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- The Big Issue’s Kids Cover Competition
Here’s an opportunity you might like to promote through your library service to aspiring young artists in your communnity: Be part of The Big Issue’s Kids Cover Competition – design a festive cover for us, and it could be featured front and centre on our national magazine this December. We are looking for cover artwork that is bright, bold and imaginative – it can be… - Embrace Kids Film- free screening license opportunity for Victorian Libraries
The Embrace Collective invites interested Victorian public libraries to register for a free screening of the film, Embrace Kids, at your library. The Embrace Collective is a non-profit organisation established by Australian of the Year Taryn Brumfitt and body image expert Dr Zali Yager. Their mission is to inspire every young person around the world to Embrace their bodies, and to create body-image safe environments for them… - T-shirts in the Australian Aboriginal flag colours now in stock
Public Libraries Victoria is delighted to announce that we have limited stock of the Libraries Change Lives t-shirts featuring the black, yellow and red colours of the Australian Aboriginal flag. The t-shirts feature yellow lines above ‘Libraries Change Lives’ in red text on a black background and are available in sizes, M, L, XXL and XXXL only. If you would like to purchase an alternative… - Gaming in Libraries: A new resource
Port Adelaide Enfiled Libraries (PAE), in collaboration with Libraries SA, rcently released a new resource, Game Changer: Gaming in Libraries Framework. This framework outlines why video games, as both collections and programs, should exist in public libraries, and how libraries might go about implementing these. In 2023, ‘Public Play: Gaming, VR and AR at the library’ was the theme of PLV’s Digital Innovation Festival webinar… - Don’t read this: AI and the end of human literacy
We are exposed to an unprecedented amount of information through the internet and social media, but current research indicates that actual reading (the conversion of data to knowledge) is declining. As we grapple with the ethics of AI and algorithmic decision-making, research shows that activities that have traditionally informed basic literacy and civic fluency are under threat. Tracie D. Hall, winner of the prestigious Medal… - Brisbane event: Sustainable Reading at Every Age & Every Stage
Are you passionate about the role of reading in libraries and relish the opportunity to join with colleagues from around the world to explore this topic? Why not join us at the Sustainable Reading at Every Age & Every Stage: Libraries Beside You All The Way event, Fri 27 – Sun 29 September, in Brisbane! Developed to complement the IFLA Futures Summit this three-day event… - ALIA News – Adult media literacy and Aurora Institute
From ALIA this week: Adult Media Literacy in 2024: Australian attitudes, experiences and needs This report examines adult media literacy abilities, needs and experiences in Australia. Between January and April 2024 the authors surveyed a representative sample of 3,852 adult Australians, alongside additional booster samples for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) Australians and First Nations Australians. This survey repeated questions asked in an inaugural 2021… - Staff training options for person centered approaches to navigating challenging behaviour in libraries
Hi everyone, After a successful session yesterday with Drs Jane Garner and Beth Wahler and at the request of attendees, PLV will be creating a list of courses/trainers, who are able to provide training in the area of people centred approaches to navigating challenging behaviour in libraries. However, we need your help. We want to hear of the training and training providers your library service…