Congratulations to Kate Parlain, librarian St. John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School winner of the CILIP SLG newsletter book giveaway - The Networked Librarian. With thanks to Facet Publishing . Watch out for the next newsletter in May for another great giveaway plus lots of news and CPD opportunities.

📚🗓️ My #MonthlyMustReads for April 2024:
⭐️ Dinosaur Pie Jen Wallace Alan O' Rourke
🌟 Keedie Elle McNicoll ✍🏻📚 (FBoTM)
🌟 Nature’s Fascinating Friendships Mike Hills Kerry Hyndman (NFBoTM)
🌟Pink Trucks Sam Clarke Cory Reid (PBoTM)
⭐️ The Letter with the Golden

Starting TOMORROW: our annual #JhalakShowcase that shines a light on the longlistees for Jhalak Prize and Jhalak C&YA Prize 2024.

Join us to learn more about our longlisted authors and their incredible books. We'll be giving away books daily too! #jhalakprize24

We are thrilled to have TWO brilliant historical fiction titles on the YOUNG QUILLS shortlist for 2024. Congratulations to Tony Bradman, Lucy Strange and all the brilliant authors shortlisted this year 🥳

Our most popular #book s in April, love to see these titles at the top, the power of #author visits, #book awards, #library lessons & reading time.
Simon James Green
Nathanael Lessore Tamsin Winter Jennifer Killick Denis Markell Lily Bailey Louie Stowell Jamie Smart #teachertwitter

“To truly invest in student literacy, it is necessary to treat #librarians as indispensable staff members.”

Great article here

americanprogress.org/article/invest…

Happy Monday! ☀️ Wonderful news that three S&S titles are on the shortlist for the Historical Association Young Quills 2024 competition. Thank you Historical Assoc 💛 Joyce Efia Harmer Liz Kessler Prof Alice Roberts💙

And ... it's a wrap! Very productive morning with some great questions and feedback. Think we've inspired a few librarians to write/update their Collection Development Policy! #schoollibrarians #cpd

How do you find out which books would be good for your library? Which sources do you use? #SLGWebinar

What selection criteria do you use when you assess donations to your library? #SLGWebinar

Does your library have a vision or mission statement? How do you communicate this to others? #SLGWebinar

Why do you think it is important to have a Collection Development policy for your school? #SLGWebinar

I hope you are all ready to start this wonderful webinar in only five minutes! With Barbara Band and Caroline Roche #SLGWebinar

Struggling with a school library dilemma? Our resident Agony Aunt, Alex, is on hand to offer advice.

This time, she explores the timely topic of what to do when your library has been taken over by exams:
cilips.org.uk/ask-alex-slg-t…

Really productive committee meeting of CILIP SLG tonight, discussing our CPD webinar this weekend, the new CILIP Community Agreement, & how we can empower #SchoolLibrarians to take their career to the next level. Get in touch to find out how to join us #WeAreCilip .

A real honour to be at the Pupil Librarian Assistant Awards today, celebrating the brilliant work student librarians do in their schools. Thanks PLAA_UK and everyone who made it happen… look at these stars!

Thanks also to School Library Association (SLA) and CILIP SLG for their joint efforts in organising the Award #PLAA2024