A number of State and National Universities offer courses for staff in school libraries.
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Division of Humanities, Department of Information Studies
School of Computer and Information Science
Charles Sturt University
The School of Information Studies offers courses in library and information management and teacher librarianship. Since the 1980s all courses have been available in distance mode.
ASLA Australian School Library Association
Courses for Teacher Librarianship offered across Australia
ALIA-recognised librarianship courses
A listing of current ALIA-recognised undergraduate and postgraduate librarian courses.
Australian Children's Choice Awards
There are numerous children's choice book awards in Australia, state based and national. In each case children are the judges, voting for their favourite book.
Australian Readers' Challenge
The 2006 ARC report detailing achievements is now available.
From 2007, Indigenous literacy became the core fundraising project for the Australian Book Industry.
Children's Book Week
Book Week is the longest running children's festival in Australia, celebrating its 64th birthday in 2009.
2009: Saturday 22 August to Friday 28 August
Theme: "Book safari"
International School Library Month
Held in October each year. Theme for 2008 was "Literacy and learning at your School Library".
Library & Information Week
2009: Monday 25 May to Sunday 31 May
Libraries your passport to discovery!
Libraries connect people to ideas. It's a vital part of our commitment to promoting the free flow of information and facilitating all Australians' access to recorded knowledge, information, and creative works.
MS Readathon
2009: Monday 1 June
The MS Readathon is Australia's premier literacy and fundraising program, filled with exciting reading opportunities, rewards, games, and competitions. It's the Rewarding way for children and schools to read to change the lives of people living with Multiple Sclerosis.
National Literacy and Numeracy Week
2009: Monday 31 August to Sunday 6 September
A special week to celebrate the progress Australian schools are making in raising the literacy and numeracy levels of all students. National Literacy and Numeracy Week will showcase the hard work school communities have undertaken to increase their efforts to improve literacy and numeracy standards of students.
National Simultaneous Storytime
2009: Wednesday 27 May at 11.00 am.
This year’s National Simultaneous Storytime book is Pete the Sheep written by Jackie French and illustrated by Bruce Whatley.
The book is about Sean the shearer, instead of a sheepdog to help him‚ he’s got Pete - a sheep sheep!
