Leadership – Linking Learning

Keeping the Human in the Loop: Lessons on AI, Ethics, and Learning Across Three Conferences

Posted on November 7, 2025 by KayO

Reflections on Generative AI Across Three Conferences In the last fortnight, I’ve been fortunate to be invited to present at three very different yet equally inspiring conferences – the International Staff Training Week at the Silesian University of Technology (SUT) in Gliwice, Poland, the Research Application in Information and Library Studies (RAILS) conference in North […]

School Library Professionals as Leaders: Why Leadership Theory Matters

Posted on July 31, 2025July 31, 2025 by KayO

Part 1: Understanding Leadership as Part of the School Library Professional’s Role This is the first post in a series that updates my previously posted articles on school library professionals and leadership. Whether it is writing the library’s strategic plan, negotiating timetables with senior staff, developing a suite of library policies or running an informal […]

School Library Professionals as Leaders: Using Leadership Theory to “Read the Room”

Posted on July 31, 2025July 31, 2025 by KayO

Part 2: Understanding Leadership Styles and Frames to Influence School Culture In the first post of this series, I explored how leadership is inherent in the role of the teacher librarian (TL) and school library professionals, even if it’s not always formally recognised. We discussed the value of building fluency in the language of leadership […]

School Library Professionals as Leaders: Practising Strategic Leadership

Posted on July 30, 2025July 31, 2025 by KayO

Part 3: Leading from Where You Are This is an update of my previous three leadership articles posted some years’ ago on this blog. In the first two posts of this series, we established that leadership is already embedded in the role of school library professionals, even though it is not always formally recognised and […]

Digital and Information Literacy: The Bigger Picture Schools Cannot Ignore

Posted on December 5, 2024 by KayO

Recent research has shone a spotlight on media literacy in Australia, but the findings reveal a much larger issue at play. The Adult Media Literacy in 2024: Australian Attitudes, Experiences and Needs report highlights significant gaps in Australians’ ability to critically engage with digital media. Only 42% of adults feel confident checking the credibility of […]

Leading from the Library – Eduwebinar presentation

Posted on August 18, 2021December 19, 2022 by KayO

As many of you will be aware, I have been finding synergy between the leadership research included in the MBA that I am currently involved with and the role of the Teacher Librarian. This has sparked my most recent posts, Teacher Librarian as Leader: Lessons from the Literature, Teacher Librarian as Leader: Theories of Leadership […]

Leadership in practice

Posted on July 1, 2021September 16, 2022 by KayO

Thank you for joining me for the third and final installment of the Teacher Librarian as Leader blog post series. If you have missed the first two posts, consider jumping back to the start to read all three in order. The first post discusses the role of the TL, and how it embodies both management […]

Teacher Librarian as Leader: Theories of Leadership in Action

Posted on June 17, 2021October 22, 2021 by KayO

This is the second of a series of blog posts I am sharing on the concept of Teacher Librarian as Leader. The content has been inspired by my recent work as a Learning Designer, working on the design and development of a new online MBA for the University of Southern Queensland. If you missed the […]

Teacher Librarian as Leader: Lessons from the Literature

Posted on June 14, 2021October 22, 2021 by KayO

As you may be aware, my recent experience as a learning designer contributing to the development of a new, fully online MBA being offered through USQ has led me to consider how Teacher Librarians (TLs) might take advantage of leadership literature emerging from the field of business to enhance their own professional practice as leaders. […]