Placement Trouble

Attempting to locate a placement was tricky. Really tricky. I contacted my former high school (The Heights School (CPC-Year 12 School) in Adelaide, South Australia) and none of the staff there were qualified information professionals. I also contacted 14 local councils and, at the time, 9 were either closed or not accepting Placement Students and the remaining 5 did not respond to me. Of the university libraries in South Australia, all 3 were not accepting Placement students and Flinders University recommended a school library.

 The State Records of South Australia and the State Library of South Australia were also not accepting any Placement Students either, however, I was able to join a consultation group on the Stage 2 Research Project in conjunction with the SACE Board of South Australia. This is an opportunity I am looking forward to greatly going into 2021.
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I, then, got into contact with the President of the School Libraries Association of South Australia, Hajnalka Molloy and she offered me a Professional Placement at Aberfoyle Park Primary School Campus. I gratefully accepted her offer and I undertook my Placement there during October 2020.