Are school libraries on the way out or up?

Sarah Duggan

By Sarah Duggan
Published October 9, 2017

There’s a dangerous misconception about school libraries that’s got Leigh Hobbs fired up, and the popular author and Australian Children's Laureate won’t rest until blinkered principals are set straight.

“Misguided principals are either allowing [the closure of their own school libraries], or themselves getting rid of the libraries, and thinking that ...

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