In 2016, worldwide revenue from augmented and virtual reality was $5.2 billion. By 2020, it is predicted to reach $162 Billion. (IDC, Aug. 2016) Virtual Reality (VR) is like no resource we have ever used […]
A blog about how libraries 'happen' to people.
Author: Chelsea Wright
Chelsea Wright is a Library Manager living in Melbourne, Australia. She currently manages a large Secondary College Library. Her background is in tertiary libraries, web design and graphic art. She is a strong advocate for school libraries, “new librarianship” and the emerging role of librarians as cutting edge innovators, ‘experience architects’, and community builders.
In particular, Chelsea is passionate about working with young people and engaging them with all the things a library can offer – from books to robots to craft a conversation, and sometimes a safe haven or space to take a breath.
Chelsea believes that information literacy is a human right, and that every school should have access to a qualified librarian or teacher-librarian.
Chelsea holds a Bachelor of Business (Info & Knowledge Management), Advanced Diploma in Multimedia, and is currently completing her Master of Teaching (P – 12).
People are Resources
Library Lectures Last year I started up a Library Lectures programme in our school library. Each week on a Thursday during lunch, we have somebody talking about something they are passionate about and wish to share. Who […]
Play as an approach
Play is not so much an activity as it is an approach. It is a very particular, instinctual, joyous approach towards interacting with our environment and each other. It is not something that only children […]
When reading is hard
SLAV Nov, 2016 Conference: Engaging Teens with Reading I was asked if I could please post a copy of my presentation slides and video tutorials, from the session I ran at the November SLAV (School Library […]
Wasted Professional Development
Too often, ideas inspired within us during a PD session, remain untried, go undiscussed, and then under the weight of our to-do lists and the post-it notes on our desks, they are crushed into a […]
Open Night!
What role does your school library play on Open Night? Indeed, does your school library even play a role? When prospective students and their parents stream into your school to assess its worth and suitability, […]
Craft with Strategy
Craft has become a valuable and often strategic tool for librarians wanting to bring creative activity and intrigue into the 21st Century library space. The beauty of most craft is its capacity to enhance inclusive […]
