Resources
ALIA ACSL & AMLA Statement on School Libraries and Media Literacy
This document provides guidance on the development of effective policy and practice in relation to school libraries supporting media literate school communities.
ALIA ACSL Statement on School Library Staffing
This document provides guidance on the formal qualifications required to lead, manage, and work in a school library and describes and promotse the roles of school library staff.
ALIA ACSL Statement on School Library Funding and Resource Provision
This document provides guidance on the provision of school library funding and resources incorporating staff expertise, facilities, programs and services for the delivery of a quality education.
ALIA ACSL Statement on School Libraries and Information Literacy
This document provides guidance on the role of information literacy in a school’s teaching and learning program.
ALIA ACSL Statement on School Libraries and Digital Literacy
This document provides guidance on the development of effective policy and practice in relation to school libraries supporting digitally literate school communities.
Past Events
2023
2024
National Cultural Policy May 2026
ACSL asserts that school libraries are essential cultural and educational infrastructure that enable not only the delivery, but the futureproofing of all five pillars of the new National Cultural Policy.
Better and Fairer Schools (Funding and Reform) Bill 2024 [Provisions] October 2024
This submission addressed the inequity in the provision of school library services, tied to inadequate school funding.