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Our weekend training course is hugely popular. Held in June at a different location each year, the course has become an essential element of professional development for many school librarians.

The 2010 course, "The Magic Threshold: Step Into New Worlds", will be held from 25-27 June at the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham.

Speakers and Authors Confirmed So Far

• Anthony Browne
• Professor Stephen Heppell
• Jerry Hurst
• Miranda McKearney
• Lucy Bakewell (School Librarian of the Year 2009)

Plus a range of practical workshops, seminars and witness sessions including:

• Dual use libraries
• Innovative display in primary schools
• Plagiarism
• Primary school librarians: Tower Hamlets model
• Video creativity with young people
• Library design and planning
• Wide selection of authors and illustrator

Further Details

A full programme and booking form will be sent with the Spring 2010 issue of The School Librarian and will be on the website here in February.

Earlybird discounts apply up to 31 March 2010.

Last Year's Course

The 2009 course, "Take Your Partners: School Libraries Building Bridges", was held from 19-21 June at the University of Surrey, Guildford.

• Full Details of 2009 Course

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