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 This partnership reflects ASLA’s commitment to ensuring every student, regardless of location or school sector, has access to the best possible learning resources.

By negotiating this agreement, ASLA is empowering all school library staff and educators to embed reliable, curriculum-ready content into classrooms while supporting equity across Australian schools.

- Martha Itzcovitz, ASLA President

Are you ready to Explore?

Join the ASLA–Informit Consortium and empower your staff with access to trusted resources, professional learning, and savings.

Step 1: ASLA Membership

New and existing ASLA School members, who are current and financial as at Friday 14 November 2025 will qualify.
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New ASLA Members
If you are not an ASLA School member, please Join ASLA to be eligible for Consortium subscription pricing.
NB Online payments are preferred and reconcile faster.
Existing ASLA Members
If your school is already an ASLA Member - great! Let Informit know you want to join the consortium and access the discounted subscription.

Step 2: Informit Subscription

The current ASLA Consortium subscription period is Jan–Dec 2026. Should your school subscribe to Explore, you will be invoiced at a pro-rata rate until the end of 2026. From 1st January 2027, your school's 12-month subscription to Explore will begin for the 2027 calendar year.

Please confirm your active ASLA membership status and Consortium participation with your Informit representative. Subscription invoices for the 2027 subscription year will be sent between 19 Nov and 19 Dec 2026.

New Informit Subscribers
If your school hasn't subscribed to Informit Explore before 👉 start your 30-day free trial
The discount will be set based on participation numbers, and invoices will be issued by Informit with your consortium discount applied.
Existing Informit Subscribers
If your school already subscribes to Informit Explore, you can opt into the ASLA Consortium for 2026 and receive a 7.5% discount on your annual renewal PLUS the enhanced consortium benefits.

Key Benefits for ASLA Member Schools

Discounted access to Informit Explore through ASLA’s consortium model
Teacher-written topic overviews mapped to the Australian Curriculum
Resources to build critical literacy and counter misinformation
Professional development webinars and support delivered in partnership with ASLA
Quarterly training sessions tailored for ASLA members

Informit Explore’s key features and benefits

Combat misinformation: Discover thousands of curated articles that cover a wide range of perspectives on the issues shaping Australia today.
Kick-start research: Over a hundred topic pages offer supporting tools designed to facilitate research projects and classroom activities.
Unlock trusted Australian content: Access over a million trusted sources from Australia’s top publishers, including Agora, Artlink, The Big Issue, Kill Your Darlings, Metro, and much more.
Option to add TVNews: a comprehensive video database of Australian television news, current affairs programs from free-to-air television broadcasters, providing ongoing access to individual news stories dating from 2007, making it a valuable resource for research and media analysis.

For Informit Explore information:
about.informit.org/products/informit-explore/

A 30 day free trial is available here: https://about.informit.org/trial/

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