Presentation for LIANZA Library Assistants Day highlighting the range of tasks undertaken by school library teams and linking the intersections between schools and public libraries.

1. A Day in the Life of
a School Librarian

2. A Day in the Life of
a School Librarian

3. So ……

4. So ……
What do you think I
do all day?!

5. Days of the old
schoolyard ……..

6. Days of the old
schoolyard ……..
What memories do you
have of your school
librarian?

12. Structure of a School Day
No two days are the same but a typical day is:
08.55 – 09.50 Period 1
09.50 – 10.00 Roll Call
10.00 – 11.00 Period 2
11.00 – 11.30 Interval
11.30 – 12.30 Period 3
12.30 – 13.30 Period 4
13.30 – 14.10 Lunch
14.10 – 15.20 Period 5 (includes SSR)

16. 8.00 – 9.00am

17. Getting set for the day ………
Check emails and booking sheet
Open Twitter, Diigo, Bitly &
Livebinders
Respond to correspondence
Take bookings
Open library
Attend staff briefing

18. 9.00 – 10.00am

19.  Year 9 class booked for 1 st
orientation visit with their
English teacher
 Tour
 Dewey Game
 Important bits about the library
 Story

22. 10.00 – 11.00am

23. Book selection from
consignment delivery
 Appraise non fiction books for
curriculum content

24.  Meeting with teacher about
new Year 13 English
standard
 Discussion around task and selection
of suitable texts

25. 11.00 – 12.00pm

26. Morning tea
 Discussion with teacher about lesson
– Encyclopaedia Quiz

29.  Year 10 class booked into
classroom
 session on ways to use Google vs.
Sweetsearch

36. 12.00 – 1.00pm

37. Lesson Planning:
 Put together a Livebinder for classes
starting a unit on Earthquakes through
Y11 Science

41. Select books to show Book Club
at lunchtime
Decide on which ones I will
review
Choose a section from a book to
read aloud

42. 1.00 – 2.00pm

43. Quick lunch at my desk and then
………
Book club in the library
classroom

47. 2.00 – 3.00pm

48. SSR
Year 9 Orientation lesson #2 in
the library classroom
 Library Catalogue session
 Two activities – Dewey Story & Library
Map

52. 3.00 – 4.00pm

53. Study Centre
Lesson Planning:
with Kaiawhina for Y11-13
Maori research assignment

55. My Research Plan
What will I do first?
What will I do next?
What am I confident about doing for my research?
Finding good information
Forming good research questions
Taking notes
Something else ….. ____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
What do I need help with for my research?
Finding good information
Forming good research questions
Taking notes
Something else ….. ____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
How will I present my information about my person?

56. 4.00 – 5.00pm

57. Professional Reading
Planning for the next day
 Checking bookings
 Preparing for classes
 Collecting together resources
 Shelf check and tidy

58. The intersection between
school and public libraries

59. The intersection between
school and public libraries
…………….
How can we work
together?

61.  Linking to each other in the
minds of our users

63.  Linking to each other in the
minds of our users
 Meeting together, talking to
each other

64.  Linking to each other in the
minds of our users
 Meeting together, talking to
each other
 Shared understanding of
what we all do

65.  Linking to each other in the
minds of our users
 Meeting together, talking to
each other
 Shared understanding of
what we all do
 Linking to the curriculum

66. Other ideas????

68. Contact details:
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Wordpress: sengaw.wordpress.com
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