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Teacher Librarians and Library staff provide a range of support services for teachers to enrich learning experiences and more.
You may request any of the services listed below emailing the Library team at LIS@mlc.wa.edu.au or specifically:
Felicia Harris and Sammy Phillips for JY Library support.
Amanda Stewart, Vicki Steven and/ or Anna Buchan for MY/SY Library support.
While some requests may be able to be accommodated sooner, it is best to give us at least two weeks lead in time so as to get the best service. Some services may be subject to availability.
Teacher Librarian Support for Teachers
Curriculum Support
MLC Teacher Librarian’s can help support you meet the outcomes of your learning programmes in a number of ways. In particular, we specialise in teaching Information Literacy skills within the context of a learning task.
We can also assist you to meet the following ICT (Digital Literacy) General Capabilities of the Australian Curriculum:
Applying social and ethical protocols and practices when using ICT
Recognising intellectual property
Investigating with ICT
Define and plan information searches
Locate, generate and access data and information
Select and evaluate data and information
Create a Research Guide (i.e. Pathfinders)
In consultation with you we can create an online research guide to help your students locate a range of suitable resources for a particular Inquiry/ Research task and to develop search strategies. You can then embed the URL into your task briefs or in Seqta-Learn for easy access. Take a look at some previous Course Support Guides we have already created.
Collaborate to develop an Inquiry Task
If you are planning an inquiry task a Teacher Librarian can help. If you’re not sure what you would like to do why not have a chat with one of the TLs.
Provide Inquiry Process Support
We can assist you and your students with any stage of the Inquiry Process:
- defining the task and formulating questions
- locating and selecting resources
- organising information
- creating the final product
- evaluating and reflecting on learning
We can work with your whole class or a small group while they are working on an Inquiry.
The following webpages provide a range of different scaffolding resources that students can use to help them with various parts of the Inquiry Process.
Inquiry Support for Middle & Senior Years
Inquiry Support for Junior Years
Demonstrate using the Library Catalogue and/ or Online Databases
We can help you and your students get the most out of searching the library catalogue and/ or online databases to locate a variety of information sources.
Some of the online databases contain many useful features and extra resources for teachers too.
Contact us to arrange a demonstration for your staff team or for your class.
Searching the Internet
While the Internet is an amazing resource, we can’t always assume search engines can meet our information needs. We can help your students to:
use search engines more effectively
understand and search the “invisible web”
critically evaluate web search results
use wikipedia appropriately
ClickView Professional Development
Library staff can provide staff PD on how to get the most out of ClickView, from searching for video recordings using the library catalogue or ClickView Online, to accessing teacher resources, using your workspace, creating intereactive videos and playlists and more. Get a staff group together and make a time with us to show you.
Or you can browse various ClickView training resources here.
Referencing and plagiarism
We can help your students to reference correctly and provide strategies to avoid plagiarism. Discuss your particular needs with us.
Resource Discovery
We can help you to find lesson plans, teacher’s notes and educational materials to support the curriculum and learning in your classroom. Just tell us the topic and what type of resource you are looking for.
Reading for Enjoyment
We can curate a suggested reading list on a topic, promote a genre or books related to a theme and we are always able to recommend fiction to suit student interests.
What to know more? Visit: What do TLs teach?
View the headings below for other support and resources provided by the Library:
ClickView Training
ClickView is home to 1000s of digital educational video resources.
- Curriculum aligned – ClickView-produced content is aligned to the Australian Curriculum and current course requirements
- TV Content – You can also access thousands of TV recordings from free-to-air channels plus shows from Foxtel.
- Formative assessment – Interactive videos including quizzes within the video engage students in active learning, facilitate formative assessment, promote oracy and support targeted teaching.
Staff can access this resource via my.MLC under “Show all links”
ClickView training and teaching resources
Copyright Information
Copyright information for Remote & Online Learning
During the COVID-19 Outbreak
In Australia, The Copyright Act (1968) is a law that protects the rights of owners of original intellectual and creative works.
Please refer to the College Copyright Policy on the College Intranet to read the copyright responsibility of teachers at MLC.
Copyright Exception
Fair Use
Students may make use of exceptions under the Fair Dealing section of the Copyright Act.
The Fair Dealing exception allows students to use a reasonable proportion of a work, usually up to about 10%.
Fair Dealing exceptions cannot be used by teachers as they only apply for the purposes of one’s own research or study. Teachers will rely on licences paid for by the College (see Copyright policy).
Public Doman
Works that are in the Public Domain are allowed to be used freely without the permission of the copyright holder. Works usually go into the public domain 70 years after the creator dies if the copyright is not renewed.
Creative Commons
Creative Commons provides an alternative set of licenses that allows you to use, copy and adapt creative works under certain conditions. All of the licenses require a user to attribute (acknowledge) the original creator.
Further links
If you would like to know more about the Copyright laws under which school teachers and students operate, here are some sources:
Smartcopying – the official guide to copyright issues for Australian Schools and TAFE.
IP – What is Intellectual Property?
About Copyright – Copyright Agency
Copyright – Inside a Dog
Last updated: 29th April, 2020
Keeping Safe Resources
Professional Reading
Periodicals and journals are a great source of professional reading.
The library subscribes to a number of physical magazines for staff and student use.
Our online databases also provide us with access to a number of excellent periodicals.
Have a look at what journals are available for your professional reading on our
Referencing for Teachers
TurnitIn help for teachers
Videos:
Seqta/Turnitin integration (2021 update)
Understanding Text Similarity for Instructors
Contact Library Staff to be set up with your Turnitin account.
Wellbeing Resources
Melcee Chronicles
Melcee Chronicles
Book Week