Volume 71, Number 4, Winter 2023 was the last in the series of Between the Library and the Classroom: Becoming Integral to the Educational Process for The School Librarian, the Quarterly Journal of the School Library Association. However, starting with Between

I was delighted to accept an invitation from Louis Coiffait-Gunn CEO of CILIP, on behalf of Alison Tarrant, Chief Executive of the UK School Library Association, to the UK parliamentary reception on Monday 21 October for Libraries Change Lives, convened

An article – Re/Dis-Covering the Promise of Freedom Through Inquiry – by Darryl Toerien and Lee FitzGerald for ACCESS (Volume 38, Issue 3, September 2024), the journal of the Australian School Library Association. The article is shared here (read below

Darryl Toerien has written an article – “As We Begin, So Shall We Go”: FOSIL as Means to a “Transcendent and Honourable End” – for Synergy (Volume 22, Number 1, June 2024), the journal of the School Library Association of Victoria

Darryl Toerien continues his column – Between the Library and the Classroom: Becoming Integral to the Educational Process – for The School Librarian, the Quarterly Journal of the School Library Association. The column is collated in A theory of the

Darryl Toerien has written an article – Constructing an Instructional Identity and Destiny From the Stories We Tell and the Songs We Sing – for ACCESS (Volume 37, Issue 4, December 2023), the national journal of the Australian School Library Association.

We are delighted that this collaboration between Elizabeth Hutchinson and Darryl Toerien is now avaible from here in the SLA Guidelines series. SLA Publication Description This SLA Guidelines publication is designed to be a helpful starting place for anyone who

The first published article about FOSIL – Not Waving but Drowning: Reconsidering Transitions at Oakham School – was written by Darryl Toerien for ALISS Quarterly (Volume 9, Number 3, April 2014), the journal of the Association of Librarians and Information

Darryl Toerien continues his column – Between the Library and the Classroom: Becoming Integral to the Educational Process – for The School Librarian, the Quarterly Journal of the School Library Association. The column is collated in A theory of the

Jenny and I are delighted that Blanchelande College has been shortlisted for the prestigious UK School Library Association 2023 Enterprise of the Year Award, which is proudly sponsored by Reading Cloud. Blanchelande opened its newly-built secondary school library in September

Darryl Toerien continues his column – Between the Library and the Classroom: Becoming Integral to the Educational Process – for The School Librarian, the Quarterly Journal of the School Library Association. The column is collated in A theory of the

Darryl Toerien continues his series – Between the Library and the Classroom: Becoming Integral to the Educational Process – for The School Librarian, the Quarterly Journal of the School Library Association. — The School Librarian, Volume 71, Number 1, Spring

Lee FitzGerald and Alinda Sheerman have written an article – FOSIL and IFF: Two sides of the same coin? – for ACCESS (Volume 37, Issue 1, March 2023), the national journal of the Australian School Library Association. The article is

Darryl Toerien has written an article – Do not block the way of inquiry! – for ACCESS (Volume 37, Issue 1, March 2023), the national journal of the Australian School Library Association. This article reflects on developments since Heroic Inquiry at

FOSIL Group member Darryl Toerien contributed an article to School Libraries in View (Issue 47, January 2023), the annual Journal of the CILIP School Libraries Group. — IFLA and Global Action for School Libraries “Do not block the way of inquiry.” (Charles

FOSIL Group member Darryl Toerien continues his feature series – Between the Library and the Classroom: Becoming Integral to the Educational Process – for The School Librarian, the Quarterly Journal of the School Library Association. — The School Librarian, Volume

The latest book in the IFLA / De Gruyter Global Action for School Libraries series, Models of Inquiry (2022), which reaffirms the centrality of inquiry to achieving the school library’s educational and moral purpose, was launched jointly at the IASL 2022 Conference and Research

Barbara Schultz-Jones and Dianne Oberg – co-editors of Global Action for School Libraries: Models of Inquiry (to be published by De Gruyter Saur on 3 October 2022) – have written an article about the book for ACCESS (Volume 36, Issue 3,

FOSIL Group member Darryl Toerien continues his feature series – Between the Library and the Classroom: Becoming Integral to the Educational Process – for The School Librarian, the Quarterly Journal of the School Library Association. — The School Librarian, Volume

FOSIL Group member Darryl Toerien has written an article – Heroic Inquiry at Blanchelande College – for ACCESS (Volume 36, Issue 2, June 2022), the national journal of the Australian School Library Association. The article is shared here as a

The UK School Library Association, who generously supported the midyear meeting of the School Libraries Section of IFLA at Blanchelande College on 21-22 April 2022, and who were represented by Ali Kennedy, SLA Vice-Chair, has published Darryl‘s report of the event. See

SLA supports the midyear meeting of the School Libraries Section of IFLA We’re delighted to support this meeting of international colleagues On 21-22 April, Blanchelande College in Guernsey will be hosting the midyear meeting of the School Libraries Section of

FOSIL Group member Darryl Toerien continues his feature series – Between the Library and the Classroom: Becoming Integral to the Educational Process – for The School Librarian, the Quarterly Journal of the School Library Association. — The School Librarian, Volume

FOSIL Group member Darryl Toerien continues his feature series – Between the Library and the Classroom: Becoming Integral to the Educational Process – for The School Librarian, the Quarterly Journal of the School Library Association. — The School Librarian, Volume

FOSIL Group member Darryl Toerien continues his feature series – Between the Library and the Classroom: Becoming Integral to the Educational Process – for The School Librarian, the Quarterly Journal of the School Library Association. — The School Librarian, Volume

FOSIL Group member Darryl Toerien continues his feature series – Between the Library and the Classroom: Becoming Integral to the Educational Process – for The School Librarian, the Quarterly Journal of the School Library Association. — The School Librarian, Volume

Darryl Toerien and Elizabeth Hutchinson have written an article – FOSIL: Inquiry As Mind Set, Skill Set, Tool Set and Community – for ACCESS (Volume 35, Issue 2, June 2021), the national journal of the Australian School Library Association. The article is shared

FOSIL Group member Elizabeth Hutchinson, with assistance from Jenny Toerien and Darryl Toerien, has written an article – How to FOSILise A Science Project, Step By Step – for Teaching Times. The article is reproduced in full in FOSIL Presentations as

FOSIL Group member Darryl Toerien continues his feature series – Between the Library and the Classroom: Becoming Integral to the Educational Process – for The School Librarian, the Quarterly Journal of the School Library Association. — The School Librarian, Volume

FOSIL Group member Elizabeth Hutchinson has written an article – Thinking and acting in a global village: A story in three parts – for Information Professional (Jan-Feb 2021), the magazine of CILIP – the library and information association. Over the

FOSIL Group member Elizabeth Hutchinson has written an article – The Framework Of Skills for Inquiry Learning (FOSIL) Can Transform Students’ Knowledge of Their Subject – for Teaching Times. Children need a framework to undertake enquiry-based learning well. Elizabeth Hutchinson

FOSIL Group member Darryl Toerien has written the first in a feature series – Between the Library and the Classroom: Becoming Integral to the Educational Process – for The School Librarian, the Quarterly Journal of the School Library Association. —

FOSIL Group member Jenny Toerien has written a blog post – The role of the Librarian in the IB DP – for Investigating Knowledge, the Ideas Roadshow blog for International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme teachers and students. Although written specifically about

FOSIL Group member Elizabeth Hutchinson has written an article – School Librarians Want Bigger Role In Information Literacy and Fighting Fake News – for Teaching Times. There have been many articles written about the role of the school librarian and

FOSIL Group member Darryl Toerien has written a blog post – A theory of the role of the library in the student’s intellectual experience – for CILIP SLG. “It seemed to me then, as it does to me now, that

Judi Moreillon’s blog post – Inquiry Learning Today – reflects on the conversation between Barbara Stripling and Darryl Toerien, The Process and Stance of Inquiry in the Digital World. Former ALA and AASL President and retired library educator Barbara Stripling conducted and

The Process and Stance of Inquiry in a Digital World by Barbara K. Stripling Barbara Stripling speaks with Darryl Toerien, creator of the Framework of Skills for Inquiry Learning (FOSIL), about the importance of mindset and process to developing a

Emma Wallace, Senior Librarian at St Benedict’s School in Ealing, London, has written a very thoughtful article – The School Library as Sanctuary: Supporting Students’ Social and Emotional Wellbeing – in The School Librarian, the quarterly journal of the School

FOSIL Group member Elizabeth Hutchinson has witten a blog post – Focus on Inquiry – Learning together – outlining the free online discussion that she will hosting around Focus on inquiry : a teacher’s guide to implementing inquiry-based learning. Co-authored

FOSIL Group member Mary-Rose Grieve, Librarian at Hartland International School, has written a thought-provoking and uplifting blog post – 6 school library innovations for the new term – for Tes News. About going online (Innovation 4), Mary-Rose writes: The work

UKEdChat has republished Elizabeth Hutchinson‘s blog post – An Extraordinary Journey: FOSIL (Framework Of Skills for Inquiry Learning) – which is an in-depth interview with Darryl Toerien – Head of Library at Oakham School and originator of FOSIL and the

Elizabeth Hutchinson has published an in-depth interview with Darryl Toerien – Head of Library at Oakham School and originator of FOSIL and the FOSIL Group – on her Blog: An Extraordinary Journey: FOSIL (Framework Of Skills for Inquiry Learning).

SLSA (School Library Systems Association of New York State) reciprocal endorsement. FOSIL – which is a model of the inquiry process, an underlying continuum of inquiry skills and a growing collection of free resources to support the systematic and progressive

Darryl presented (Re)Discovering Inquiry In and Through the School Library: the FOSIL Model at the virtual IFLA Mid-year Conference – The Evolving Concept of ‘School Library’ and Its Profession – in Rome on 2 April 2020. The Virtual International Seminal

The FOSIL Group has been shortlisted for the Digital Award for Information Literacy 2020, which is awarded by the CILIP Information Literacy Group at their annual conference, LILAC. The Digital Award for Information Literacy is sponsored by the Open University

Elizabeth Hutchinson, who is Vice-Chair of the Great School Libraries (GSL) campaign and leading its Approach to Learning through Inquiry strand, has written a blog post about this second of GSL’s aims and the decision to select FOSIL as its

FOSIL has been selected as GSL’s recommended model of the inquiry process and underlying continuum of inquiry skills. Read more here.

Darryl and Jenny Toerien have co-authored a case study for this excellent title in the SLA Guidelines series. This guideline looks at the important theme of critical literacy, a whole-school, cross-curricular approach that is applicable to both primary and secondary.

Darryl Toerien writes about why being shortlisted for the Strategic Education Initiative of the Year in the Tes Independent School Awards 2020 is such a significant achievement.

FOSIL has been added to Models and frameworks on the Information Literacy website, which is managed by the CILIP Information Literacy Group.

Sally Dring writes about the role of the school librarian on the Great School Libraries blog.

Oakham School has been shortlisted for Strategic Educational Initiative of the Year Award in the Times Educational Supplement Independent School Awards 2020 for its work in setting up The FOSIL Group.

Alison Tarrant mentions The FOSIL Group website in her School Library Association blog article for UK Parliament week.

Elizabeth Hutchinson talks about FOSIL and The FOSIL Group in her interview for the New Library Professionals Network blog.

  John Iona has reviewed The FOSIL Group website on his blog, Wonders in Adventureland. This review was also published in The School Librarian, the journal of the School Library Association.

Joseph Sanders, and Jenny Toerien have written a blog post on Oakham School’s Teaching and Learning Community Blog to reflect on a year-long collaboration between Politics and the Library.

Darryl has written an article for The School Librarian, the journal of the School Library Association. Enabling Students to Learn by Finding Out for Themselves: Our Journey from FOSIL to the FOSIL Group

Nigel Lashbrook, Headmaster of Oakham School, has written a blog post for HMC (Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference). Inquiry Learning isn’t a ‘bolt on’ At a time when exams are already underway (for IB Diploma students) or looming for others, it’s

Darryl has written a blog post for the Information Literacy Group. The principal lesson that school teaches is the need to be taught. Discuss. Interviews 16/05/2019 Darryl Toerien is Head of Library at Oakham School in Rutland. He serves on

Elizabeth Hutchinson, Head of Learning and Development at Guernsey Schools’ Library Service, has posted an excellent and detailed summary of her visit to the LILAC Conference on her blog.

Darryl was placed third in the Information Literacy Award and was commended for raising the profile of schools and their contribution to the development of information literacy skills.

The School Library Association announced the launch of the FOSIL Group on their blog.

CILIP SLG announced the launch of the FOSIL Group on their blog, Talking Books.

Elizabeth Hutchinson, Head of Guernsey Schools’ Library Service, has written a blog post signalling the next stage in their journey with FOSIL.

Darryl Toerien, Head of Library at Oakham School, has written a blog post on Talking Books, the online, informal meeting place for CILIP SLG members, about the TeenTech Awards and his experiences running a TeenTech as an activity.

Information Literacy Award 2019 – nominations announced! Darryl Toerien, Head of Library at Oakham School, has been shortlisted for the Information Literacy Award 2019. Established in 2008, the Information Literacy Award recognises an outstanding UK-based practitioner or researcher.

I have uploaded the second published article that mentions FOSIL – Schools in Crisis: Toward a Coherent Curriculum (PDF download) – which I wrote by invitation for K&IM Refer (Volume 33, Number 3, Winter 2017), the CILIP K&IM Journal. Note: For some inexplicable reason,

I have uploaded the first published article that mentions FOSIL – Not Waving but Drowning: Reconsidering Transitions at Oakham School – which I wrote by invitation for ALISS Quarterly (Volume 9, Number 3, April 2014), the Journal of the Association of