ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference - Jane Viner - Teacher librarians can connect school communities. People of influence – the Principal, Vice Principal, Heads of School, Curriculum leaders and teachers are essential partners in the journey of connection and integration of curriculum change. This session will explore how MLC Libraries teacher librarians are using their MLC Digital Library to connect, integrate and lead.

2. Teacher librarians – an essential species
to connect, integrate and lead curriculum
change in our digital world
Jane Viner
Director of MLC Libraries
Methodist Ladies’ College
Kew Victoria Australia
ASLA XX111
The Curriculum Experience: Connect, Integrate, Lead
September 28 – October 1 2013, Hobart Tasmania Australia

4. Library
What does this word mean to you in 2013?
• Digital libraries, print libraries, physical libraries
• A journey of discovery of literature
• Collaborating with others on a project
• Being introduced to a new resource
• Seeking advice on a bibliography
• Investigating the array of databases
• Finding a supportive place to study
• Browsing the shelves, exploring the website
• A world of information and a physical place to relax,
have fun, research or read!

5. Book Week 2013

6. Book Week 2013 Walton
Library – Beware the Vikings

7. Digital learning spaces
• Students
• Teachers
• Staff and parents
• Age appropriate
• Gender
• Multi tasking
• Technology
• BYOD or not
• Connectivity and access
• Cyber safe
• Digital literacy

8. MLC teacher librarians
• Curriculum liaison
• Subject and topic guides
• The information process and intervention
• Connecting with teachers
• Integrating inquiry into the curriculum
• Leading change with research tasks
• Leading teachers to integrate new skills
• Discussing and reporting on curriculum via Learning
and Curriculum Group (LACG)
• Reporting on curriculum via the Director of Curriculum
to the Principal, College Management Team (CMT)
and the College Board

9. Project
proposal
form

10. Project proposal
• What tangible service, product, document etc. will be
delivered to your area of the College?
- Replace library website with LibGuides for College
- Access to MLC Libraries resources and programs
- A virtual library service
• What are the benefits to the College?
- Maximise use of the MLC Libraries resources
including digital, online and AV equipment
- Cost effective and improved ongoing management

11. Key questions for LibGuides
• Why? – old site cumbersome, pre Web 2.0, inflexible
• What? – Libguides CMS
• When? – demo site Sept. 2012, launch Aug. 2013
• Who? – Librarian, CCC staff, supplier, AV specialist,
teacher librarians, library & AV technicians, Director
• Where? – daily back up by vendor in the Cloud
- weekly local backup by Librarian on local network
• Which? – library resources and services

12. How?
Ten steps for Libguides
1. 2012 Sept: Trial for demo site
2. 2012 Oct: Prepare College proposal for Future Technologies
Directions Group (FTDG) demonstration and presentation
3. 2012 Oct: Approval granted for initial trial
4. 2012 Oct: Subscription organised for development
5. 2012 Oct – Nov: Form LibGuides project team, decisions
about structure and creation of content
6. 2013 Feb: Topic guides trialed in select research classes
7. 2013 Mar – April: More topic guides created and trialed
8. 2013 May: Presentation to student forum. Staff and student
focus group, feedback collected and collated
9. 2013 July: Presentation to FTDG and final approval granted
10.2013 August: Launch of LibGuides to Learning and
Curriculum Group (LACG) and College community

14. Feedback quotes –
students and staff
• “Liked all the resource information being available from one page”
• “Found it easier to navigate” “This looks fantastic!”
• “Resource types in columns such as AquaBrowser with subjects and
Dewey numbers worked well”
• “This will be a great resource for the team"
• “What a fantastic resource for students. It certainly makes for much more
interesting and thorough (and easy) research than in my day (!)."
• “I like the “look” of the page with lots of colour and it is reader friendly.”
• "The layout is very accessible and the links to databases are very useful
for students" - Year 10 Science teacher
• “The direct links to resources are very useful as are the call numbers for
related book resources. The layout seems more friendly in comparison to
the previous pathfinder and is easy for the students to navigate"
• The new library website "looks less confusing ... you can see assignment
topics and the relevant resources really easily. You can click on the link
(to the website) and go directly to it." Year 10 student.
• "Less busy and easier to navigate than trying to find information on the
old website". Year 10 student.
• "The assignment guides (topic guides) look much better than the Word or
PowerPoint resources (pathfinders) that the teacher librarians used to
put together."
• "The boxes are fantastic for grouping resources together". Sarah, Year
10 student.
• ”The site has "direct links to databases and websites. Questia was very
good” ...

15. Statistics from 19 August – 25 August
Official launch 16 August 2013

16. References, citation and
bibliographies
• Citations
• Bibliographic generator
http://www.slasa.asn.au - Online Referencing
Generator
• RefWorks
• What do you use with your students?

17. Connecting with students

20. Digital signage

21. Junior School Library

22. Teacher librarians 2013 and
beyond!
• Curriculum liaison and support
• Subject and topic guides
• Connecting with teachers
• Integrating inquiry into the curriculum
• Leading curriculum change with research tasks and
guided inquiry
• Empowering teachers to integrate new digital skills into
their subjects
• Changing teaching practice by action research
evidence
• Improving student learning outcomes

24. John Danalis, Author visit

25. Bibliography
© 2013 School Library Association of South Australia. Developed by Nick Baker, Carol Grantham
and Silvana Jenkins. Accessed 16 Sept 2013 http://www.slasa.asn.au/org1/org9Bi1BabxKDzm/
Feinberg, Jonathan, 2013. Wordle. Accessed 10 Sept 2013,
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/7029127/digital_learning_spaces
Hughes-Hassell, S & Harada, VH, 2007, School reform and the school library media specialist,
Libraries Unlimited, Westport, Connecticut, USA.
Prensky, Marc, 2012, From digital natives to digital wisdom: hopeful essays for 21st century
learning. Hawker-Brownlow Education, Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia.
Robertson, J and Timpsley, Helen (ed.) 2013, Learning and leadership, Hawker Brownlow
Education, Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia.
Viner, J, 2013, ‘Library - What does this word mean to you in 2013?’, Connections, 16 August
2013, accessed 23 August 2013,
http://connections.mlc.vic.edu.au/senior/article.cfmArtID=13704>.
Viner, J, 2012, Get the message through wikis, SLAV, accessed 25 August 2013,
<www.slav.schools.net.au/downloads/08pastpapers/43promote/viner.ppt>.