ASLA XXI Biennial Conference 2009
When: 29 September - 2 October
Venue: Perth Convention Exhibition Centre, Perth, Western Australia
Theme: Engage, Explore, Celebrate
Check the Conference flyer and Author Breakfast flyer for information. For comprehensive session details and social program for the event, please see the Conference website.

Training Cat Herders (31st August, 2009)
Jean Anning and Alison Spicer-Wensley from CMIS facilitated a 2 hour session on how to use and enjoy the wealth of tools available to support learning, whilst preparing students to navigate their own paths - selecting information they need rather than what is handed to them by others.

School Library Conference (WA) 2008 (13th and 14th June)

Jamie McKenzie Workshop (20th June)
Theme : Puzzling and weaving toward insight with new technologies

Report by Sue Cameron

School Library Conference (WA) 2006 (16th and 17th June)
Theme : Living Literacies Through Libraries

Database Consortium Meeting
16 March, 2006
Theme : Incorporating Databases into the Curriculum

Powerpoint presentation by Ainsley Bakitch, one of the presenters

School Library Conference (WA) 2005 (17th and 18th June)
Theme : :School Libraries, Determining our future: keeping the best of what we do well, making predictions about future change and being prepared for these

Why subscribe to databases?
2 April, 2005

Report by Ainsley Bakitch "Why Online Databases?" outlines the value to school libraries of subscribing to online databases and describes features to be considered in evaluating online databases.

Future Technologies: How is technology changing to suit the needs of educators and students?
11 March, 2005

Report by Rosemary Horton

Guest speakers were futurist Anni MacBeth (Annimac), Dr.Craig Valli (Edith Cowan’s School of Computer and Information Science), and Robyn Valli (Perth College Junior School)

School Library Conference (WA) 2004

Reports by Jenny Dickman and Adriana Tetley, with photos by Judy Stephenson