An Online  SLAV Reading Forum engaging with issues and ideas surrounding building inclusive and representative school  library collections. Speakers:
Tobias Madden, Author and Commentator
Carmel Byrne, Head of Library, Berwick Campus, Beaconhills College
Kresta Davis, Librarian, Geelong Grammar School’s Fisher Library
Maggie Hutchings , Author
Rhiannon Wilde, Author
Anna Whateley, Author
Erin Wamala, The Kids Bookshop

2021 Reading Forum Series - LGBTQI+ Perspectives - May 13

SLAV Conference - School Libraries: Powering Primary
Keynote Address: Literacy Communities Empowering Each Other
Heather Fehring, Emerita Professor in the School of Education, in the Design & Social Context College, RMIT University

Keynote Address: Literacy Communities Empowering Each Other  - Heather Fehring, RMIT

SLAV Conference
School Libraries: Powering Primary
Presentation:
Information Literacy in Primary Schools: What is it and should we bother?
Kim Hauser, Library Curriculum Leader, Loreto Mandeville Hall

Information Literacy in Primary Schools: What is it and should we bother? Kim Hauser

This Reading Forum was held online - we welcomed a range of special guests to consider the role of social media. 
How can we use it effectively to inform, engage and encourage students? 
How is social media being used by allied professions?  
And how is it appearing in books for your young people?

SLAV Reading Forum - Term Three - July 29 - Social Media - Audio

This is an audio recording of our most recent Reading Forum on the topic of Picture Books for Senior Students. It included the following guest speakers. ‘In an important sense, all picture books are puzzles. The details of pictures invite attention to their implications. The unmoving pictures require viewers to solve the puzzle of what actions and motions they represent.…..the words and pictures together tell different stories that require readers to solve the puzzle of how to connect them. The pleasure of picture books is not just in the stories they tell but also in the game of figuring out what those stories are.’
Nodelman and Reimer, The Pleasures of Children’s Literature, p. 298

Guest Speakers:

Pierre-Jacques Ober and Jules Ober

Dr Janette Poulton

Bern Emmerichs

Jo Panckridge

Boori Pryor 

There were some connection issues and Boori Pryor was recorded after the event.

SLAV Reading Forum 2021 - Term Four - Picture Books for Senior Students

For our first SLAV Reading Forum of 2022 we were joined by ten different publishers who presented the wonderful books they have coming out in 2022.

Publisher Showcase Session 1

SLAV Reading Forum Series 2022 - Session One - Publisher Showcase

March 3 2022

The International Association of School Librarianship (IASL) Oceania Region and the Children’s and Young Adult Literature Special Interest Group are proud to partner with the School Library Association of Victoria (SLAV), the School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (SLANZA) and the Charles Sturt University’s Children’s Librarianship Specialisation to share and celebrate youth literature from the area.

Join experts from Australia, New Zealand, and Pasifika for titles, resources, and ideas to develop a stronger collection representing the rich variety of people and perspectives in Oceania. Speakers include:


      Dr Belle Alderman, AM, Emeritus Professor of Children's Literature and Director of the National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature will discuss their Cultural Diversity database and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Resource to help teacher librarians build authentic collections representative of Australia.

    Dr Nicola Daly is a sociolinguist and Associate Professor in the Division of Education at the University of Waikato, New Zealand where she teaches children’s literature. Nicola has been researching dual language picturebooks for the last 15 years, exploring their linguistic landscape and how they can be used to support or disrupt existing language hierarchies. In this presentation, entitled, E toru ngā reo: Multiligual picturebooks in Aotearoa, she will give an overview of the different ways that English, Māori and NZSL are present in picturebooks in Aotearoa, and discuss the potential of picturebooks as a source for encouraging critical discussions around language beliefs and attitudes.

    The Reading Warrior, David Riley, will share how he works with Pasifika communities to create books for young people in English and in their home languages

Reading Oceania: A Celebration of Youth Literature from Pasifika, New Zealand, and Australia

This series will showcase and explore the various ways school libraries operate to support learning and teaching through online systems and programs and online strategies and tools. Each session will explore a different area of the online school library offering examples of practice from experienced speakers.


This session explored a range of Databases

Speakers
Experienced and knowledgeable practitioners will share their insights:

Hope Do, Caroline Chisholm Catholic College
Sue Lowe, Ivanhoe Grammar School
Angela Mare, Alphington Grammar School
Julie Pagliaro, St Kevin’s College
Joy Whiteside, St Joseph’s College, Geelong

HILO Series 2022 - Databases

The HILO series – High Impact Libraries Online - will showcase and explore the various ways school libraries operate to support learning and teaching through online systems and programs and online strategies and tools. Each session will explore a different area of the online school library offering examples of practice from experienced speakers.


This session will explore Marketing Tools

Speakers

Canva – Rebecca Nettleton & Kaitlyn Woods
Canva provides educators with the ability to make attractive promotional material with a low time investment. Join us to discover how Canva can be used as a marketing and advocacy tool in school libraries.

Brightsign – Luke Guy
This session will feature the digital signage media player BrightSign and demonstrate how they can be used by libraries to promote services, resources and events.

URL shorting and link management – Monica Williams
In this session we will explore the benefits of tools such as Bitly and Tinyurl to assist in your ongoing marketing and advocacy efforts. These tools are essential for generating, sharing and tracking links for any form of communication. With the analytics provided, you will be able to engage with your patrons and promote your library service more effectively.

Lettering – Lynn Swannell
This session will explore the ‘alphabet lettering sets’ from Instant Display. These include free printable teaching resources for Literacy, Reading, Writing, English as well as themed Alphabet Lettering Sets.

HILO Series 2022 - Marketing Tools

In this second event of our 2022 Reading Forum series, we will be exploring the wonderful world of verse novels for all ages.
Special Guests
Ruth Nitschke
Kelsy Peterson
Zana Fraillon
Sally Murphy
Kat Apel

Reading Forum Series 2022 - Exploring Verse

In our third event of our 2022 series, we will explore how practitioners encourage, promote and guide student reflection and response with specific activities and programs and how we structure and scaffold response approaches to make them meaningful and supportive.
We will also be joined by some wonderful creators who will share their views and their work.
Speakers
The BIG Summer Read- Christine Vandor
Creating Authentic Reading Responses - Madison Dearnaley
Shelftalkers - Tye Cattanach and Carmel Byrne
Writing Responses -Reina Phung
Creators
Carla Fitzgerald 
Emily Gale

Reading Forum Series 2022 - Reflection And Response

Diversity and Representation
In this, our last forum of our 2022 series, we are excited to be coming together at the Abbotsford Convent for a celebration or diversity and representation in fiction for young people.

Speakers
Diversity and Representation - Alida Galati
Meet Mr Beaky! -  Cassie Leatham and Sue Lawson
The Readings YA Prize - Julia Jackson
Creating Pathways - Annabel Barker
New from Readings! - Tye Cattanach

SLAV Reading Forum - October 27 - Diversity And Representation

The HILO series – High Impact Libraries Online - will showcase and explore the various ways school libraries operate to support learning and teaching through online systems and programs and online strategies and tools. Each session will explore a different area of the online school library offering examples of practice from experienced speakers.

This session will explore – 

Free Online Tools
This session will consider free online tools.  Specifically, tools that aid, support, or enrich any aspect of school library programming or operations. They must be free and openly available. 
We will hear from two speakers, one from a primary perspective - Raffaela Grasso, and the other secondary - Camilla Elliott.

SLAV HILO Series - Free Online Tools

Empowering Youth with Sustainable Literature
Dr Kasey Garrison (Charles Sturt University)
Environmental Sustainability is a cause our students strongly support as evidenced through their active participation in federal election protests earlier this year and the School Strike for Climate Change. In the school library, we can empower youth by integrating titles with sustainability topics into our teaching. This presentation shares some recent and relevant books that align well with the curriculum and also makes connections to key ideas within the Sustainability Cross-Curriculum Priority.

Dr Kasey Garrison is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Information and Communication Studies at Charles Sturt, supporting students as the Children’s Librarianship Specialisation Coordinator and instructor in the Master of Education-Teacher Librarianship. Her research focuses on social justice in the school library including how issues like gender, race, sustainability, and mental health are developed and portrayed in youth literature. Before becoming an academic, Kasey was a primary school educator and teacher librarian in the United States.

Empowering Youth with Sustainable Literature - Dr K. Garrison

Shelftalkers – Student Voice

Tye Cattanch, Lynn Swannell & Chloe Powell


What is Shelftalkers? How can you be involved? How can Shelftalkers be used to engage students and promote student voice in your library? 
Tye Cattanach will be discussing the benefits of using Shelftalkers as a tool in your school library, available teacher resources and writing tips for students, with practitioners who have successfully used Shelftalkers with their own students. Tye will be joined by two school guests - Lynn Swannell and Chloe Powell both school library practitioners.

Shelftalkers - Student Voice

Reading Forum Series 2023
First Session
Publisher Showcase
The following publishers presented -
The following publishers will be presenting:


o	Allen & Unwin
o	Affirm Press
o	Berbay Books
o	Ford Street Publishing
o	Pan Macmillan Australia
o	Wild Dog Books
o	Hachette Australia
o	Penguin Random House
o	Text Publishing Company

Reading Forum Series 2023 - Publishers Showcase

Readers, Stories, Literacy
A forum for learning and discussion

Session Two: Fantasy Fiction

AF Steadman
Amie Kaufman and Lilli Wilkinson in Conversation

SLAV Reading Forum 2 2023 -  Fantasy

This Reading forum will engage with the tantalising medium of the picture book for older readers.  Australia has an amazing catalogue of powerful, insightful, and beautiful works in this space.  This event with consider this depth, how it can be used in the school library, and share the works of three creators.
The NCACL Picture Books for Older Readers Database
Belle Alderman, Ruth Nitschke and Rowan Simpkin
How to promote picture books to Older Readers
Ngaire Brown
Creators - Erica Wagner, Zeno Sworder and Tohby Riddle

SLAV Reading Forum Series 2023 - Picture Books For Older Readers - Audio

This session in the HILO Series for 2023 explored using Canva in the school library for posters, displays, working with students and texts and annual reports. The session began with an overview if getting started with Canva.

SLAV HILO Series 2023 - Canva - Audio

At our term four session in the Reading Forum series for 2023 we will be considering book clubs.  There are many ways one can approach a book club and this session will aim to share a range of possibilities to inspire you to give something a go or give you new ideas for your current club.


Program
Public Libraries Victoria - Big Summer Read
Christine Vandor, Maribyrnong Public Libraries

Primary and Parent Book Clubs
Susan O’Malley

SLAV Online Book Club 
Tye Cattanach and Susan La Marca

The CBCA Shadowing Project for Book Club 
Barbara Cousens

Banned Books Club
Kelsy Peterson

and creator - Shivaun Plozza

SLAV Reading Forum Series 2023 - Book Clubs - October 26

Recording of - 
Publisher Showcase

Thursday February 29 2024

Special Guest – Aaron Blabey

In this first event of our 2024 series, we are excited to again hold our very popular Publisher Showcase. 

We are thrilled that this year we will hold the event in partnership with Public Libraries Victoria.

We are back at the Abbotsford Convent and will be using two rooms to run both our short and sharp presentations from all publishers and a publishers’ exhibition that attendees may browse both before and after the publisher presentations while enjoying afternoon tea and the bookshop display.
   
We will be exploring books for primary and secondary age students.  

This event is a must for anyone promoting a reading culture in their school or public library. It is also a great opportunity to chat with colleagues from both sectors.


The following publishers will be presenting:

o	Allen & Unwin
o	UQP
o	Hardie Grant
o	Walker Books
o	Affirm Press
o	Berbay Books
o	Ford Street Publishing
o	Wild Dog Books
o	Magabala Books
o	The Text Publishing Company
o	Windy Hollow Books
o	Storybox Library

Our colleagues from Overdrive will also be in attendance, and The Sun and Young Sun Bookshops will have a display of new and varied items.

Reading Forum Series 2024 -Publisher Showcase

The second event in our reading forum series featured a panel of three teacher librarians sharing their inspirational ideas and strategies on reading promotion, a presentation on the new, upcoming Inky website from the SLV, an in conversation with Simon Barnard and his editor from Text publishing and the wonderful Kids Bookshop team doing 10 great new books in 10 minutes.

SLAV Reading Forum Series - May 10th 2018 - Reading Promotion

This podcast is of the third reading forum in our 2018 series. It features a panel discussing genrefication of library collections.  Special guest authors are David Metznethen and Michael Wagner and The Kids Bookshop go through their usual ten books in ten minutes.

Reading Forum Series

SLAV Reading Forum Series - September 6 2018 - Genrefication

Keynote address: Dr Margaret Kristin Merga
Supporting Reading Engagement: Myths, Strategies and Plans

Dr. Margaret Kristin Merga is a Senior Lecturer at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. Her research explores
the social and environmental influences on literacy
acquisition and the position of reading and books in the
contemporary world. Her research findings in literacy
explore the role that teachers, librarians and parents
can play in supporting children, teenagers and adults to
become life-long readers. She has written a substantial
body of peer-reviewed research papers in this area,
and she has led a range of mixed-methods research
projects exploring these issues in local, national and
international contexts. She is the author of the upcoming
book Reading Engagement for Teens and Tweens: What
Would Make Them Read More? for Libraries Unlimited in
the USA.

SLAV Reading conference - November 23rd 2018 - Dr Margaret Kristin Merga

Tackling the Tough Questions -  Aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson

November Reading conference 2018 | Concurrent Session

Many educators fear ‘getting it wrong’ when working
on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island-related topics
with students. What is the best way to lead students to
a stronger understanding of and respect for Australia’s
indigenous people and culture?

Join Boon Wurrung Elder, Aunty Fay Muir and author
Sue Lawson in this open and honest conversation about
where to find relevant, respectful and accurate resources
and how to use them in your library and school. There
will be opportunities for questions, so bring along your
greatest concerns and issues to discuss with Aunty Fay.

Aunty Fay Stewart-Muir is an Elder and Traditional
Owner of Boon Wurrung Country. She is the senior
linguist at the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for
Languages in Melbourne. Fay is working with her
own Boon Wurrung language, recording and putting
language into the database for future and present
generations. She presents language-related workshops
to community members who are reclaiming their
languages, as well as universities and TAFEs that are
interested in understanding the many and challenging
aspects of language reclamation. She also goes out
to schools to educate the students about language
and culture and to teach language. Nganga is her first
children’s book.

Sue Lawson writes books for children and young adults.
She has won the Australian Family Therapists’ Award
for Children’s Literature and was short-listed for the
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards and the Children’s Book
Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards.

Tackling the Tough Questions - Aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson

In an information era of fake news, banishing truth,
the suppression of ideas, and a constantly changing
information and technical landscape, what lies ahead?

This address will bring together some key threads of
the day and provide insights and challenges into some
of the unknown waters ahead. One thing is certain:
we have to have professional, intellectual and social
courage to live our values, ethics and practices, and
engage in leadership that is sustaining, encouraging and
nourishing. The future is ours to create.

Dr Ross J Todd is both Associate Professor in the
Department of Library and Information Science and the
Director of the Center for International Scholarship in
School Libraries (CISSL) in the School of Communication
& Information at Rutgers, The State University of
New Jersey in the United States. Highly regarded
internationally, Dr Todd has a longstanding, recognised
track record of research and publications in the field of
school librarianship.

https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/toddross-j

SLAV Conference - March 29 2019 - Dr Ross Todd - Future tense / future perfect: The Journey ahead

Building connections between librarians, teachers, students, texts and the real world: Relationships and conversations that empower and inspire
- Dr Sue Wilson

This keynote presentation shares insights into developing relationships that value the everyday literacies and experiences of individuals within library and school contexts. Connections that are empowering and inspiring can form between librarians, teachers, students, texts and the real world when we have effective conversations around a range of texts. The various research projects that this presentation draws upon have shown that relationships with and between students, when they discuss texts that are interesting and relevant to them and their day-to-day lives, are powerful. This kind of talk is all-important for understanding not only the texts and how they work, but also our own identities and our place in the real world. This includes, but is not limited to, the literacy learning outcomes that are expected of students at school.

This presentation will share ideas around how library staff can develop connections that foster mutually rewarding relationships with teachers and students that inspire each stakeholder and allow links to grow between: one another; the texts we engage with; and, the ways in which we experience life within the diverse communities that we each operate within, at and beyond
school.

Dr Sue Wilson was a primary teacher and ICT Coordinator before teaching and researching literacy education at Monash University. Her knowledge base
centres upon the use of quality literature and the development of literate identities. Sue is interested in the ways that collegiate literacy discussions support connectedness, critical thinking, problem solving, and understandings of the world and one’s place in it for learners of all ages. Sue values the engagement opportunities that she is able to foster through her work
at Monash University, such as in her work with schools and community partners and in her research across international contexts.

Primary Conference- May 31st 2019 - Keynote - Dr Sue Wilson

Keynote Address: Creating Readers: Building a Reading Culture - Megan Daley

We live in an age where the competing pressures of home, study and social life means our tweens and teens are conflicted with choices more than ever before. Educators know that reading should be prioritised in order for students to become, and remain, readers.
Academic research indicates that reading and academic and social success co-exist. But how can school library teams ensure the reading culture of their school is inspiring to students? And, how can we ensure we are engaging our audience and responding to emerging
reading trends?

Megan Daley is the author of Raising Readers, aimed at parents and educators. She is passionate about children’s literature and sharing it with young and old alike. In daylight hours, Megan is a Teacher-Librarian at St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School in Queensland
and was recently awarded the Queensland Teacher- Librarian of the Year by the School Library Association of Queensland, as well as the national Dromkeen Librarians Award, presented by the State Library of Victoria. A former national vice-president of the Children’s Book
Council of Australia, she is currently on the Queensland chapter of the board of the Australian Children’s Laureate and on the Publications Committee of the National Library of Australia. She blogs about all things literary, library and tech at childrensbooksdaily.com.

November Conference 2019 - Megan Daley - Creating Readers: Building a Reading Culture

Judging The Reading’s Young Adult Book Prize

The Readings Young Adult Book Prize was established in 2016 and recognises exciting emerging voices in Australian young adult literature. First and second published works of young adult fiction and memoir are eligible. Cath Crowley was one of this year’s judges—in
this session she’ll discuss the exciting range of fiction nominated, along with the joys and challenges of choosing a winner.

Cath Crowley’s young adult fiction novels include The Gracie Faltrain trilogy, Chasing Charlie Duskin, Graffiti Moon, Words in Deep Blue and Take Three Girls, cowritten by Fiona Wood and Simmone Howell. In 2011, Graffiti Moon won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction and the Ethel Turner Award for Young People’s Literature. Words in Deep Blue was awarded the Gold Inky for 2017, the QLD Literary Award for a Young Adult Book and The Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction. Take Three Girls won the CBCA Book of the Year for older readers in 2018.

November Conference 2019 - Cath Crowley - Judging The Reading’s Young Adult Book Prize

Our first Reading Forum for 2020 featured nine publishers sharing with us their upcoming titles for readers from prep to year eight.  This was followed by our special guest creators - Lucinda Gifford and Felice Arena.

Reading Forum Series 2020 - Term One - Publisher Showcase p to 8

Join us for three teacher librarians discussing programs and ideas that encourage collaboration and involvement in the school library.
This forum also included Julianne Negri on her new book The Secret Library of Hummingbird House, Cath Moore on her new book Metal Fish, Falling Snow and Gus Gordon in conversation with publisher Kristin Gill on his new picture book Finding Francoise.  The event was concluded with the Kids Bookshop sharing their top ten new books,

Reading Forum - Collaboration - Online - July 29 2020

The School Library Association of Victoria (SLAV) is the Professional Body for School Libraries in Victoria. As such, it offers dynamic, inspiring opportunities for teacher-librarians, librarians and library teams to build their essential role in engaging and developing lifelong learners.

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