Support a School Library Service Declaration Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/support-a-school-library-service-declaration.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:55 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mrs Robyn Payne [Signature #369] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14088183?utm_medium=rss I am a teacher Librarian who over the last three years has had my job devalued and altered to almost non-existence. I work in a senior secondary school with over 100 students undertaking the Research Project of the SACE. My teaching load has gone from .25 to .8.

]]> Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:17:33 UTC 14088183 mr vincent Marty [Signature #368] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14078974?utm_medium=rss no comments on that subject but feel free to check:
http://www.communityrun.org/p/royal-commission

and

http://www.communityrun.org/p/classaction15

both petitions are to protect inured Australian workers'rights

]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:18:28 UTC 14078974 Ms Kathryn Cripps [Signature #367] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12599306?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:47:06 UTC 12599306 Dr Anna Maria Tammaro [Signature #366] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11918123?utm_medium=rss Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:25:59 UTC 11918123 Ms Bethwyn Geddes [Signature #365] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11790728?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Dec 2011 06:37:46 UTC 11790728 Mrs Lea Waszkinel [Signature #364] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11723733?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:07:00 UTC 11723733 Anne Morgan [Signature #363] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11718274?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:26:51 UTC 11718274 Ms Judith Wakeman [Signature #362] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11709740?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:21:11 UTC 11709740 Tess Driver [Signature #361] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11687368?utm_medium=rss Obviously few politicians have read 'The Reader' or Reading Lolita in Tehran'. The value of holding the book, reading the words on the pages, discovering meaning and ideas within the context of the book. How very sad that a man like minister Garret is so blind and ignorant with such undeserved power.

]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:08:30 UTC 11687368 Susan Agar [Signature #360] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11665908?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:44:57 UTC 11665908 Mrs Isabelle Cumberland [Signature #359] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11627957?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:07:25 UTC 11627957 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #358] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11625319?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:58:57 UTC 11625319 Mrs Maree Colledge [Signature #357] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11617935?utm_medium=rss Qualified staff and sufficient funding for school libraries are key to successful teaching and learning.

]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:25:28 UTC 11617935 Teegan Jones [Signature #356] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11608667?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:58:13 UTC 11608667 Ms Janine Patrick [Signature #355] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11560062?utm_medium=rss Libraries need librarians to function in schools. Their job is not simply a clerical role and I am saddened to think that this could be our future in schools. These people are integral to the running of our school. Their job is ridiculously diverse and crucially focused on teaching students and supporting staff. and they cannot simply be replaced by an admin person. Their role has already been trivialise by using them in a RFF role, and to replace them with an office worker, would be insulting!

]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:37:52 UTC 11560062 Ms Carrie Jacobi [Signature #354] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11519847?utm_medium=rss Qualified Teacher Librarians offer an invaluable service to teachers and to the students. We need qualified teacher librarians in every school.

]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:10:48 UTC 11519847 Mrs Shirley Dickson [Signature #353] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11517116?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:47:50 UTC 11517116 Mrs Margaret O'Donnell [Signature #352] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11516378?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:39:20 UTC 11516378 Miss Anna Apfelstedt [Signature #351] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11515981?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:45:17 UTC 11515981 Ms Erin Banister [Signature #350] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11514919?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:12:41 UTC 11514919 Ms Rosann Wattridge [Signature #349] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11514852?utm_medium=rss Language and literacy are key to educational success. Teacher Librarians, in every school, should be the key to meaningful and relevant resources for engaging students across all subject areas in language and literacy

]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:52:32 UTC 11514852 Ms Michelle Sweeney [Signature #348] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11514775?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:37:34 UTC 11514775 Ms Margaret Jennings [Signature #347] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11514686?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:24:29 UTC 11514686 Ms Dorothy Kass [Signature #346] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11514209?utm_medium=rss I have worked in University, Public and School Libraries. A qualified teacher librarian is a basic requirement for the way forward in quality education. That person needs to be allowed to fulfil their professional role and not dumped with numerus other tasks which preclude attention to that role.

]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:54:00 UTC 11514209 Mrs Mary Crowley [Signature #345] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11513612?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:10:27 UTC 11513612 Mrs Lisa Haller [Signature #344] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11510959?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:50:30 UTC 11510959 Ms Roslyn Beard [Signature #343] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11510645?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:26:14 UTC 11510645 Mrs Katherine Stevens [Signature #342] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11510350?utm_medium=rss Teacher Librarians are crucial in school libraries as without them students have no opportunity to develop and improve the essential information literacy skills which the Government itself has identified as being of utmost importance in modern education if we wish to raise life-long learners. You may as well get rid of teachers next, after all kids can just do an online learning program.

]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:49:42 UTC 11510350 Mr Jim Richardson [Signature #341] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11504543?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:55:19 UTC 11504543 Ms Vicki Ross [Signature #340] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11500102?utm_medium=rss Cutting TL hours/ jobs merely imposes yet more responsibility onto classroom teachers. The TL supports teachers in ways that even the teachers don't realise sometimes. They provide, at least in high schools, assistance & supervision for students coming from classes & seniors, doing independent work. They find & select resources using their professional understanding of their own school's curriculum needs, & they promote reading of fiction - so very important to understanding of life, & literacy.

]]> Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:31:16 UTC 11500102 Anonymous [Signature #339] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11500028?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:55:17 UTC 11500028 Miss Louisa Dogger [Signature #338] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11497910?utm_medium=rss Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:33:00 UTC 11497910 Silla Kjar [Signature #337] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11494034?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:15:43 UTC 11494034 Mrs Patricia Lee [Signature #336] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11493491?utm_medium=rss Teacher librarians are leaders of learning - please take the time to visit leading schools to verify this comment!

]]> Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:57:08 UTC 11493491 Mr Peter Dixon [Signature #335] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11491804?utm_medium=rss Libraries are and invaluable resource in any school, to be serious about education their funding should be increasing not being threatened

]]> Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:33:47 UTC 11491804 maureen nicholls [Signature #334] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11488507?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Nov 2011 10:23:19 UTC 11488507 Ms Jane Sowter-Maranion [Signature #333] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11487803?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Nov 2011 07:56:48 UTC 11487803 Ms Glenda Morgan [Signature #332] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11487158?utm_medium=rss Librarians in schools are a vital part of our literacy program. With increasing pressures placed upon schools, teachers and the community to improve literacy (not to mention government initiatives in this area) it is ludicrous to suggest we don't need such vital and integral assets in our fight against the problem.

]]> Wed, 9 Nov 2011 04:53:06 UTC 11487158 MRS Lindy Kurtz [Signature #331] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11482622?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Nov 2011 10:04:29 UTC 11482622 Mr Kieran Duncan [Signature #330] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11481825?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Nov 2011 06:07:46 UTC 11481825 Mr Richard Murney [Signature #329] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11481786?utm_medium=rss Essential to keep qualified professionals in school libraries, standards can not be deminished

]]> Tue, 8 Nov 2011 05:56:25 UTC 11481786 Mrs Helen Vere [Signature #328] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11481312?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Nov 2011 04:24:56 UTC 11481312 Philippa Benson [Signature #327] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11480771?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Nov 2011 02:54:35 UTC 11480771 Sue Newman [Signature #326] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11478043?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Nov 2011 06:00:12 UTC 11478043 Mrs Julie Colley [Signature #325] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11477726?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Nov 2011 04:59:55 UTC 11477726 Mrs Rowena Penniment [Signature #324] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11477483?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Nov 2011 04:07:54 UTC 11477483 Mr David Lickess [Signature #323] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11477284?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Nov 2011 03:29:56 UTC 11477284 Lauren Cassar [Signature #322] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11476949?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Nov 2011 01:44:43 UTC 11476949 Mrs Patsy Hill [Signature #321] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11476930?utm_medium=rss Our teacher librairian is a wealth of resources in herself. She has a diverse set of skills that enable her to facilitate learning with teachers from all KLA's. To lose this resource would be a backwrd step for both students and teachers

]]> Tue, 8 Nov 2011 01:39:16 UTC 11476930 Ms valerie dibben [Signature #320] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11475635?utm_medium=rss Teacher-Librarians provide provide research skills instruction for class groups as well ase individual, one-on-one instruction for students researching. They have been at the forefront of internet research and skills development.

]]> Mon, 7 Nov 2011 06:48:39 UTC 11475635 Kellie Murphy [Signature #319] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11475432?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Nov 2011 05:41:42 UTC 11475432 Mrs Carla Gillis [Signature #318] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11475212?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Nov 2011 04:56:40 UTC 11475212 Kate Renzenbrink [Signature #317] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11475138?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Nov 2011 04:42:05 UTC 11475138 Ms Trudy-Ann Alfred [Signature #316] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11471051?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Nov 2011 04:56:18 UTC 11471051 Mrs Kim Bland [Signature #315] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11470300?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Nov 2011 02:48:48 UTC 11470300 Mrs Melinda Richter [Signature #314] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11469737?utm_medium=rss Every child in every school requires and deserves the provision of an adequately qualified teacher librarian to assist them in making the most of the wonderful educational opportunities which they receive in their local government schools.

]]> Mon, 7 Nov 2011 12:50:48 UTC 11469737 mrs Julie Morgan [Signature #313] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11469524?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 11:54:26 UTC 11469524 Christine Wilson [Signature #312] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11469049?utm_medium=rss Our Library is such a precious place in our school...Ms Dawson is a very capable person who is lifting the image of our Library...We need Ms Dawson and our Library

]]> Sun, 6 Nov 2011 09:48:35 UTC 11469049 Mrs Ruth Short [Signature #311] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11468965?utm_medium=rss Teacher Librarians are one of the most important and undervalued members of schools.

]]> Sun, 6 Nov 2011 09:24:18 UTC 11468965 Ms Susan Bright [Signature #310] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11468631?utm_medium=rss Teacher Librarians play a vital role in schools.

]]> Sun, 6 Nov 2011 07:45:42 UTC 11468631 Ms Kelly McKeon [Signature #309] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11468431?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 06:49:04 UTC 11468431 Mrs Cheryl Wilson [Signature #308] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11468412?utm_medium=rss The importance of qualified teacher librarians in schools cannot be understated.

]]> Sun, 6 Nov 2011 06:43:15 UTC 11468412 Mrs Michelle Donovan [Signature #307] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11468372?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 06:29:41 UTC 11468372 mS Glenda Riach [Signature #306] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11468357?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 06:23:40 UTC 11468357 ms Arlene Cassel [Signature #305] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11468278?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 05:58:37 UTC 11468278 Miss Maryanne Truscott [Signature #304] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11468270?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 05:56:31 UTC 11468270 Mrs Jill McGeorge [Signature #303] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11468206?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 05:41:12 UTC 11468206 Mrs Maureen Pretty [Signature #302] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11468174?utm_medium=rss Our school Libraries need more help to run efficiently not less. Please take notice of this request and do something to help!
I see the needs of Teacher Librarians and their Aides every day. They do a marvelous job with very little now!

]]> Sun, 6 Nov 2011 05:33:10 UTC 11468174 Mr Jay Quince [Signature #301] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11468158?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 05:29:23 UTC 11468158 Mrs Suzanne Whitlock [Signature #300] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11468125?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 05:21:07 UTC 11468125 Ms Tracy Dawson [Signature #299] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11467989?utm_medium=rss I work so hard to ensure all the students and teachers in my school have access to relevant and up to date information and the skills to use it effectively and safely. Who does this if there is no TL???

]]> Sun, 6 Nov 2011 04:51:06 UTC 11467989 Mrs Peggy Knott [Signature #298] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11467935?utm_medium=rss Librarians are a key to the future generations not only for literacy and research skills but for the joys of reading. Through reading comes greater understanding of other people and cultures.

]]> Sun, 6 Nov 2011 04:40:44 UTC 11467935 Mrs Louise Seccombe [Signature #297] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11467902?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 04:34:44 UTC 11467902 Mrs Narelle Whittaker [Signature #296] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11467795?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 04:12:20 UTC 11467795 Mrs Diane Ridley [Signature #295] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11467791?utm_medium=rss Now more than ever students need information literacy - the ability to seek relevant, current information, present information effectively. Included is effective online searching & webpage evaluation (students notoriously poor at this). If these skills not taught then we have a nation of copy & paste with no though to content.

]]> Sun, 6 Nov 2011 04:11:23 UTC 11467791 Mrs Sharon Ellery [Signature #294] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11467729?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 03:57:53 UTC 11467729 Mrs Emma Bates [Signature #293] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11467715?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 03:54:23 UTC 11467715 Mrs Jenny Chippendale [Signature #292] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11467698?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 03:52:05 UTC 11467698 Ms Nicola Sutton [Signature #291] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11464490?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 07:31:01 UTC 11464490 Mr Noel McDonough [Signature #290] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11463804?utm_medium=rss Research has shown irrefutable, consistent and significant correlation between student performance and the presence of a qualified teacher librarian. Rather than cutting this resource, Professional Development to all teaching staff on ways that the teacher librarian can be used collaboratively to add value to their own pedagogical practices would be more beneficial. It is obscene that this debate needs to take place.

]]> Sun, 6 Nov 2011 05:34:43 UTC 11463804 Mrs Shiralee Morris [Signature #289] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11463428?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 04:18:37 UTC 11463428 Mrs Winsome Cox [Signature #288] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11462287?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 12:48:17 UTC 11462287 Ms Anne Vermeesch [Signature #287] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11462109?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Nov 2011 11:47:31 UTC 11462109 miss rachel waterfield [Signature #286] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11462054?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Nov 2011 11:26:10 UTC 11462054 ms katherine efthimiou [Signature #285] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11457719?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Nov 2011 08:50:39 UTC 11457719 mrs Claudia Swientek [Signature #284] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11456655?utm_medium=rss Literacy, reading, compdehension, debating being able to articulate thoughts ,beliefs ,ideas is an essential skill for every human being! Teaching our children the love of.languages , appre iation of literature is invaluable and a must we have to make accesiblle to.them cl.swientek

]]> Sat, 5 Nov 2011 06:26:46 UTC 11456655 Ms Glenda Gregory [Signature #283] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11455272?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Nov 2011 03:13:18 UTC 11455272 Mr John Nay [Signature #282] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11455071?utm_medium=rss Ensure equity for all children by making this declaration immediately.

]]> Sat, 5 Nov 2011 02:45:58 UTC 11455071 Mrs Joan Hornig [Signature #281] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11454192?utm_medium=rss School libraries have an integral part in the education of our students.

Teacher Librarians are not just library managers but teachers first and foremost. As teachers they have knowledge of the curriculum and work collaboratively with all staff members.

The library is the centre of learning, supporting all areas of the school so as such have a vital role to play.

]]> Sat, 5 Nov 2011 12:30:56 UTC 11454192 Jennifer Fryer [Signature #280] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11453348?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Nov 2011 09:13:43 UTC 11453348 Mrs Elisa Butson [Signature #279] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11453207?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Nov 2011 08:40:17 UTC 11453207 Mrs Margaret Cooper [Signature #278] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11453101?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Nov 2011 08:10:14 UTC 11453101 Mrs Megan Hart [Signature #277] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11445434?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Nov 2011 06:59:31 UTC 11445434 Mrs Alice King [Signature #276] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11445065?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Nov 2011 06:10:53 UTC 11445065 Mrs Liz Hamilton [Signature #275] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11444882?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Nov 2011 05:49:15 UTC 11444882 Sharon Burston [Signature #274] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11444622?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Nov 2011 05:20:48 UTC 11444622 Ms C Fardell [Signature #273] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11444614?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Nov 2011 05:19:50 UTC 11444614 Mrs Cheryl Barnier [Signature #272] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11444374?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Nov 2011 04:56:17 UTC 11444374 Mrs Monica Demlakian [Signature #271] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11444167?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Nov 2011 04:35:12 UTC 11444167 Mr Martin Gray [Signature #270] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11443640?utm_medium=rss Sacrificing long term benefits for a short term fix may get a principal a new job but not help schools. Save your library.

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