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Professional Experience and Interests


Professional Experience
Speaker at conferences and training courses:- 
  •  Regional Training Agency conference for School Librarians 2007 
  •  Southwark LA Conference on Transition
  •  Academies Lead Practitioner one day conferences for school librarians
  •  SLG National Conference 2009 – keynote speaker
  •  SLA National Conference 2009 – workshop leader
  •  SLG courses- workshop leader
  • Contributor to publications - SLG newsletters, Reading Connects Handbook, SLA Guidelines
  • Organiser of Southwark Schools’ Book Award - 2006 to 2012
  • Judge for Society of Authors secondary non fiction book prize 2008
  • Trained SLA and CILIP mentor  
  • Regular contributor to School Librarians Network
  • Organiser of  SLG training courses, annual conference 2011 and workshops
  • Advisory Board member for The Day online newspaper
  • Booktrust Bookbuzz scheme selection panel member 2013

Professional Interests

  • Developing 21st century school libraries
  • Creating whole school reading communities
  • Transition and links between primary and secondary school
  • Reading promotion, Information Literacy and reader development
  • Web 2.0 applications in school libraries, e-reading and e-learning.

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