Term 2 workshop

"Piece of mind"
creating engaging displays in your library...

Making interesting displays can be a challenge - lack of time, resources and space are often reasons for not creating displays that attract the attention of students. 
 

We are fortunate to have Anita Vandenberghe coming north to present a workshop on library displays, sharing her enthusiasm, expertise and experience with us, talking about finding ideas and putting them into action to create displays that your students will love.
 

You will hear tips and tricks and how you can use materials over and again, and how to find out about and to keep track of important events during the year in order to prepare your displays
ahead of time...

Come and activate your creativity and go home with a world of ideas!

Anita Vandenberghe worked for more than 20 years at a public library in The Netherlands before coming to New Zealand where she now works at St Kentigern College Library.  As well as being a life-long learner, she is an avid reader and information-gatherer, and passionate about libraries and their pivotal role in the community. 

Anita's website http://www.CreativeLibraryDisplays.com is a fabulous resource, containing displays ideas, descriptions of how to get started, lots of photos, tips, and helpful information. 

Anita presented a workshop at the SLANZA Conference about making appealing, timely and relevant displays without spending too much money, time, blood, sweat or tears and people were inspired!

The workshop will be 

• At Kerikeri High School Library 
• On Saturday 9th June 2012 (Term 2, week 7) 
• Start 10am (or come a bit earlier for a cuppa beforehand), finishing about 12 noon.
• $5 for SLANZA members, $15 for non-members
• To register please contact jeannie.skinner@dia.govt.nz

All welcome – library staff, teachers, public library staff, student librarians… 

Plans for 2012

What would you like to see happening with SLANZA Northland in 2012 ?

This is one of the places you can suggest topics or speakers for the committee to investigate - just add comments below or else email me jeannie.skinner@dia.govt.nz or contact any of the SLANZA Tai Tokerau committee : Lisa Salter, Di Eastwood, Julia Smith, Liz Christensen, Elaine Shields, Kaye Neely, Angela Margison, Dee Brooker, Maria Quin...

You might want to look at what is happening around the country with SLANZA for inspiration, eg this September workshop in Wellington reported on the SLANZA blog , or Waikato Bay of Plenty's wikispace with their programmes over the years... http://slanza.wikispaces.com/

(I wish each region had a blog like we have now and we could have links to them on the sidebar!)

All suggestions welcome - think about topics, speakers, workshops, areas of interest and need... and also preferences for day of the week /time of day etc too.

A couple of suggestions so far - a workshop / panel discussion on organising a bookweek for a Term 1 meeting, and a request for help with creating promotional posters and displays.

Please add your ideas below or get in touch and we'll try to see what we can do to make it happen.