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Collaboration KGS Jane Viner June 3 2015 final with video EduTechAU
1. Collaboration –
the tool for survival and success
in school libraries
Jane Viner
Head of Library Resource Services
Kilvington Grammar School
Ormond, Victoria, Australia
EduTech K- 12 Library Managers Congress
Brisbane, Australia, June 2 - 3 2015
2. Kilvington Grammar School
www.kilvington.vic.edu.au
Who are we?
Small co-educational day school
South of Melbourne, near Ormond Railway Station
ELC – Year 12
675 students
Committed staff
“Not for our own but others’ good”
Small enough to care, big enough to excel
Depth of Character 2015
Diligence
Positivity
Persistence
Depth of Character 2014
Respect
Self-discipline
Empathy
Resilience
7. Jane Viner has been a wonderful addition to our staff at
Kilvington. She has transformed the library into a vibrant,
safe and cosy hub where students like spending time much
more this year. As a colleague, Jane is always positive and
enthusiastic about any academic or co-curricular projects
we might be offering to students: she embraces the ideas and
promotes them extremely well within the library. For example,
during Languages week, Jane decorated the library and made
wonderful French and Japanese displays, she even dressed up
accordingly for the events. Earlier on this year, Jane was also
very helpful and supportive when I asked her if we could have a
French corner in the Junior library. I feel confident that I can
ask Jane for help anytime and know that she will try her best
to assist me. We are very fortunate to have her at Kilvington.”
Lucie Dickens, Academic Dean of Languages – 2014
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8. Discovery
Connect
Learning
“The key role of a teacher librarian
– to guide, nurture, encourage and teach.”
The thrill of seeing students connect with the idea or resource you have
introduced and the realisation that this will be really useful to them.
Technology is such an enabler for the teacher librarian
9. Year 6 – 12 students voluntarily listening to Staff Student debate
Library Reading Lounge used for Debating at lunchtime
– another positive change
10. Library lounge room atmosphere
The benefits of collaboration are endless and so rewarding –
students from Year 7 – 10 now enter the library with
enthusiasm, get comfortable on the floor cushions with a book
– choose their format – print or digital - so good to see this
relaxed library world – gone are the days of the shush library
and sitting up straight on a hard chair!
“Jane has helped me engage my students in the library though making the library
an increasingly vibrant and exciting space – i.e. the introduction of quotes and
messages on the walls, the movement of furniture to create new spaces for reading,
and the rotation of new and classic novels to entice students into reading.”
Clare Mackie, English teacher - 2014
11. Student survey responses
(the truth)
“They know their stuff.”
“Always taking the time to
ask me about my day!”
“…it’s actually my
favourite room in the
school.”
“[The] Library is one of
the most useful places
with the most
knowledgeable people at
Kilvington.”
“They always have time to
talk to you.”
146 students
responded, Year 5-12
86% of students use the Library at
lunchtime
66.35% of students rated the Library
staff as ‘excellent’ when it comes to
approachability
97.12% of students rated the Library
staff as ‘very good’ or ‘excellent’
12.
13. Principal Local bookstores
Teachers
Professional
networks
Library
staff
Digital suppliers
School
staff
Furniture
suppliers
Parents Online bookstores
Students
Stationery
suppliers
“Talking with Jane about options has helped me
become aware of a broader range of digital
resources waiting in the wings to be discovered…
We all need someone in the vicinity who can lead us
by the hand and keep us up-to-date with the ever-
widening circle of possibilities”
Lynley Clarnette, Academic Dean of Humanities - 2014
Relationships
15. Jane Viner with Year 2 students in the Junior Library 2015
discussing and selecting a picture book
16. What are the takeaways for you that will
build your strong library tree?
17. Takeaway entree
Ask for the world and get a
country in $ terms
Take a risk
Use statistics to back up
your value
Try a student survey for
honesty
Collaborate and build
cooperation with a range
of partners
Use Twitter and social
media to browse
resources and get ideas
Build on established
relationships
Establish new
relationships
Connect with the parent
community
Take on volunteers –
students and parents
18. Buy what students
want
Put student
suggestions on high
urgency along with
Dept. requests
Out facing books
on show
Discard non
borrowed items
even if they are
your favourites
Replace discards
with new titles
requested by
students
Invite book
supplier to your
library as a guest
of Book Week
Do the hack work
for parents with the
Premiers’ Reading
Challenge
Liaise with
Languages Dept.
Build strong
partnerships with
English Dept. and
teachers
Look after your
primary teachers
Offer digital
newspaper sub to
all staff
Look after your
team and build on
their ideas, abilities
to make your
library fantastic
Takeaway main course
21. 80% of your impact comes
from 20% of what you do
The 80/20 principle is important.
Task High Urgency Low Urgency
High Importance Do it Delegate it
Low Importance Diarise it Delight in it
22. Collaboration is the key to
success.
“Jane has transformed the library into a vibrant, safe
and cosy hub where students like spending time much
more this year.”
Lucie Dickens, Academic Dean of Languages - 2014
Library
teamwork
is vital
26. Bibliography
Ackroyd, Joan L (2014) The evolution of a traditional
library to a learning commons. Teacher Librarian.
Vol. 42. no. 2. December. p 25 – 28.
Moodie, Brett. (2014) Bring the teachers in: enticing
teachers into your library. Connections. Issue no. 9
Term 3 p. 9 – 10.
Summers, Shirley Ann. (2014) Delight the teacher,
reach the student. Incite. Vol. 35. Issue May 5. p.
23.
Viner, Jane (2014) 2013 onwards: A reflection. FYI.
Vol.18. no. 4. Spring. p. 4 – 7.
Viner, Jane (2014) Changing library roles – a
panellist. SLAV Conference. School Library roles: a
process of change. October 31.
Viner, Jane (2013) Teacher librarians – an essential
species to connect, integrate and lead curriculum
change in our digital world. ASLA XXIII conference.
The Curriculum experience: connect, integrate,
lead. September 28 – October 1 2013. Hobart.
http://www.slideshare.net/ASLAonline/lead-
curriculum-change. Accessed 10.07pm May 16th.
Williams, Dorothy; Wavell, Caroline & Morrison,
Katie. (2014) Impact of school libraries on learning.
Teacher Librarian. Vol. 41. no. 3. February 3. p. 32 –
35.
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Food photos from Jane’s Kitchen
27. Acknowledgements
Jordan Adams, Library and Audiovisual Technician and editor of the PPT, editor of the Student Video
Vanessa Walker, Library Assistant
Ellen McKechnie, Library and Audiovisual Technician, past staff member
Kilvington Students
Kilvington Staff
