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The Australian Library and Information Association's National Simultaneous Storytime 2026 is nearly here.

Join millions of readers across Australia on Wednesday 27 May as Luna Roo: the Kangaroo Baller brings schools, libraries and communities together to celebrate reading.

Registrations are now open and free for all.

Learn more and get involved: https://alia.org.au/Web/Web/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=NSS2026

Sharing this blog post from Card Catalog for Life as we head into the weekend. It highlights practical ways to help students critically evaluate information and build the habits they need to question, verify and think more deeply about what they find.

This subject feels especially important at a time when students are navigating more information than ever, and need the confidence to understand what is credible and make sense of the world with care:

How to Teach Kids to Evaluate Information (Before AI Teaches Them Not To) An information literacy primer for parents and educators.

Your library catalogue can do more than support discovery - it can actively build information literacy skills.

This blog brings together key lessons and practical examples from our recent webinar, including how subject headings, series and consistent metadata can help students learn information literacy skills.

Explore the examples and resources: https://ow.ly/zgGR50YSfMu

What does it mean to be a ‘gatekeeper’ in a school library today?

In this From the Editor’s Desk, the theme behind Connections Issue 137 takes shape, exploring how library staff and educators are curating, interpreting and guiding access to information in an increasingly complex world.

In this article, Connections Editor Ceinwen Jones explores the thinking and conversations behind our Term 2 journal, which is on its way to your school now.

Read the blog: https://ow.ly/KpiK50YORNJ