Professor Katya Johanson and Leonie Rutherford at the ALIA National Conference 2022
Professor Katya Johanson and Associate Professor Leonie Rutherford presented at the Australian Library and Information Association Conference in Canberra on 19 October 2022. The conference theme – diversity was examined in various contexts throughout the conference program. Our presentation focused on publisher understanding of how well their industry served diverse readers, and teacher and teacher-librarian views of the range of reading material provided for young people.
Also part of our session was Anna Burkey – Co-ordinator of the Australian Publishers Association’s Australia Reads program. Anna is a former Director of the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria.