KBANZSL
Knowledge Bank of Australian and New Zealand School Libraries
Nodes and Resource Descriptions
The KBANZSL has been organised using the following nodes, which you will find in the description section of each resource:
Advocacy and funding for school libraries and teacher librarianship in Australia and New Zealand
This node includes resources which are intended to assist and support activities related to advocacy, marketing, the sustainability of, or funding for, ANZ school libraries.
Regulatory and governance resources related to school libraries and teacher-librarianship from all jurisdictions
This node includes official governance and regulatory documents from all local, state, national and educational jurisdictions related to school libraries and teacher librarianship in ANZ.
Historical perspectives on the development of School libraries and teacher librarianship in Australia and New Zealand
This node includes resources which contextualise, highlight or explore events and individuals who have shaped or influenced teacher librarianship as a profession and school libraries in ANZ.
Significant or seminal resources related to school libraries and teacher librarianship in Australia and New Zealand
This node includes documents considered by history and authoritative commentary to have influenced the development of school libraries and teacher librarianship in ANZ and or led to significant change. Landmark documents will be identified by the research team in consultation with the profession.
Pedagogical and practice based resources
This node includes resources associated with the practice of teacher librarians, school library curriculum design and pedagogy.
Research about Australian and New Zealand teacher librarianship and school libraries
This node includes research and resources related to the context, history, development, education and practice for school libraries and teacher librarianship.
Resource Types
Under each node, resource types appropriate to the Node were identified and used. Examples of some resource types identified in KBANZSL include Statistics, Reports, Diaries, Books, Standards, Guides and Legislation. Please see the resource descriptors filter for the full list.
Key Fields
The following key fields for data have been included in KBANZSL:
- Node
- Title
- URL (where applicable)
- Author and Publisher
- Publication date (where known)
- Abstract
- Period (in decades)
- Format or file type
- Jurisdiction by school level (e.g. secondary)
- Jurisdiction by sector (e.g. private schools)
- Jurisdiction by location.
Notes
Square brackets indicate information supplied by the cataloguer, not taken directly from the resource or catalogue record.