The NT Education and Darwin Languages Centre Library is a valuable resource for educators throughout the Northern Territory and is physically located within the Darwin Languages Centre and online at https://www.educationlanguageslibrary.nt.edu.au/

Library membership is free to all educators throughout the Northern Territory and services regional and remote schools providing a free “Reply Paid” postage. The library is focused around providing resources, support, information and research skills to all NT educators and students

Research Skills/Information Literacy
Living in a digital world means there is a wealth of information at everyone’s fingertips. How do your students critically analysis, engage with and utilise information? How do they distinguish fact from fiction? Do they use lateral reading skills? The latest research into secondary schools suggests information literacy [IL] is a life still that everybody needs to learn. https://www.educationlanguageslibrary.nt.edu.au/teacher-resources

” This research contributes to a clearer understanding of the needs of secondary students and teachers as information users and demonstrates the diverse approaches teacher librarians employ to foster IL amid a rapidly shifting and unprecedented information context” (Garrison & Oddone, 2025).

The Education Library offers free Information Literacy/Researching Skill session for staff and students. These sessions are designed in collaboration with the class teacher and are tailored to specific requirements and outcomes. Contact us to find out more library.doe@education.nt.gov.au  They can look at referencing, critical analyses fact from fiction, use of credible, reliable sources, lateral reading, searching more efficiently and effectively using quotation marks, keywords etc. and promote appropriate free databases.
https://www.educationlanguageslibrary.nt.edu.au/research-help

Resources
The library collection comprises of a range of resources aimed to support teachers and educators in creating engaging lessons across a variety of curriculum areas such as numeracy, health, literacy, science, the arts and language. These resources include items such as whisper phones, quiz buzzers, smart chute game, recordable pegs, sensory objects, puppets and musical instruments. Many resources are recommended for purchase by NT Department Teaching & Learning coaches.
Books on educational topics such as visible learning, two-way teaching and learning, educational psychology, explicit instruction, data analysis, teacher wellbeing, change management, bullying, behaviour management, assessment, whole school planning for integrated curriculum are well resourced within the collection.
https://www.educationlanguageslibrary.nt.edu.au/library-resources

Support & Information
A qualified Teacher/Librarian manages the library and can provide support and information to all school libraries and staff across the NT. This may include guidance on creating a vibrant school library space, assistance with developing an appropriate library collection for individual schools tailored to specific school utilisation, library management systems for schools and support for school library staff in areas including cataloguing and library management.  The NT Education Library website also has links to useful educational websites and encourages educators to provide recommendations for sharing with others. The Library also has access to associations such as Australian School Library Association [ASLA] and Australian Library, Information Association [ALIA] and Children’s Book Council of Australia.
https://www.educationlanguageslibrary.nt.edu.au/teacher-resources