Our Schools Team has over 52 years' experience in Schools and School Libraries. This includes: 

• a School-Librarian, 
• a Youth Collection Specialist and more in the collections team,
• and a qualified Primary Teacher as our Sales Manager. 

We offer School Library Solutions to support a world where students flourish with their school libraries.

JBO Ordering Platform is our selection and ordering interface. It has great recommendations and tools to support your search for the perfect books.

Shelf-Ready Customised Library Services are an additional service available to books ordered through JBO. We will cover, label, process and catalogue your books so they arrive ready for the shelves.

We specialise in supplying New Collections for libraries, including selection and shelf ready. The books can arrive in order, processed and ready to pop on the shelf!

VOX™ Books are the world’s first audio books that live in print books. The permanently attached VOX Reader transforms an ordinary print book into an all-in-one read-along. No need for computers, tablets, or CDs—children simply push a button to listen and read.

PressReader is a streamlined and easy to access eMagazine and eNewpaper platform. 
Advantages for educational settings include:

• Great content to appeal to diverse reading interest and curriculum outcomes (not just media and English!)
• Language diversity. Language translation to 16+ language, and publications from different countries
• Excellent for global media analysis and content

ParentTV offers hundreds of on-demand videos and courses with content designed to support those who care for children, from infancy through to teenage years. Over 40 ParentTV experts provide research-based advice that is easy to understand via short, smart videos for busy teachers, parents, grandparents or carers!

Story Box Library. Imagine the best stories being read aloud to you by our favourite storytellers – well that's Story Box Library! 
We get kids excited about reading, inspire their imaginations and let them have fun with stories, improving their language and literacy skills along the way. 
With an ever-growing library, suitable for preschool and primary aged children, it really is Storytime, Anytime!

Story Tools is the game-changing creative writing toolkit you need. Inspiring kids to confidently create their own stories, this innovative program will help them find their spark. Designed for Year 3-6 students and teachers.

My Careers is purposely designed for members to self-direct their tertiary and career explorations, and for teachers to quickly understand and support them.

Boundless is James Bennett's reimagined and re-engineered digital lending platform for eBook and eAudio titles. Boundless is intuitive, easy to use and fun, helping libraries meet the reading and learning needs of their communities.

Follett Destiny provides a full-service experience with Follett Destiny® Library Manager, the leading library management solution trusted by more than 60,000 primary and secondary schools.

Click on the video to watch our ANZ Schools Representative showcase our suite of products and services designed to provide educational institutions with the tools they need to deliver dynamic and vibrant environments enriched and inspired by information and ideas.

James Bennett Online (JBO) is our online ordering platform and the largest database of its kind, containing more than 10 million new and backlist titles, JBO is fast, intuitive and reliable.

We supply school libraries across Australia.

Gain access to:

• An extensive collection with a depth of material
• The capacity to create selection lists with your potential and intended purchases
• With a straightforward platform that is easy to use

Selection Support Options:

We recognise that schools do the best job of selecting books for their students. To support this, our specialist selection team make recommendations for you to select from.

These are available to you in our carousels, in our new release section and we also profile awards. OR, you can simply search for and order exactly what you want!

Of course, we offer competitive discounts, and we pride ourselves on a high quality service.

Features:

• User-friendly interface that makes searching and selecting titles simple and fast
• Search by ISBN, Title, Author, Publisher and Keyword, with more in Advanced Search options.
• New Release, Recommendations and Pre-Published content
• Alternative bindings displayed, including dyslexic font, large print, eBook, hardbacks and paperbacks - now including VOX Books!
• We work closely with publishers and have pre-published content available for order so you can have in your library at the same time as bookshops

JBO access is exclusive, request your account here.

Books ordered through JBO can arrive processed with our Shelf Ready Services.

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What is Shelf Ready?

Shelf Ready Solutions are an add-on service available for books you order through James Bennett Online (JBO).
We can cover, label, process and/or, catalogue your books before delivering them to you “shelf-ready”.

Shelf Ready options available include combinations of the following:

• Covering - available with biodegradable products
• Processing and Labelling
• Cataloguing including with SCIS

How does it work?

1. Together, we create a Shelf Ready Profile & Agreement for your school library, inc. price per unit.
2. You order your books through JBO. Once they arrive at our warehouse, we process them according to your Profile and they are shipped to you.
3. You receive, reconcile and shelve. Students read and borrow!

What are the benefits?

• Books arrive ready to read:
  No more delays waiting for books to be serviced by reducing in-house covering, labelling and cataloguing.
• Streamline your school library systems:
  Save time, budget, resources and brain power by outsourcing the nitty-gritty.
• Reallocate staff time to educational pursuits:
  Let your team focus on fostering and creating learning environments enriched by activities, resources and displays.

Testimonials:

“Since moving to James Bennett Shelf Ready, we are finding that our students are reading sooner.” - NSW School

“Our library staff’s limited time can now focus on further library and education pursuits.” - VIC School

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Our book covering and processing services offer highly competitive pricing with a great range of options, including the world's first FULLY biodegradable book covering, Bioguard80®.

James Bennett has been the supplier of choice for Opening Day Collection (ODC) Projects for new and refurbished libraries in recent times.  Recent projects include the CREST Education Senior Library, City of Melbourne narrm ngarrgu Library, and the refurbished library at Newcastle East Public School.  

Requirements for each project are varied but we are able to deliver outstanding results in every case, building a status as ODC experts.  We apply a project approach to such work to create workflows suited to your unique requirements.

Our expert Profiling and Selection team can work with you to understand your collections requirements, focusing on curriculum, popular and tending authors, series, and subjects, as well ensuring classics and those must have titles are not missed.

We offer Shelf Ready Services; including covering, processing and cataloguing of your new items, offering convenience and saving time managing the process yourself.

We employ a budget management process to ensure that spending follows your set guidelines for building your collection.

Packing can be managed so that you simply open the boxes and place your new books directly onto the shelves. Delivery can also be arranged to coincide with reopening and staggered if needed.

Flexible invoicing options also means you aren’t left with dozens of invoices from multiple suppliers, saving you further time and hassle.

VOX books are an incredible addition to literacy reading resources, especially for the student building their independent reading capacity or were someone to read along is not available. 

VOX™ Books are the world’s first audio books that live in print books. The permanently attached VOX Reader transforms an ordinary print book into an all-in-one read-along. No need for computers, tablets, or CDs—children simply push a button to listen and read.

VOX Books combine outstanding picture books, chapter books, and non-fiction titles with audio recordings that capture children’s attention and make learning and literacy development fun.

Since their introduction in 2015, VOX Books have been embraced by schools and libraries across the globe as a powerful tool for engaging children with books and developing the reading skills needed for success in school and in life.

• Each hardcover book comes with a full audio recording. 
• The all-in-one design means that VOX Books are fully portable. No CDs, batteries, computer, device, or internet connection are required. Readers simply push a button to listen and read.
• The ‘kid tough’ design and manufacturing are backed by an 18-month warranty.
• Titles come with both a speaker and an audio jack, so both individual and group learning are supported.
• An enlarged and improved speaker provides greater volume and clarity, while a safety feature automatically lowers the volume when earbuds are plugged in.
• An on/off switch prevents battery discharge when the title isn’t being actively used.
• The high-capacity battery charges quickly and lasts up to 150 plays. A new battery life indicator shows if the battery is low or fully charged.
• A micro-USB port allows for easy home charging using common 5V (Android) chargers.
• Great overall design, with the player in the center of the cover, makes VOX Books sturdy and easy to shelve.

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PressReader, our eMagazine and eNewspaper platform, partners with thousands of libraries and institutions to connect readers to over 7,000 premium and publications from over 120 countries in more than 60 languages. 

With PressReader, patrons and students get on-demand access to news and stories from titles like, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, and Magazines, Frankie and Science Illustrated, just to name a few.

For education, PressReader has:

• Great content to appeal to diverse reading interest and curriculum outcomes (not just media and English!)
• Language diversity. Language translation to 16+ language, and publications from different countries
• Excellent for global media analysis, see the attached article

News Corp publications now available!

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ParentTV offers hundreds of on-demand videos and courses with content designed to support those who care for children, from infancy through to teenage years.

Over 40 ParentTV experts provide research-based advice that is easy to understand via short, smart videos for busy teachers, parents, grandparents or carers!

1330+ videos | 370+ multilingual videos | 40+ experts

Your one-stop shop for videos courses activities and advice from child development experts

ParentTV is the common ground where schools and parents can learn connect and collaborate to raise happy healthy kids by connecting teachers and parents in your community.

With a wide range of short videos from professionals on topics like anxiety, bullying, technology and behaviour, ParentTV is the common ground where teachers and parents can learn, connect and collaborate to raise happy, healthy kids.

• Access to reliable expert advice for parents, carers, educators and staff
• Access to reliable advice for students
• A platform for collaborating on the care and education of kids
• On-demand, easy to understand, short and engaging micro-PD for staff
• Ready-made social media and newsletter content straight to your inbox
• Resources for teachers to use in class (brain breaks, mindfulness activities)
• Responsive advice for community crises (bushfires, COVID-19, suicide)
• Information on conditions such as ASD, ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder
• A resource to offer parents who need help beyond a teacher’s training
• A resource for students on wellbeing
• Updated, research-based information on child development and neuroscience

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What is Story Box Library?

Imagine the best stories being read aloud to you by our favourite storytellers – well that's Story Box Library!

We get kids excited about reading, inspire their imaginations and let them have fun with stories, improving their language and literacy skills along the way. 

Includes stories specifically associated with national literary associations and such events as National Simultaneous Storytime, Book Week, The Children’s Book Council of Australia, Premier’s Reading Challenges and the Australian Children’s Laureate initiative, to name but a few.

With an ever-growing library, suitable for preschool and primary aged children, it really is Storytime, Anytime!

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Story Tools is a fun and innovative creative writing resource. Our videos feature 36 of Australia’s most visionary, award-winning and popular children’s book creators. These experts deliver the lesson content, and our accompanying downloadable educator resources, including lesson plans and worksheets, providing a detailed and engaging lesson.

Story Tools caters for Middle and Upper primary students (Y3-6). However, budding writers can be found anywhere! Story Tools can be utilised by classroom teachers, literacy coordinators, librarians, tutor teachers, teacher support officers, and families who want to support their children’s learning.

Story Tools is the game-changing creative writing toolkit you need. Inspiring kids to confidently create their own stories, this innovative program will help them find their spark.

Create some storytelling magic in your learning space today!

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My Careers is purposely designed for members to self-direct their tertiary and career explorations, and for libraries to quickly understand and support them.

My Careers guides users through interactive career profiles beginning with their Interests, Personality and Skills. Users are offered lifetime profiles, designed to adapt to users' experiences and developments, and continuously provide feedback and advice for their futures.

Features:

• Whole-person insights and engaging, inclusive online career exploration at every stage
• Easy to use agile platform that captures rich and meaningful student data
• Comprehensive interests, personality, skills, subjects, careers and further education exploration
• Interactive career pathway planning, integrated with SSO, Zoom, Teams and Collaborate
• Engaging students through purposeful pathways
• 98% of future career pathways mapped in one platform
• 100% of Australian university and vocational course entry requirements

Advantages:

• Quickly understand your students 
• Progress focus on wellbeing and student voice
• Consolidating careers information in one easy to use platform
• Meaningful whole cohort data in under 45 minutes
• Custom report produced in 48 hours
• Integrate micro-credentialing
• Connect students with industry

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Boundless is James Bennett's reimagined and re-engineered digital eBook and eAudio platform for Libraries. 

An ecosystem that provides patrons with digital content and programming like never before. Built from the ground up on the latest app and web technologies, Boundless is intuitive, easy to use and fun, helping libraries meet the reading and learning needs of their communities.

Did you know?
Your PressReader subscription can be integrated with the Boundless app for ease of access.

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Combine the power of content and technology with Follett Destiny.

Why used multiple vendors for print, digital, and technology needs in your library? Follett provides a full-service experience with Follett Destiny® Library Manager, the leading library management solution trusted by more than 60,000 primary and secondary schools.

You can use Destiny Library Manager to access your print or digital materials, connect the library and the classroom and support digital learning. Your Follett Titlewave® account integrates with Destiny to simplify library purchasing and report accurately on your collection and usage data.

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James Bennett has supplied physical and digital materials to the Australian and New Zealand library and educational market for 60 years. From humble beginnings in the back of an old, blue VW bug in 1964, to one of Australia’s leading local library suppliers today. 

James Bennett is a true end-to-end library service provider and market leader in outcome driven and sustainability focused solutions. We strive to establish long-term relationships with our customers, working in partnerships to support our schools and libraries to meet the challenges they face, such as delivering return on investment (ROI), driving student engagement, and providing trusted and valuable content and resources. 

Our suite of products and services encompasses: 

• Print Books and A/V materials (VOX book, DVD, Audiobooks);
• Digital Content (eBooks, eAudio);
• Subscription Services (ParentTV, My Careers, PressReader);
• Shelf Ready Services (cataloguing and processing);
• Collection Development and Acquisition Services (James Bennett Online, Profiling & Selection Team);
• and a host of other innovative services designed to help school libraries get the right books, at the best price as seamlessly as possible.

The provision of a core book collection to schools is a familiar workflow to James Bennett, with many projects managed for Schools, Public Libraries and Early Childhood customers

Let's find out if we're a good fit to work together!

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