Australian School Library Association Tasmania

Welcome to ASLA-Tas a professional organisation for teacher librarians, library technicians and library assistants working in Tasmanian school and college libraries.

Become a member of ASLA-Tas  - consider institutional membership for your Library!  The 2009 membership subscription form is now available at Members' page.

Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year Award.
This national award recognises and honours an exceptional Australian teacher librarian in a school setting whose professional practice has a positive impact on student achievement and information literacy. It carries a $1500 cash prize, payable to the Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year, and $500 of products for the respective school community, made possible by Pledger Consulting Pty Ltd (LinksPlus/WebLinks). 

Download the nomination form for 2009 [Word document] - deadline to ASLA Member Associations 29 May 2009. The contact details for ASLA-Tas is included on the form for your convenience.

Who can be nominated? Qualified teacher librarians with a minimum of 3 years experience as a teacher librarian, who are financial members (personal or school) of one of the ASLA member associations - ASLA-Tas.  Nominations should be sent to the Secretary, ASLA-Tas for endorsement on or before 29 May 2009. Re-nomination of previous nominees is encouraged.  

See the revised and enlarged section for POLICIES on the ASLA website.  Great work by the ALIA/ASLA Policy Advisory Group.  Updates soon on the planned publication later this year of the revised LFTF.

UPDATE: News on Events page, also Lorene's Blog - watch this blog for news of PL events and courses, news and other information of relevance to all school library staff.

AEU Tasmanian Branch's  Policy on Staffing and Funding of School Libraries and the Role fo the Teacher Librarian

Last updated 10/4/09 jab