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.