School Librarian of the Year 2012

Award Ceremony

On School Libraries Celebration Day, 1 October 2012 Dexter House, Tower Hill

Alec  Williams,  compere  Independent  Library  Consultant    

“I don’t think I’ve met an author who doesn’t talk about how libraries turned them into the authors they are.”

Lin  Smith  Chair  School  Library  Associa6on    

“We are professionals … being a librarian is not a hobby.”

Dawn  Woods  Chair  School  Librarian  of  the  Year  Selec6on  Commi<ee    

•  Librarians were nominated by head teachers and colleagues. Five schools were visited and three librarians shortlisted.

•  For the Library Design Awards, 23 libraries were nominated, six visited by the judges and three shortlisted.

School Librarian of the Year Honours List

Rosalind  Buckland  Ripley  St  Thomas  Academy  Lancaster  

Adam  Lancaster  Monk’s  Walk  School  Welwyn  Garden  City  

Gill  Trueman  Peasedown  St  John  School  Near  Bath  

Rosalind  Buckland  Librarian  Ripley  St  Thomas  Academy  Lancashire  

•  Interschool Year 8 reading project communicating via a blog

•  Interschool author visits – including authors of adult books

•  Set up gender-based boy-friendly area •  Partnered with Cumbria University so Ripley

students can access Cumbria’s online interactive tutorials and swap staff and pupil visits

•  Led Ripley’s investment in qualitative school databases

“Ripley is very much a reading school, many of the students like to read and their families buy books, however there is always more you can do.”

•  Monk’s Walk Library has offered free continuing professional development to primaries and secondaries across Hertfordshire after SLS closed

•  Aims to create a reading community beyond the school

•  Reading Collection for parents and intensive parent support to create a reading climate in the home

•  Enjoying Reading sessions – doing fun stuff around reading like book trailers

•  School to scrap homework in favour of preparation for lessons

“We are working to create a literacy-rich community which takes time and will benefit the school for generations to come.”

Adam  Lancaster  Librarian  and  Associate  Assistant  Head  Teacher  Monk’s  Walk  School  HerEordshire  

•  Timetabled library lessons for Years 3 to 5 teaching research skills, information literacy and e-safety

•  Team teaching with class teachers and involving teachers in planning to reinforce information literacy across the curriculum

•  Reading Collection for parents and intensive parent support to create a reading climate in the home

•  Enjoying Reading sessions – doing fun stuff around reading like book trailers

•  School to scrap homework in favour of preparation for lessons

“For me library provision is about developing children’s reading enjoyment, helping them form their personal taste … and teaching them how to access knowledge.”

Gill  Trueman  Librarian  and  InformaGon  Manager  Peasedown  St  John  Primary  Bath    

Library Design Awards Finalists

The  ChaEeild-­‐Roberts  Library,  Cheltenham  College,  Gloucestershire  

“An extremely beautiful library that bridges the gap between the traditional library and the emerging learning commons model.”

Library Design Awards Finalists

The  Duston  School  Library,  Cheltenham  College,  Gloucestershire  

Rising from a school in Special Measures to Outstanding, the Dunston School renamed its library the Hub to put books at the heart of the school. The Hub gave the children “ownership of their own space and their own place”.

Library Design Awards Finalists

Front  Lawn  Junior  School  Library,  Havant,  Hampshire  

“The investment, hard work and exciting library is inspiring children, staff and the wider community in an area of high social deprivation … a real little gem of a library.”

BIG Thanks to the

Sponsors!

Scholastic Children’s Books Hilary Murray Hill, MD

Raintree Publishers Miles Steven Hawk

Demco Interiors Scott Grant, general manager

And the winner of the Library Design Award for 2012 is …

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Brian Selznick

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cabret!

THE DUNSTON SCHOOL LIBRARY!!!

And our School Librarian of the Year for 2012 is…

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kevin crossley-

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ADAM LANCASTER!!!

“It shouldn’t be just one person in a school shouting about libraries but a full orchestra. It’s not easy … but just because it’s not easy doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do it.”

Adam Lancaster School Librarian of the Year 2012

Big Congratulations to everyone. With thanks to Nicky Potter for inviting me to the ceremony. And thanks to all the cool librarians who definitely make this world that much more awesome.

This  Slideshare  report    is  by  Candy  Gourlay  www.candygourlay.com