Joyce Fardell

Joyce Fardell (1923–2007) was an Australian teacher librarian and advocate for children's literature. She was instrumental in establishing teacher librarian roles in New South Wales Schools, establishing the principle of teacher-librarians being qualified both as teachers and as librarians.

Joyce Fardell
Born31 March 1923
Portland, New South Wales
Died15 July 2007
NationalityAustralian
OccupationTeacher librarian
Known forAdvocate for children's literature

Early life

Joyce Gladys Fardell was born in Portland, New South Wales on 31 March 1923.[1][2] She attended Portland Intermediate High School and won a bursary to further her high school education.[3][4] Joyce attended Sydney University 1940-1943 and did her practice teaching at Sydney Girls High School in 1943.

Career

Joyce began her career as a teacher, then teacher librarian, at Portland Intermediate High School in 1944. She then became teacher librarian at Penrith High School from 1951 to 1955.[5]

Joyce was invited to join the NSW School Library Service in 1956, by the "founding" officer-in-charge, Elizabeth Hill. There she worked with Ailsa Hows and Maurice Saxby.[6] In 1959, Joyce became the officer-in-charge.[7][6]

With Director of Studies John Vaughan and Inspector of Schools Phil Brownlee, Joyce co-authored the Report on School Libraries in 1969[1] which highlighted the need for libraries in New South Wales schools and training for teacher librarians. Joyce established a ten-day training course for teacher librarians.[1] School Library Services was renamed Library Services in 1973, with Joyce as Head. In 1975 when the first full year course was established for teacher librarians, she lobbied for the Education Department to fund the attendance of teachers.[1] Under Joyce's guidance, NSW School Library Service/Library Services provided advice and guidance to all school teacher librarians, and school and departmental administrators and decision makers. These included publication of the Children's Book List.,[8] Literature and the Reading Programme .,[9] and the Central cataloguing bulletin,[10] the precursor to SCAN.[11]

Joyce was a foundation member of the Children's Libraries Section of the Library Association of Australia when the group was established in NSW in 1953.[12] She was active in the Children's Book Council of Australia and a noted authority on children's literature.[13][14]

In 1970 Joyce coordinated a conference on school libraries as part of the World Confederation of Organisations of the Teaching Profession forum which was held in Sydney. influencing the movement to establish the International Association of School Librarianship which was formed the following year.[6] Joyce retired from New South Wales Department of Education, Division of Services, Library Services in 1979.

Works
  • Fardell, Joyce (1978), "Are we playing games with words again?", The Primary Journal (1): 26–29, ISSN 0311-1342
  • Fardell, Joyce (August 1988). "Elizabeth Hill and the NSW School Library Service". Orana. 24 (3): 139–147.
  • Fardell, Joyce (August 1980), "Humour in children's fiction", Orana, 16: 82–92, ISSN 0045-6705
  • Fardell, Joyce (1995), "Memories", Reading Time: The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia, 40 (1): 5–6
  • Fardell, Joyce (1969), "School libraries - A call for leadership", The Leader. NSW Department of Education, 4 (4): 32–34
  • Fardell, J; Kinsella, Phil; Bolte, P (1978), A statement of policy in regard to school libraries, Division of Services, NSW Dept. of Education, retrieved 16 December 2016
  • Vaughan, W; Fardell, J; Brownlee, Phil (1969), Report of the Committee appointed to examine the operation of School Libraries and the School Library Service in New South Wales, NSW Dept. of Education

Awards
  • 1982 – Lady Cutler Award from the Children's Book Council of Australia for distinguished services to children's literature in New South Wales[15]

Personal life

In 2007 Joyce established the Ruth Marion Fardell Bursary[16] at the University of Sydney for students in wheelchairs, in memory of her mother.[1]

Joyce died on 15 July 2007 in Ashfield, New South Wales.[6] She was 84 years old.[6]

References
  1. Harman, Miranda (27 October 2007). "Librarian's gift to pupils was literature – Obituaries – smh.com.au". www.smh.com.au. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  2. "Everyone's Favorite". The Sun. No. 1699 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE SUNDAY SUN ed.). Sydney. 20 October 1935. p. 3. Retrieved 16 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "BURSARY AWARDS". Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative. New South Wales. 16 January 1936. p. 4. Retrieved 16 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "PORTLAND MERCURY". Lithgow Mercury (TOWN ed.). New South Wales. 23 January 1936. p. 6. Retrieved 16 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. Fardell, Joyce (December 2000). "Personal Memories of being a Teacher Librarian in the 1940s and 1950s". Teacher&Librarian: 11–14.
  6. Phillips, Georgia; Hyndes, Colin (September 2007). "School Library Matriarch: Tribute to Joyce Fardell". Access. 21 (3): 17–18. ISSN 1030-0155.
  7. "SPECIAL GAZETTE UNDER THE "PUBLIC SERVICE ACT. 1902" APPOINTMENTS". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 87. 22 July 1960. p. 2323. Retrieved 16 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. New South Wales. Department of Education. Library Services; Children's Book Council of Australia. New South Wales Branch (1950), Children's book list, The Division, ISSN 0155-4239
  9. New South Wales. Department of Education. Division of Services. Library Services (1976), Literature and the reading programme. Papers presented at the Library Services Spring School 1976, New South Wales. Department of Education. Division of Services. Library Services, ISBN 0724034579
  10. New South Wales. Department of Education. Library Services; New South Wales. School Library Service (1961), Central cataloguing bulletin
  11. New South Wales. Department of Education. Library Services; New South Wales. Division of Services (1982–2018), SCAN
  12. Watson, Val (November 2007). "Joyce Fardell: Not Only but Also...". Incite. 28 (11).
  13. Eberle, Suzanne Louise; Williamson, Noelle S., 1933- (2009), The fiction gateway : enriching the curriculum with children's literature, ACER Press, ISBN 978-0-86431-880-0{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. "Are children's books fair to girls?". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 46, no. 6. 12 July 1978. p. 20. Retrieved 16 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. Phillips, Georgia; Hyndes, Colin (September 2007). "Vale Joyce Fardell 1923 - 2007". Incite. 28 (9).
  16. "Advertised Bursaries". University of Sydney. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
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