"Out with the old, In with the new"

Hi,

We are currently working on the Term 4 issue Collected and would love to have at least one article from our region.  The theme is "Out with the old, In with the new".  

What are you going to do differently next year or not do?  Maybe something you learned in PD this year that you are going to implement next year or a story about looking forward to or reflecting on BYOD or Ebooks or new partnerships?  We are very keen to have some stories from primary school libraries, often under represented in or publication.  

We also require book reviews, especially of New Zealand or new books.  

Can you think of  of something to share or you can shoulder tap someone you know has a good story?  

Sorry I won't be at the Stu Colson event, I'll be at the NE meeting.  I expect it will go well, please encourage your colleagues to attend, this is an opportunity for the school librarian to bring along some teachers and show the benefits of SLANZA to the school and the ways that the library supports teaching and learning.

Thanks,

Lisa Salter

TTT NE Representative

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Study Grant applications for 2014

Thinking about studying in 2014?  SLANZA offers study grants each year to those working in school library teams for courses offered by approved education providers.

The deadline for submitting an application for 2014 is Thursday 31 October 2013.  Application forms available on the SLANZA website.

Tour of Auckland school libraries : SLANZA Waikato

Hello Northland school librarians

Would you be interested in visiting some Auckland school libraries in Term 4?

The Waikato SLANZA / NLNZ Annual School Library Tour this year is in Auckland, and there are two dates :

Auckland Secondary school libraries tour: Friday, 8th November, 10:00am-3pm:

• Morning tea and visit to BLENZ (Blind and Low Vision Education Network New Zealand)
• Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate
• Botany Downs Public Library (lunch at The Botany Downs Town Centre)
• Ormiston Senior College
• Papakura High School.

Auckland Primary school libraries tour: Friday, 15th November, 10:00am-3pm:

• Morning tea and visit to Services to Schools, National Library of New Zealand, Parnell
• St Helier’s Primary School
• Elm Park School (Pakuranga)
• Botany Downs Public Library (lunch at The Botany Downs Town Centre)
• Elim Christian College (Junior Campus)
• Redoubt North School (Manukau).

The tours are jointly organised between SLANZA Waikato Bay of Plenty and the National Library advisers.  They are valuable not only for those of you who are thinking of remodelling or building new libraries, but also just for getting new ideas for your library environment – also a good chance to catch up with people working in other school libraries...

How about car-pooling with some other Northland colleagues, or maybe heading down to Auckland early on Friday and making a weekend of it?

Everyone is welcome – to come on either, or both tours, and on both days you will have an opportunity to visit Botany Downs Public Library in the Botany Downs Town Centre, where you will be able to purchase lunch (your own cost).

A detailed schedule for the whole day will be forwarded to all registrants.
Transport is your own responsibility.
Cost: $5 per person.

For further information and/or registration, please contact Linda McCullough at Services to Schools, National Library Hamilton ph 07 856 9134 or fill in the registration form available at this link, or contact Jeannie Skinner.

Congratulations to Clare Giesbers

Congratulations to Clare Giesbers, Library Manager at Northland College, who was awarded the SLANZA Award of Merit for Library Manager at the 2013 SLANZA Conference.   

The Award was presented to Clare by Northland College Principal, Jim Luders, at a full school assembly, and he expressed his appreciation, on behalf of staff and students, for the services and programmes Clare provides through the library to support teaching and learning.

Clare has worked steadily, with an unflagging resolve, to make the library welcoming and accessible for students to discover the pleasures of reading, to engage with resources in print and online, and to make connections with all that the library can offer, within and beyond the four walls.