I began my career as a classroom teacher but by happy happenstance, I shifted sideways into teacher librarianship. It was as a teacher librarian that I first came to grips with the Internet, and in doing so I have become part of an international community of school librarians.  There are many ways of tapping into this world-wide network of professional colleagues.......

Role of the teacher librarian in Australia

Australian Standards of Excellence for Teacher Librarians
http://www.asla.org.au/policy/standards.htm

Role Statement for Teacher Librarians (from SLASA)
http://www.slasa.asn.au/rolestatement.html

ALIA/ASLA joint statement on teacher-librarians
http://www.asla.org.au/policy/p_tlaust.htm or http://www.alia.org.au/policies/teacher.librarian.html

NSW Teacher Federation statement
http://www.nswtf.org.au/TeacherLibrarians/index1.html

Teacher Librarians and School Libraries
P.L. Duffy Resource Centre, Trinity College, Western Australia
http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/library/lib/schlib.htm

http://www.palmdps.act.edu.au/resource_centre/library_matters/our_role.htm

Value and Role of the LRC (from Education Dept., Western Australia) - Role of the LRC in Schools; Value of the LRC in the Learning Process; Exemplary LRC Websites; Staff Roles and Responsibilities. http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/library/value/index.htm

NSW Teachers Federation Teacher-Librarians - know your rights! (in NSW at least) http://www.nswtf.org.au/TeacherLibrarians/index1.html

NSW Teacher Librarians Lots of useful advocacy links http://www.nswtl.net/info/index.htm

School Libraries: making a difference. This site supports Schools Library Services and school librarians in England and helps them assert the importance of their role and the significance of the school library. http://www.schoollibrariesadvocacy.org.uk/welcome.asp

Professional associations - Australian

Australian School Library Association Inc. (ASLA) http://www.asla.org.au/index.htm
Australian School Library Association (Australian Capital Territory) http://www.pa.ash.org.au/aslaact
Australian School Library Association (New South Wales) Inc. http://www.asla.nsw.edu.au/
Australian School Library Association (Northern Territory) http://www.ozemail.com.au/aslant
Australian School Library Association (Tasmania) http://www.neat.tas.edu.au/asla
School Library Association of Queensland Inc. http://www.slaq.org.au/
School Library Association of South Australia http://www.slasa.asn.au/
Western Australia School Library Association http://www.apea.asn.au/~wasla/

Professional associations - International

IASL - International Association of School Libraries http://www.iasl-slo.org/

IASL - International School Library Associations on the internet http://www.iasl-slo.org/slibassoc.html

IFLANet - International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions http://www.ifla.org/index.htm

 

 

Professional journals

School Library Journal Online (USA) http://slj.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?publication=slj

Teacher Librarian (Canada; edited by Ken Haycock): http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/home.html

Library journals, newsletters, and zines - http://www.libdex.com/journals.html

School Libraries in Canada.http://www.schoollibraries.ca/

School Library Media Research - AASL's online research journal. http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/schoollibrary.htm

IASL Electronic Journals relating to teacher librarianship http://www.iasl-slo.org/journals.html

IASL Internet resources for school librarians: http://www.iasl-slo.org/linksiasl.html

Warrior Librarian Weekly - from funny and feisty Australian TL, Amanda Credaro - well worth subscribing to free email newsletter. http://www.warriorlibrarian.com/

Connections - online journal for school libraries from the Curriculum Corporation, Australia. http://www.curriculum.edu.au/scis/connections/latest.htm

Bibliozine.com The emagazine for librarians
Check here for US & International: ALA accredited programs | Degrees by Distance Education | School Media Programs | PhD Programs http://www.bibliozine.com/education/index.shtml

Links for Librarians
EdNA community - Teacher Librarians (an excellent one-stop shop of links for TLs)

The Librarians' Index to the Internet (USA) http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ Maintained by Carole Leita at Berkeley Public Library, this index is a "searchable, annotated subject directory of around 5,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries."  Worth subscribing to free email alert service for new websites if you can ignore US bias.

LibraryHQ (USA)  http://www.libraryhq.com/ Focus is on library automation and other resources

Library Web Manager's Reference Center http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/faq.html
The FAQ of the Web4Lib listserv, this site contains a wealth of information for computer managers including "bombproofing" workstations, effective bookmark management, kiosk modes, launching CD-ROM's from Netscape and more.

LibrarySpot http://www.libraryspot.com/ 
This library resource was designed to "bring the best library and reference sites together with insightful editorial in one convenient, user-friendly spot." The site includes a reference desk (links to general reference tools), a reading room (links to journals, magazines, and newspapers), and libraries (links to library catalogs). Special resource guides are provided for parents, students, and teachers. 

Listservs & mailing lists

OZTLNET  http://www.csu.edu.au/research/cstl/oztl_net/
The list provides a forum for teacher librarians and other library staff in school libraries as well as others interested in school libraries to meet, gain assistance and share with colleagues throughout Australia. Topics of discussion include Internet resources, library automation, events and children's literature.
To join this list, send a message to : OZTL_NET-request@listserv.csu.edu.au
In the subject line, type subscribe. Do NOT include any information in the message field (ie. leave it blank..)

ALIAnet http://www.alia.org.au/alianet/
Australian Library & Information Association. Check out lists of ALIA & non-ALIA lists at this site. To join aliaINFOLIT or aliaSCHOOLS e-list : http://www.alia.org.au/e-lists/subscribe.html

oz-TeacherNet - http://rite.ed.qut.edu.au/oz-teachernet/ Lists currently supported are:

• oz-teachers - general list for Australian teachers
• oz-gifted - series of lists for teachers and parents working with gifted and talented students
• exchange - teachers wishing to find internetional exchange teaching
• tb-teachers a list to support teachersaround the globe in the Travel Buddy program

The Big Six information skills http://www.big6.com/
To subscribe to the Big6T Electronic Discussion Group [Eisenberg & Berkowitz] , send email to listserv@listserv.syr.edu . Leave the "Subject" line blank and type the following in the message area:  SUB BIG6 <firstname lastname>   (Note: replace <firstname lastname> with your first and last name!)  

From now on - the educational technology journal h ttp://www.fno.org/
Jamie MacKenzie's site. To subscribe [free] :  http://www.fno.org/JM/subscribe.html

ResearchBuzz http://www.researchbuzz.com/
To join e-list.....Send a blank message to: join-researchbuzz@lists.lyris.net

LII Week http://lii.org/
The Librarians' Index to the Internet is a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 7,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries. It''s meant to be used by both librarians and non-librarians as a reliable and efficient guide to described and evaluated Internet resources.
Current Awareness Service - Subscribe (free) to LII New This Week - a weekly mailing of the top 20 resources  added to the Librarians'' Index to the Internet at http://lii.org/search/file/mailinglist

Blue Web'n  http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Blue Web'n is a searchable database of over 1000 outstanding Internet learning sites categorized by subject area, audience, and type (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools). Blue Web''n does not attempt to catalog all educational sites, but only the most useful sites especially online activities targeted at learners. Get free weekly updates by lodging your email address on the home page.

Web Quests http://rite.ed.qut.edu.au/oz-teachernet/projects/webquests/index..html
WebQuests are one of a range of web based activities that  involve the development of student centred problem solving activities.  Students work collaboratively on a real life task taking on real life simulation roles. They use the Internet as one of many resources, and then share what they have learned with others.
To join e-list...... http://rite.ed.qut.edu.au/cgi/lyris.pl?join=oz-webquests

The Librarians' Index to the Internet (USA) http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ Maintained by Carole Leita at Berkeley Public Library, this index is a "searchable, annotated subject directory of around 5,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries."  Worth subscribing to free email alert service for new websites if you can ignore US bias.