framework for school library practice
For LibrariansLast year I found myself in the position of needing to explain exactly what a library does, from its curriculum
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Tweaking the school library
For Librarians, Innovation, LeadershipI love the movie You’ve Got Mail. In one of the scenes, Tom Hanks tells Meg Ryan via email that
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Data-Driven Narratives
For Librarians, LeadershipI love sharing the power and impact of my school library. It’s advocacy, marketing and promotions all rolled into one.
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Updating my library budget for the year ahead
For Librarians, LeadershipThis is honestly a library task I love doing (okay, there are very few I don’t enjoy). Updating my budget
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Content in an age of AI
For Librarians, Leadership, Learning, LiteraciesAs many of you know, each month I put together a list of professional learning opportunities for fellow school library
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Creating my annual report 2025
For Librarians, LeadershipIt’s that time of year again. End-of-year parties, final award assemblies and the push to send students home with as
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Why Every School Library Needs a Strategic Plan
For Librarians, LeadershipIf you work in a school library, I’m going to assume you do some planning. Planning displays for the term,
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Building a Reading Culture Part 8
For Librarians, ResearchBuilding A School Reading Culture – Part 8 – Reflecting and Reassessing It’s been almost a year since I last
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Getting It Wrong
For LibrariansGetting It Wrong: A Lesson in Reflective Practice I don’t think I talk enough about the times I get things
Building a Reading Culture Part 7
For Librarians, Professional Learning, ResearchBuilding A School Reading Culture – Part 7 Reading Culture Characteristics Well, here we are, more than two years on
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Building a Reading Culture Part 6
For Librarians, Professional LearningBuilding A School Reading Culture – Part 6 Measuring The Starting Point Little did I know 24 months ago when
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Ramblings: Creating a Leadership Collection
Collection Development, For LibrariansCreating A Leadership Collection Being slightly competitive (at least when it comes to my school library) might have been one
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Building a Reading Culture Part 5
For Librarians, Professional LearningBuilding A School Reading Culture – Part 5 Measuring Reading Culture Welcome back to my building a reading culture series.
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