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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 […]

5 reasons why EVERY student in the 21st century needs a School Library and a Teacher Librarian.

Posted on October 18, 2021October 19, 2021 by KayO

Happy International School Library Day! School libraries and library staff do so much for their school communities, but to celebrate today, I have put these slides together with a focus on how Teacher Librarians (TLs) and school libraries support students growth as global citizens. This is something that I believe every school would say they […]

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 […]

Why this survey might be the most important thing you do today

Posted on August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 by KayO

It is a sad, and well known fact that the role of the Teacher Librarian is in decline in many countries, and library staff often hold the perception that their role and the school library is not valued compared with the work of other educators (Merga, 2019) . In Australia, there is now only one […]

One for the books: Schools need libraries too!

Posted on October 1, 2019 by KayO

If you travel in library circles, an article published across various Fairfax publications on the weekend has been doing the rounds in your social media this week. The ‘cleverly’ titled: One for the books: The unlikely renaissance of libraries in the digital age is just one of a number of library themed articles published recently, […]

Advocacy! Print this poster and spread the word – we NEED school libraries and teacher librarians!

Posted on April 18, 2017July 3, 2019 by KayO

The research is undeniable. EVERY school needs a well resourced school library AND a qualified teacher-librarian! There are a lot of positive moves afoot to protect and promote our school libraries and teacher librarians. Check out the amazing support being provided by Leigh Hobbs, Australian Children’s Laureate, The role that a school library and a […]