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Live at the Library
Invite State Library into your classroom with our free and interactive workshops, live-streamed through Microsoft Teams.
'Live at the Library' workshops are the perfect incursion for your class, providing your students with opportunities to explore extraordinary items from State Library's heritage collections and learn research strategies that will help them excel in their assessments.
Information and media literacy workshops
'Research Strategies' workshop (Year 10 to 12)
Price: Free
Date: Monday – Friday (during school terms)
Time: You nominate a 50-minute time slot for your workshop
This interactive workshop empowers students with essential research skills, including crafting effective search queries, navigating State Library’s One Search catalogue, and accessing online resources such as ebooks, academic databases, and news archives. These skills will support the completion of internal research assessments or external exam tasks.
Students will also learn to critically evaluate sources to support the inclusion of diverse perspectives in their research inquiries, and develop media and information literacy skills that will equip them for academic achievement and lifelong success.
Workshop notes:
- Teachers are to provide a research topic or copy of student assessment to assist with workshop delivery.
- Students will need access to a laptop/computer to participate in this workshop.
- Students will be asked to create a free State Library membership to maximise their experience and gain full access to the library’s resources.
- Bookings for these workshops close 5 business days before the event date.
