Issue 1

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In this issue:

• New writers; new directions: 6 Australian writers discuss their writing
• Updating schooling: Shirley Smith argues the case for using Distance Education as a model for education generally
• Book cards from the edge: Marion Robertson confronts the community view of librarians
• Excellence in teaching: An award for Peg Craddock
• Peter, a timely novel: Kate Walker's insights into her writing
• A library in the outback: Jeanette Bush struggles with establishment of the library at Tibooburra Outback School of the Air.
• Educating for the twenty first century: All set to go at Cherrybrook
• Exchanging teachers; exchanging ideas: Canadian teacher's year in the library at Rowland Hassall Special School
• An exercise in resource sharing: A joint-use library for Young TAFE/Technology High School
• Participation with a purpose: The IM class at Toormina High: accomplished library users
• Controlling our destiny: Putting information skills into our own practice
• OASIS Diary: A new OASIS user documents her highs and lows
• Keep the best, cull the rest: Weeding an overgrown collection
• Forum – Fran Moloney
• Resource reviews
• Columns.
  

Issue 2

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In this issue:

• Curriculum: change and implementation: John Gore looks at curriculum development and implementation
• Creating a special book: The author and illustrator discuss the production of The wolf
• May I introduce ... the judges for the CBC Awards
• ... human beings have always needed stories...: Caroline Macdonald talks about writing
• What's new, what's hot: a bookseller's point of view: Kathy Belling discusses 'popular' children's books
• Archaeological dig: a cooperative approach to information skills: Pam Wells details an innovative way of developing information skills
• Assessment of student achievement. It's a jigsaw puzzle! Bruce Inwood discusses the whys and wherefores of assessment
• A closer look at student work samples: Michele Bruniges provides a practical look at one assessment option
• Caring is central: Sue Britton extols the advantages of being a teacher-librarian in a central school
• Awareness ... Reaction ... Response ... Be in it! Ross Todd examines the Jones Report
  
• CD-ROM update: networking: Peter Day gives us the latest news on CD-ROM for your school
• Of sleepovers and such: life in a new school library. Niki Kallenberger continues her series on life at Cherrybrook Technology High
• OASIS Diary: Sharon Wilkes sees shining light at the end of the tunnel
• SCIS records
• Music on tap: Anya Smeaton shows the way to make use of the music library
• Reading professionally: A brief rundown on some current journal articles
• Forum – Setting objectives and managing time: the practical side
• Resource reviews
• Columns.
  

Issue 3

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In this issue:

• Dichotomies: Robert Cormier speaks to Fay Gardiner about his life and writing
• You should have been there: Five children's literature devotees reminisce on the CBC conference
• Pat Hutchins: Jill Buckley learns some of the background to Titch, Rosie and friends
• AST: are you a candidate? Two successful teacher-librarian applicants for the position of Advanced Skills Teacher light the path for others
• All we need is ... information skills? Brian Miller asks some important questions about Information skills in the school.
• The visually-impaired student and the library: Elizabeth Plant discusses life at North Rocks School for the Blind
• Who did what? Michele Bruniges provides a practical look at assessing group work
• Making the most of a primary resource: Some pointers for teachers who don't yet count computers among their best friends
• Sporting a new image: Be bowled over by Pam Priestly
• Planning for and implementing OASIS Library: A detailed guide by Christine Bellchambers
• OASIS Diary
• In praise of OASIS: A laudatory tale followed by a cautionary one from Michelle Ellis
• Establishing a new library; other points of view: From clerical assistants and students at Cherrybrook
• Professional qualifications: Three graduates of professional courses in teacher-librarianship record their experiences
• Forum – NCIN: a passive database with an active bent: Hazel Vickers brings you up to date
• Resource reviews
• Columns.

Issue 4

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In this issue:

• All her life a writer: Lilith Norman reminisces with her friend, Lois Caw
• Planning for the 90s: John Bentley, Beth McLaren and Alan Young each offer perspectives on strategic planning
• Every cloud has a silver lining: Jeanette Kerr records the re-building of the library collection at Baulkham Hills PS following a fire
• Recollections of a school library user: The school library through the eyes of Danika Cross, a year 12 student at Alstonville HS
• James Hardie Write to Read Program
• Educational lending right: Nadia Wheatley and Libby Gleeson outline the philosophy behind this scheme and the way it would work
• Teacher-librarians and the new millennium: A report from Ross Todd on the 21st Annual Conference of the IASL
• Not such a different approach: Erica McLaren and Carmel Seeto discuss the way they use picture books with students with intellectual disabilities
• Sarah's dialling the world: Sarah Redfern, that is, which is involved with the National Geographic Kids Network – Greg O'Neill reports
• Pamphlets and periodicals on OASIS: Ros Sharp solves a problem
• I don't believe it ... networking and CD-ROM: Some good ideas from Darelyn Dawson
• Library links: A school library-public library joint venture explained by Lenore Hankinson
• OASIS Diary: The final entry for 1992 from Sharon Wilkes
• SCIS – the agency: Anne Dowling brings you up to date
• SCIS: online and RECON
• Stocktaking with OASIS at Mona Vale PS: Tips from Charmayne Hodgman
• Career paths for teacher-librarians: Murray McLachlan offers encouragement
• Resource reviews
  
• Columns
• Indexes.