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Inquiry into school libraries and teacher librarians in Australian schools

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Report

On Monday 23 May 2011, the House Standing Committee on Education and Employment tabled its report on the inquiry into school libraries and teacher librarians in Australian schools entitled School libraries and teacher librarians in 21st century Australia.

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This report is comprised of preliminary pages, 6 chapters and 4 appendices.

School libraries and teacher librarians in 21st century Australia

Preliminary pages (PDF 123KB)
Contents, Foreword, Committee Membership, Terms of Reference, List of Abbreviations and List of Recommendations

Chapter 1 (PDF 122KB)
Overview

Chapter 2 (PDF 269KB)
Impact of recent Commonwealth Government policies and investments on school libraries

Chapter 3 (PDF 261KB)
Potential of school libraries and teacher librarians to contribute to improved educational and community outcomes

Chapter 4 (PDF 269KB)
Recruitment and development of teacher librarians

Chapter 5 (PDF 220KB)
Partnering and supporting school libraries and teacher librarians

Chapter 6 (PDF 56KB)
Concluding comments

Appendix A (PDF 109KB)
List of submissions

Appendix B (PDF 49KB)
List of exhibits

Appendix C (PDF 81KB)
List of hearings and witnesses

Appendix D (PDF 16KB)
Standards of professional excellence for teacher librarians

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