Are you a school librarian who wants to teach research skills across the curriculum but don't know how to get started? This might be for you

Want to know how can your school library save you time and money? Digital literacy, resources and expert support.

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

Why schools should be using their school library catalogue to start their students digital literacy journey.

It is time to move on. The plans are to spend more time with family but engage in the wider world of libraries as a trainer and advisor.

A simple guide for school librarians on those first steps to co-teaching research skills.

Having just come home from 3 very intensive days of learning, collaborating, sharing and networking I am exhausted. However, I feel it is important to write ...

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...

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...

"Teaching was never meant to be a do it yourself job and the school librarian is there to support you and your students so next time don’t walk past, walk in...

As I sat in the hall at St Georges school, Cologne, ready to hear Hywel Roberts open the Practical Pedagogies conference I turned to the man sitting next to ...

Number 3 Parental involvement in reading and research from home. Back in October 2017 I wrote a blog entitled School librarians helping children become indep...

Number 2 in my series of blog post will look at how school librarians are starting the year with a bang. Sharing ideas that I have worked and some that didn'...

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...

I regularly write about how important it is for teachers to use their school library and to work alongside their school library staff. I like to point out th...

I find the topic of information literacy fascinating. Sad I know but there we are. Would you describe information literacy as a skill? I know I would, but af...

Advocacy for school librarians I often write about advocacy for school librarians and the need for us to constantly tell school leaders about the benefits of...

Over the last few years, I have spent time trying to work out ways to engage our teachers. We, at Schools' Library Service, have introduced an information li...

Back in 2017 I wrote this blog post and it has been viewed over 35,000 times I did not feel that I could leave it behind on my old blog. In essence it goes t...

For those of you who have just found me, hello! As my website already explains, I am a chartered librarian who has worked with and around school libraries fo...