Alison Tarrant
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Chief Executive of the School Library Association; ex CKG Judge; feminist; SLA Honour List Librarian 2016. Bookseller Rising Star 2018. Opinions are own.
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21-10-2011 09:12:59
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CILIP Louis Coiffait-Gunn💙💛 Congratulations and welcome to the wonderful world of libraries! All of us in the #GreatSchoolLibraries campaign are looking forward to working with you. From Hartland International School Libraries Alison Tarrant valentina mirabella and our fantastic team of volunteers and supporters.
To celebrate the The Yoto Carnegies shortlisting for ‘Choose Love’ I’m offering free one hour virtual school visits for any ‘shadowing’ schools. Just contact me here with #chooseloveoutloud Jake Hope 💙 CLPE The Poetry Society School Library Association (SLA) BookTrust Scottish Book Trust
So pleased to be able to launch this programme in response to the Great School Libraries research - member or not, have a read and get involved!
Our friends School Library Association (SLA) have multiple exciting Trustee opportunities open! 📢
Read more and apply today 👉️ sla.org.uk/Services/Publi…
'There's an exciting announcement coming next week.' 👀
In our latest blog Alison Tarrant reflects on her February, including the need to bridge the gap between school library and teaching staff, a visit to Buckingham Palace and exciting news to come!
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'Media literacy interventions and education are the key solutions to fight disinformation' - Nicoleta Corbu, BROD
#mlmatters #MediaLiteracy #Disinformation
We are DAYS away from the 2024 #WomensPrize for Fiction Longlist!
We want to know who is on your longlist?
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Had a great morning at The Reading Agency Roundtable with Lord Parkinson, the brilliant team from The Reading Agency and amazing public library staff from Newham, Norfolk and South Gloucestershire - such impactful work going on 👏👏👏
Ach, it's true. I just love everything about school #librarians . Childhood is short. The work school librarians do echoes through generations. A great school librarian is the best start you can give a child, IMHO #GreatSchoolLibraries
We are very excited to announce our seven Secondary Finalists for the Pupil Library Assistant of the Year Award 2024!
Congratulations to the Finalists and to all of the nominated Pupil Library Assistants.
#PLAA2024 #PupilLibrarians #SchoolLibraries
This year I'm aiming to take pics with every #schoollibrarian who invites me. They make huge difference to #pupilwellbeing and #readingforpleasure and we should all support the campaign to
#MakeSchoolLibrariesStatutory
#GreatSchoolLibraries
With #KwakuCoker Woodbridge High School
Have your hard work recognised…there’s still time to make a nomination for the 2024 Information Literacy Award and apply for the Student Award. infolit.org.uk/2024-informati… LILAC Conference
This year SLA CEO Alison Tarrant has restarted a monthly blog to give you more insight into what her role entails and what's going on at the SLA.
This time it features the new Great School Libraries survey, the ASCL conference, SLA ambassadors and more!
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