Kasey Garrison - Libraries Research Group at Charles Sturt University

Launch of KBANZSL.org

Kasey Garrison, Kay oddone and mary carroll

KBANZSL, the Knowledge Bank of Australian and New Zealand School Libraries, started off as the brainchild of project leader Mary Carroll. Almost a decade after the 2011 Australian Senate Inquiry into School Libraries and resulting report School libraries and teacher librarians in 21st century Australia (House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education and Employment, 2011), she reflected that it would be great to have a “one stop shop” for all things school library and teacher librarianship in Australia, and why not include our closest neighbours across the Tasman too? … Continue reading “Launch of KBANZSL.org”

Harvesting the Seed: The Greening Libraries Report

Jane Garner, Kasey Garrison, Sabine Wardle, Karen Bell, Sarah Redshaw

Our recent LRG Blog post, Planting the Seed: The Greening Libraries Report, gave an overview of the recently published Greening Libraries Report*, which explores how libraries in Australia and beyond support sustainability in their communities. Using a literature review and six library case studies with exemplary green practices, we have created a list of recommendations for other libraries. These recommendations fall into three categories: Community Engagement, Partnerships, and Library Management.… Continue reading “Harvesting the Seed: The Greening Libraries Report”

Planting the Seed: The Greening Libraries Report

Jane Garner, Kasey Garrison, Sabine Wardle, Karen Bell, Sarah Redshaw

Libraries are the original recyclers, and the reuse of books is a fundamental part of what libraries do. But libraries are doing much more to help support environmental sustainability. A recent research project funded by the Australian Library and Information Association and conducted by CSU academics Jane Garner, Kasey Garrison, Sabine Wardle, Karen Bell & Sarah Redshaw has led to the publication of the Greening Libraries Report*. The report explores how libraries in Australia and beyond support sustainability in their communities, and identifies six library case studies with exemplary green practices.… Continue reading “Planting the Seed: The Greening Libraries Report”

About the Libraries Research Group

Our research focuses on key issues affecting the sector, examining the ways in which library and information services can be improved, and library collections enhanced, as well the role of libraries and librarianship in contemporary society.

Building on CSU’s position as the leading and largest provider of library education in Australia, we are ideally placed to be the group librarians turn to when they need an evidence base for their decisions, or new solutions to real-world problems.