Submissions open for next Collected Magazine on Reading

The next issue of  Collected magazine is being prepared and we need as many of you as possible to contribute and share your expertise with us all.

The theme for this issue is Reading:

It will cover:

Professional Reading

Personal reading

Reading programmes (that you use successfully or want to try)

Reading Activities (how reading is promoted by you or your school)

Literacy in schools

Primary School Reading Activities and programmes (it would be great to get more input from our Primary Schools)

We also need any other articles of interest, book reviews and articles of interest about local activities and events. The call for Submissions begins September 18 and deadlines for articles will be October 20^th.

If you have any questions or concern,  please don’t hesitate to contact me at

collected@slanza.org.nz

Greig Daniels

Editor, Collected

Term 4 Connected Online Learning Module - Active Collection Development

Registrations for the Active Collection Development module of the Connected Librarians course are open today Monday 16 October and will close Friday 27 October. 

One of the best parts of our job is the chance to buy books and resources for our students and schools. This course will help you with that selection process and possibly challenge the way you do it.

On successful course completion, learners will be able to:

·  develop a thoughtful selection criteria for one of their library’s collections

·  collate a collection of resources to aid in the selection process

·  identify personal and external biases in selecting resources

·  develop strategies for overcoming bias in the selection process

The course will be starting on Monday 30 October and run for 2 weeks. 

This course is designed by New Zealand school librarians, for school librarians - for anyone who is ready and willing to learn and try new things and share their thoughts and learning with others. 

The course is free for SLANZA members. 

Please visit the Online PD page on our SLANZA website for further information and to register.

Clare Forrest

PD Team Leader

Term 3 Google+ Discussion - SLANZA Conference 2017 Empowerment

The SLANZA PD team is announcing our next G+ discussion topic for the year.

For those lucky enough to go to the SLANZA Conference this July it’s time to share, reflect on, celebrate and challenge ourselves about our experience.

We will be starting this Term 3 discussion on Monday 21 August 2017 and we will keep adding topics and questions for 4 weeks.

Our G+ discussions are designed to be slow, to allow time for deep thought and to reflect on our practices.You can dip in and out of the discussion as time allows you, and participate as much or as little as you wish.

You must be a member of SLANZA to take part in this discussion, as well as belonging to SLANZA’s Google+ Community.

We look forward to meeting you and hearing your thoughts – either for this discussion or one of our next professional development discussions.

Clare Forrest

SLANZA PD Team

SLANZA Administration Officer vacancy

SLANZA has a vacancy for an Administration Officer. This is a paid position, approximately ten hours a week.

Our current Administration Officer, Ngaio Blackwood, has accepted a full-time position in a school library and as such she no longer has the time to commit to this position. We sincerely thank Ngaio for all her administrative skills and knowledge that she has helped us with.

If you would like to know more about this position or to request a job description please contact president@slanza.org.nz

Applications close on Friday, 11 August 2017

National Executive Communique

Fiery Futures SLANZA 2017 Conference was amazing, and for many of us this week we are looking around our libraries with eyes wide open and a large action plan! Thanks for all your contributions, your energy, your feedback and your input into conference 2017. We hope it inspires and ignites you! We will have photos and presentation links up from conference soon on our web page!

During Conference at the AGM, the appointment of the co-Presidents was confirmed. Julia Smith from Kerikeri (Te Tai Tokerau region) and Kirsty Adam from Invercargill (Southland region) will share the role for the next two years. We are really excited at the energy and skill these two will bring to SLANZA - we are in for a great journey!

National Executive are thrilled to confirm that Book Protection Products will continue to sponsor SLANZA until 2020. This ensures that we have ongoing support to provide excellent professional development to all our members. Please support our sponsors
Unfortunately, NE has accepted the resignation of our SLANZA Administration Officer, Ngaio Blackwood. Ngaio stepping up to a full-time, sole charge position in a large school library. Although Ngaio only held the position of Administration Officer for a short while, she whipped us into shape with exceeding efficiency. We will miss her skills, but this does provide the opportunity for employment for another person in this role, and this job has been advertised through the Listserve.

Another change announced at conference was that we will hold the SLANZA National Conference tri-annually instead of biannually. SLANZA is trialing Regional Conferences, weekends of learning, networking, and inspiration. This change from our bi-annual National Conference is in direct response to the extraordinary workload on our volunteer members in the three major cities to produce such a high standard of conference every two years. We hope to extend and spread that workload by introducing these Regional Conferences in between our major National Conferences. Therefore, we are excited to announce that next year, Otago will host the 2018 SLANZA Regional Conference in September, followed by the Waikato / Bay of Plenty region in 2019.  We will celebrate our 20th birthday at the big 2020 SLANZA National Conference in Wellington.

We also have some new professional development in the pipeline, and just to make sure we are on the right track we will be sending out an email to ask members what you want. Please when it hits your inbox reply to us, so we can target what you need and want!

Lastly thanks to all of you who put your hand up to serve SLANZA in your recent regional AGM’s. We applaud you all and hope it is a meaningful and enjoyable experience for you!

Below is your local NE representative and their contact email should you need any help or support as you library on…

Te Tai Tokerau - Julia Smith  JSmith@kerikerihigh.ac.nz
Auckland - Trish Webster  trishwebster@rangitoto.school.nz
Waikato/Bay of Plenty - Glenys Bichan bic@camhigh.school.nz
Central - Stephanie Gibbons  Stephanie.gibbons@npbhs.school.nz
Wellington - Clare Forrest  c.forrest@raroa.school.nz
Aoraki - Sally Stanley Boden  sts@burnside.school.nz
Otago - Bridget Schaumann  sc@kingshigh.school.nz
Southland - Kirsty Adam  kadam@jameshargest.school.nz

Glenys Bichan
Communications
SLANZA National executive

bic@camhigh.school.nz

Congratulations to Marama Keyte!

Marama Keyte captivated her audience with her enthusiasm and creativity at her presentation at the SLANZA meeting at the end of last term in Whangarei.  She shared so many fun, practical, interactive strategies to make the library a lively, literary learning place.

Marama also represented Northland brilliantly at the SLANZA conference in Auckland with her presentation there – people were buzzing about it afterwards and the Northland contingent was very proud of her.

At the Conference, Marama was also presented with a SLANZA Award of Merit as someone "who has demonstrated an outstanding level of service to their school library to support its contribution to improving student academic achievement".  

Marama receiving her SLANZA Award of Merit from SLANZA Co-President, Julia Smith

2017 SLANZA AGM

SLANZA AGM

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Kings College, Auckland, 12.30 – 1pm

Agenda

·         Welcome

·         Apologies

·         Minutes from previous AGM and any matters arising

·         Co-Presidents report

·         Financial report - in progress. Will be sent out separately when back from the accountant.

·         Appointment of Auditor

·         Membership report

·         General business

o    Future conferences

·         Any other business arising

Please send any apologies to admin@slanza.org.nz

Regards

Kirsty Adam Library Manager, James Hargest College SLANZA Co-President Phone: 032176129  Mobile: 0273157976  Email: kadam@jameshargest.school.nz  Website: library.jameshargest.school.nz  Address: 288 Layard Street, Invercargill 9810

SLANZA / Open Polytechnic fee free study offer

This is a reminder about the fantastic study opportunity with the Open Polytechnic that SLANZA can offer you.

As you know, SLANZA is strongly committed to raising the professional standing of School Library staff through ongoing PD and professional qualification opportunities. Last year, a fee free offer was arranged between our two organisations for current SLANZA members studying the Certificate in Literature and Library Services for Children and Young People.

SLANZA is very grateful to Open Polytechnic for their willingness to make this opportunity possible, and their commitment to ongoing collaboration. Members looking at study or already working towards these qualifications will be aware what incredible value this offers in the study fee saving.

Who is eligible

This fee free offer is available to SLANZA members taking either of two courses in the OPNZ OP6273 Certificate in Literature and Library Services for Children and Young People (Level 6):

·        72276: Literature and Information Resources for Children and Young People

·        72277: Library Services for Children and Young People

Enrolments for the Trimester 2 course 72277: Library Services for Children and Young People are open now, with the course starting on 3 July. 72277 is only offered once a year, in Trimester 2, and enrolments close on 25 June 2017.

72276 Literature and Information Resources for Children and Young People will be offered in Trimester 3 2017.

Note that the OPNZ $60 annual administration fee cannot be waived. It is also important to note that SLANZA members who wish to take up this offer must have either completed the Diploma in Information & Library Studies (Level 5) with OPNZ already, or alternatively, have completed the four prerequisite courses that apply to this certificate. Information on these prerequisites can be found under the ‘entry requirements’ tab of the certificate on the Open Polytechnic website.

How to take up this offer

1.      Your SLANZA membership subscription must be paid in full. If you are not sure of your membership status, please contact Ngaio Blackwood (admin@slanza.org.nz) or your regional representative on the National Executive

2.      Check that you meet the OPNZ’s prerequisite requirements for the certificate

3.      Enrol online via the OPNZ website here.

4.      At the payment section, use contract code 0663 to receive the fee-free offer. OPNZ will verify SLANZA membership before approving course entry.

We strongly encourage our members to take advantage of this offer now.  

Further information

Any questions? Please contact Jan Irvine:

Email: Jan.Irvine@openpolytechnic.ac.nz

Phone: 0508 650200, extension 5594

SLANZA 17 Conference welcomes Steve Braunias as final plenary speaker

We are delighted to announce that on the last morning of Conference we have Steve Braunias, who is sure to entertain and intrigue.

Steve is a New Zealander and an award-winning writer who has written under a variety of hats – as a journalist, non-fiction author, newspaper columnist, magazine feature writer and editor, as well as a primetime television writer.

Not only is he a writer whose career has crossed many different mediums, he is also an author who gets you scurrying around the library, across an incredibly wide selection of subject areas. His non-fiction topics include birdwatching; criminal psychology; cities and towns; politics; and retail stores. His passions are varied, but almost always come back to the places, things and people of New Zealand.

He writes stories with satire, opinion and comedy and has been described as “a scavenger of social lodestone” a wonderful phrase which conjures up all kinds of images. We are very lucky to have him speaking at Conference and can’t wait to hear what he has to say.

 Trish Webster

Library Manager
Rangitoto College

SLANZA 2017 Conference update

Our sponsors and exhibitors play a key role in supporting the SLANZA Conference and our School Library community. As a result we are delighted with the support and enthusiasm we have received from so many companies around New Zealand & Australia.

We are grateful to the following companies for their support:

Gold Sponsor:          Open Polytechnic

Silver Sponsors:       Accessit

                                    Gale

                                    Library AV & Large print

                                    SCIS Schools Catalogue Information Service

Softlink

Author Sponsor:      NZ Book Council

One of the benefits of attending Conference is access to the key people from companies, they know their products; they know school libraries; and they know we like ideas to make our work easier.

Conference breaks will give you the opportunity to put faces to well-known company names, discover new products and explore what services are available.

Exhibitors

The Dorothy Butler Children's Bookshop	Hydestor Shelving
Infobase Learning Australia	Distinction Furniture
Mike's Woodshop Ltd	Softlink
Lundia Shelving	Open Polytechnic
University Bookshop Ltd (Ubiq)	Access-It Library
CiteMaker.com	Education Services Australia - SCIS
Gale, Cengage Learning	Wheelers
Library AV & Large Print Pty Ltd	Bibliotheca Australia
South Pacific Book Distributors	Paper Plus

Lonely Planet	Oxford University Press
Miller Books	Mighty Ape Ltd
Lioncrest Education	Dubois Enterprises Ltd

There will be lucky draws to enter and prizes to be won in the exhibition hall, we look forward to seeing you there at SLANZA 2017.

Elizabeth Atkinson

Conference Convener

Reminders: Membership and Conference payments

Thank you to the 85% of members who have paid their SLANZA subscription for 2017. All members will have received a receipt by now, so if you haven’t and believe you have paid, please follow up with your school’s accounts department in the first instance before contacting Ngaio Blackwood, our SLANZA Administration Officer. Membership forms can be found on the SLANZA website.

Under six weeks until Conference! Earlybird registrations close next week, Thursday 15 June. May I please remind those still to pay their Conference registration to use the correct bank account stated on the Conference invoice. We have many registrations coming through to the SLANZA account, presumably the school account departments are paying into the SLANZA account saved on their management system rather than the Conference account. Thanks for your help with this.

Julia Smith

Communications

SLANZA Life Membership Award - call for nominations

Life membership is SLANZA’s ultimate award and honour, recognising a SLANZA member whose contribution to school librarianship is so outstanding that it is of lasting importance to the advancement of the whole field of school library service.

SLANZA National Executive would like to call for nominations for our Life Membership Award. Information and criteria for the award can be found on the Award Page on the SLANZA website.

As always, the awards are presented at the discretion of the Awards Committee. If a recipient is selected, the Life Membership Award will be presented at SLANZA’s National Conference in Auckland this July.

Please send nominations with all the required documentation to admin@slanza.org.nz by Friday 23 June 2017.

Term 2 Google+ Discussion

The SLANZA PD team is excited to announce our second G+ discussion topic for the year. It will begin on Tuesday 6 June.

The Ministry of Education is committed to providing innovative learning environments where everyone can work together to support the best learning for everyone. What does this mean for school libraries and the way we practice?

Our G+ discussions are designed to be slow, to allow time for deep thought and to reflect on our practices. Over four weeks there will be four readings followed by reflective questions. You can dip in and out of the discussion as time allows you, and participate as much or as little as you wish.

You must be a member of SLANZA to take part in this discussion (and it’s a great year to join with conference coming up), as well as belonging to SLANZA’s Google+ Community.

We look forward to “seeing” you and hearing your thoughts – either for this discussion or one of our other professional development events planned for later this year.​

SLANZA Awards Nominations - due next week

ONE WEEK TO GO, ALL NOMINATIONS 

DUE NEXT THURSDAY 1^ST JUNE!

SLANZA encourages and rewards excellence in school libraries, recognising the success and achievement of those working in and with school libraries, with a series of annual awards.  Therefore the Slanza National Executive would like to call for nominations for our Awards of Merit  to be presented at the upcoming National Conference in July at King’s college, Auckland.  Further information about the criteria for each award can be found on the Awards Page on the SLANZA website.

As always, the awards are presented at the discretion of the Awards Committee.

Please send all nominations with all the required documentation to admin@slanza.org.nz no later than Thursday 1^st June 2017.

School Librarians of Aotearoa - interview with Julia Smith

I was honoured to be interviewed for 'School Librarians of Aotearoa' column in the The Sapling, a New Zealand website dedicated to children’s literature. 

The interview, where I was sent questions to answer on my role, philosophy, library organisation and other things, went live today. If you are interested in reading it you can find it here

New Zealand authors' panel discussion

Don’t forget, this Thursday after school we have the Storylines Festival New Zealand authors doing a panel session for us.

This is open to everyone, including students and the wider community. It will be marvellous to hear from New Zealand authors regarding their writing journey.