Leading one of the secondary aims for the Great School Libraries campaign is a real pleasure. Learning through Inquiry...

If school libraries are essential to our children's education why are not more people worried about the lack of them in their schools?

My promise to do more to advocate for school libraries after being awarded a BEM in the 2020 New Years Honours list.

Advocacy is essential for todays school librarian. Have these conversations before it is too late.

School librarians bringing their expertise to education and the curriculum and helping our schools understand our value.

End of year reports are important for school librarians. Here are a few reasons why.

School librarians can empower themselves through helping schools understand their role. Knowledge through self learning is important!

Do you ever wonder why you do what you do? Is anyone listening? Is it time to get your mojo back...?

A brief overview of our latest book discussion on marketing your school library.

I was really lucky to land a job at Newcastle City Libraries as a library assistant straight from school at 16. I had always enjoyed visiting Jesmond library...

I have just been on holiday for 4 weeks visiting mainly New Zealand but also popping into Australia and Singapore. I tried really hard to stay away from work...

As a librarian who works with schools I am constantly having to find different ways to engage teachers. Whether it is letting them know about a new resource w...

I like to look back over my year in order to understand the good and the bad. Reflecting on what I could have done better but more importantly what I have le...

Over the last few months I have presented at several conferences. I was lucky enough to have my son Thomas, who is a History teacher, attend the ResearchEd n...

I can't believe it has been and gone. The first ever JCS Digital Literacy conference #JCS2018 in Birmingham was a huge success. Wonderful keynote speakers, f...

As we hear of yet more libraries closing and school librarians being let go due to school libraries being 'a luxury'. We must start questioning where our pri...

I shared a study on twitter from UCL, institute of Education that found that children who read more have stronger reading skills. Over the last few days it h...

I was delighted to hear back in June that Nick Poole had announced, at the CILIP School Libraries Group conference, that there was to be a Great School Libra...

Working closely with teachers here in Guernsey, I heard a buzz about a conference called ResearchED. Being a librarian it was not a conference I had come acr...

With only just over a week to go to the end of yet another school year it's time to look back and write my annual report. This year has been transformational...