The School Librarian
Volume 56, Number 1, Spring 2008
New year, new look
Steve Hird- The Bigger Picture: the 2007 Patrick Hardy Lecture
Michael Rosen
- The Imagination Library: Dolly comes to Rotherham
Bronwen Watson - Teachers as Readers in the 21st Century
Prue Goodwin - Bringing Poetry Alive: T S Eliot Prize Shadowing Scheme
Chris Holifield - 'Our Beautiful New Library': Planning a Primary School Library
Ann Leeming - ict@sla : Websites and ICT Resources
- Reviews:
- Under Eight
- Eight to Twelve
- Poetry and Plays
- Twelve to Sixteen
- Sixteen to Nineteen
- Professional
A prototype online index to the reviews in this issue is available to SLA members.
Volume 55, Number 4, Winter 2007
Editorial Steve Hird - Briefing Alec Williams
- Oh the Places You'll Go: a personal view of career development April Eichmiller
- Doncaster Book Award: the ups and downs of establishing a local book award Lyn Hopson
- Treading the Boards in Cardiff: the South East Wales branch Carnegie Shadowing event, 20 June 2007 Steve Hird
- Maths in the News Carol Williams
- Maths in the News: A Year 7 Library Lesson Rob Wix
- Library NVQs for Students and Library Staff Alike Steven Oakden
- The Moon at your fingertips Charlotte Heppell
- Reviews:
- Under Eight
- Eight to Twelve
- Poetry and Plays
- Twelve to Sixteen
- Sixteen to Nineteen
- Professional
- ict@SLA
Volume 55, Number 3, Autumn 2007
Editorial Steve Hird - Briefing
- The Future is Now Alec Williams
- 'The greatest university of all is a collection of books' Mike Butler
- Can a world final of the Kids' Lit Quiz be organized in six months? - you just do it! Jacky Atkinson
- School Libraries and the VLE: using Moodle for the Cumbria LSS Book Awards Fay Dowding
- The information-seeking behaviour of teenagers in an English high school Andrew K Shenton
- Reviews:
- Under Eight
- Eight to Twelve
- Poetry and Plays
- Twelve to Sixteen
- Sixteen to Nineteen
- Professional
- ict@SLA
Volume 55, Number 2, Summer 2007
Editorial Steve Hird - Briefing
- SLA School Librarian of the Year Honour List 2007 Geoff Dubber
- School library services: the last ten years Claire Creaser
- Engaging the Google generation through Web 2.0 Judy O'Connell
- Building on Good School Libraries Alec Williams
- Reviews:
- Under Eight
- Eight to Twelve
- Poetry and Plays
- Twelve to Sixteen
- Sixteen to Nineteen
- Professional
- ict@SLA
Volume 55, Number 1, Spring 2007
Editorial Nancy Chambers - Briefing
- A Childhood in Books Gervase Phinn
- 'What Is Around You Matters' Anne Fine
- The Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation, 2007 Wendy Cooling
- Back Issues: An Occasional Glance at Perennial Concerns Sheila Ray
- The Use of Independent School Libraries in England and Wales Richard Turner
- Walking Towards Chartership Julia Rayment
- Reviews:
- Under Eight
- Eight to Twelve
- Poetry and Plays
- Twelve to Sixteen
- Sixteen to Nineteen
- Professional
Volume 54, Number 4, Winter 2006
Editorial Nancy Chambers - Briefing
- Afterwords: An Interview with Aidan Chambers Alec Williams
- Ahlberg to Zephaniah: Great poetry that works with children Stephen Bicknell
- Recommended resources: A personal selection of advice from books and peers Anne-Marie Tarter
- Personal, learning and thinking skills: The QCA framework Ian Shaw
- Promoting the school library: A portfolio is a visual record of achievement Wendy Worley
- Reviews:
- Under Eight
- Eight to Twelve
- Poetry and Plays
- Twelve to Sixteen
- Sixteen to Nineteen
- Professional
Volume 54, Number 3, Autumn 2006
Editorial Nancy Chambers - Briefing
- If You've Got It, Flaunt It: Promoting the School Library. SLA Weekend Course, University of Bath Steve Hird
- Improving School Libraries. The "Better Libraries" Project in Norfolk Robin Gregory and Paul Cunningham
- Re-encountering the son of a poacher Rachel Anderson
- Back Issues. The first in a series of occasional columns recalls the beginnings of the SLA Sheila Ray
- Weblogs for Schools Phil Bradley
- Reviews:
- Under Eight
- Eight to Twelve
- Poetry and Plays
- Twelve to Sixteen
- Sixteen to Nineteen
- Professional
Volume 54, Number 2, Summer 2006
Editorial Nancy Chambers - Briefing
- What can we learn from good school libraries? Philip Jarrett
- The SLA School Librarian of the Year Award 2006: the Honour List Eileen Armstrong, Steve Hird and Kathy Lemaire
- Libraries supporting learners Dorothy Williams
- Belfast, the Library and the Wardrobe. The C S Lewis connection Joy Alexander
- Schools Library Services: Key results from the LISU survey 2004-05 Claire Creaser
- Reviews:
- Under Eight
- Eight to Twelve
- Poetry and Plays
- Twelve to Sixteen
- Sixteen to Nineteen
- Professional
Volume 54, Number 1, Spring 2006
Editorial Nancy Chambers - Briefing
- Golding's prophetic fable: The Lord of the Flies now needs to be read anew Peter Hollindale
- The need for adventure: The Patrick Hardy lecture Anthony Horowitz
- Use of ICT in US schools: A daily routine helps equip students with life-long skills Alison Turriff
- Fanfiction: A room of their own for teenagers Lucy Pearson
- Reviews:
- Under Eight
- Eight to Twelve
- Poetry and Plays
- Twelve to Sixteen
- Sixteen to Nineteen
- Professional
Volume 53, Number 4, Winter 2005
Editorial Ray Lonsdale - Briefing
- Up for inspection. A look at the process in England and its link to self evaluation Geoff Dubber
- Student volunteers, worthwhile or more trouble than they are worth? Karen Horsfield
- One step further. Improving School Library Services for primary schools Gillian Harris and Judith Collins
- Digging for treasure. A makeover of a website used by thousands of schools Martin Hill
- Solo workers. Getting away for meetings can be difficult Richard Turner
- Reviews:
- Under Eight
- Eight to Twelve
- Fiction, Information material
- Five to Sixteen
- Poetry and Plays
- Twelve to Sixteen
- Fiction, Information material
- Sixteen to Nineteen
- Fiction, Citizenship, Languages
- Professional
Volume 53, Number 3, Autumn 2005
Editorial Ray Lonsdale - Briefing
- Knowledge is power. This year's SLA Weekend Conference Ray Lonsdale and Alec Williams
- From e-books to e-PALS. A project that keeps students in touch across the world Karen King
- Integration of paper and electronic resources in school libraries Andrew K Shenton
- Winds of change in Chile: Improvements in Learning Resource Centres Sarah McNichol
- Danger: the library. Challenging stereotypes in children's literature Vivian Wright
- Reviews:
- Under Eight
- Eight to Twelve
- Fiction, Information material
- Poetry and Plays
- Twelve to Sixteen
- Fiction, Information material
- Sixteen to Nineteen
- Fiction, Poetry
- Professional
Volume 53, Number 2, Summer 2005
Editorial Ray Lonsdale - Briefing
- Five cheers and a double act. The SLA School Librarian of the Year Award Alec Williams
- Bhutan's school libraries: transforming vision into reality Felicity Shaw
- Author Alan Gibbons, Defender of Belfast at the SLA Northern Ireland Conference Richard Murphy
- Read Regular: help for dyslexic readers Linda Banner
- BRILL reading: a perspective from a Scottish island Frances Sinclair
- 'I know where I'm going': A pilot project on self evaluation for school libraries Sheila Percival
- Reviews:
- Under Eight
- Eight to Twelve
- Fiction, Information material
- Five to Sixteen
- Poetry and Plays
- Twelve to Sixteen
- Fiction, Information material
- Sixteen to Nineteen
- Fiction, Careers, Poetry
Recent Additions/Updates
- August NYR Booklist
- Position Statement: Use of Volunteers
- Guideline Plus Paperwork Made Easy now available
- 2007-08 in Pictures
- Alec Williams' booklist "Sneaky Learning: Fiction and Poetry across the Curriculum"
- Weekend Course 2008 Report, Photos and Presentations
- Riveting Reads Plus publication Fantasy Fiction now available
- Summer 2008 issue of The School Librarian
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