tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39372898006677064112024-03-13T09:55:03.206-07:00SLANZA Blogpintsizelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18067236068769197544noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937289800667706411.post-67773038893319848932013-05-21T02:29:00.000-07:002013-05-21T02:30:12.790-07:00What has your National Executive been up to?It has been a very busy 2013 so far for the National Executive, so I thought I'd give you an update about the projects we've been involved in.<br />
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Most of us have a really good break over the Christmas break, but for some people their focus was the creation of SLANZA's new reading website. Bridget Schaumann and Miriam Tuohy led a team who evaluated all the lists, identified double ups and inconsistencies and re-formatted everything. Miriam created the site and layout and then the team started the mammoth task of transferring all the lists to the new site. Sounds simple, but it was months of work for all involved. However, I am sure you will agree that it was well worth it!<br />
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Miriam's other major project has been the development of the SLANZA online Connected Librarians professional development course. She was investigating the idea of Library Badges in recognition of skills learnt, and came up with the Connected Librarians concept. The National Executive wanted to provide online professional development, and thanks to Miriam's perseverance, there are some very lucky SLANZA members who are starting this exciting course soon. We were completely amazed at the amount of interest shown by you, and do intend to run it again, so all the waiting list have an opportunity to do the course.<br />
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One of my roles as President is to represent SLANZA in a variety of forums, and one of those forums is the cross sector Strategic Advisory Forum (SAF). SAF meets three times a year, to talk with the National Librarian and each other regarding issues across the sector. As a result of a recent meeting, LIANZA convened a cross association day to identify how each of the library associations across New Zealand could work more closely, support each other and try to stop re-inventing the wheel. Miriam and I represented SLANZA, and it was very interesting to see the commonalities between associations. One of the issues we raised was the cost of PD provided by LIANZA. We also pushed for a reduced LIANZA conference rate for SLANZA members, and that is being considered by LIANZA Council.<br />
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The Executive has been working on the SLANZA Constitution, as things have moved on since 2000 and it needed to be updated to reflect new ways of working and communicating. Greig Daniels has been leading this project, with an updated Constitution now lodged with the Companies Office. As a result, a number of amendments will be presented for ratification at the upcoming national AGM during the Wellington Conference.<br />
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One group of <u>very</u> busy people is the Wellington Conference Committee, and I'd like to thank them for all the organisation and planning, as the conference is going to be great. Karen Clarke is the Wellington representative on the Executive, as well as being part of the Conference Committee, and is the conference liaison too. Karen has been doing a sterling job of keeping us up to date with what has been planned, and I am really looking forward to attending such an exciting conference!<br />
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Membership is a big part of SLANZA and we have a number of people involved with it. Carole Gardiner, our new Administration Officer, has been working through some very tangled membership renewals, and has done a brilliant job of sorting this out for us. If you have not received a renewal, please email Carole (admin@slanza.org.nz) as we may not have a correct or current email address for you. Life and Business memberships were instituted last year, and Lisa Salter has taken responsibility for these, with Greig taking on the SLANZA awards. If you know someone that you feel should be granted life membership, or receive an award, please do nominate them by June 20th. More information is available on the SLANZA website.<br />
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Lisa has also taken on the Editor's role for Collected magazine, working with others on the Executive, and is currently pulling together all the articles written for the magazine, which will be published later this term. <br />
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The Executive is also very grateful to Rosalba Finnerty, the first member of the SLANZA Pool of Talent. Rosalba has taken over the SLANZA archives, and is sorting through several years of documents, so our history can be preserved.<br />
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I hope this gives you an insight into some of the activities of your National Executive and the work we do for you.<br />
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<br />Fiona Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16300348621356174397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937289800667706411.post-65029287290074896842013-02-04T13:50:00.000-08:002013-02-04T13:53:04.528-08:00An Exciting Opportunity for SchoolsThe line-up has been announced for this years' Auckland Writers and Readers Festival and I AM EXCITED!<br />
Patrick Ness, author of <i>The Knife of Never Letting</i> Go series will be there! Check out the full programme at <a href="http://www.writersfestival.co.nz/">Writers & Readers </a>website and start planning.<br />
Lisa SalterUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937289800667706411.post-71998255507127736992012-08-02T11:59:00.000-07:002012-08-02T11:59:02.097-07:00Honorary Life Memberships 2012To recognise those who have played such an important role in the creation and development of SLANZA as an organisation, the National Executive instituted Honorary Life Memberships and called for nominations from the members. The convenor of the Awards Committee, Lisa Salter, was impressed with the calibre of the nominees and the amount of thought that had gone into the applications.<br />
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The Executive is delighted to announce that Honorary Life Memberships have been awarded to the Steering Committee who worked tirelessly to create SLANZA:<br />
Karen du Fresne<br />
Margaret Forbes
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Judi Hancock
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Elizabeth Jones<br />
Dr Penny Moore<br />
Elizabeth Probert
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Jill Stotter<br />
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As an organisation, we owe so much to the Steering Committee, who not only created a national organisation that we can be proud of, but who were also instrumental in bringing the IASL conference to New Zealand in 2000.<br />
Regional areas will be organising special events to present the awards to each recipient, and also to thank them for all they have done (and continue to do) for SLANZA and school library staff nation wide.<br />
<br />Fiona Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16300348621356174397noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937289800667706411.post-73253109690890919092012-07-25T18:57:00.000-07:002012-07-25T18:57:07.732-07:00Latest News from SLANZA National Executive<style>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Last weekend was a busy one
for National Executive (NE) in Wellington with Ross Todd presenting a workshop
on Evidence Based Practice (EBP) followed by our AGM.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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</span><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">One hundred and twenty five library staff and supporters attended
the Ross Todd workshops brought to you by SLANZA. The results of our PD
survey indicated that the most important thing we could do for our members is
to provide affordable and relevant professional development. The NE went
out on a limb in our enthusiasm to bring an international expert to NZ and we
were not disappointed. </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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</span><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">The NE is working on a presentation to take out to our members.
Further blog items directly related to Ross’s message will appear over
the next few weeks as well as a round up of the evaluations from the workshop.
You can get a glimpse by checking the Twitter stream from the workshops </span><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23EBPNZ"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">#EBPNZ</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">, where there are valuable snippets from the two events.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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</span><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">A small but enthusiastic and engaged group attended this year’s
AGM and were the first to hear this years SLANZA Award winners:</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><b><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">SLANZA Principal’s Award</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><b><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Tony Mabin</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> acting principal
Queenspark School Christchurch nominated by Saskia Hill- “Tony has demonstrated
sustained support of innovation and excellence within the library team and as
well significantly raising it’s profile and promoting the importance of the
library team to student learning outcomes and to the school in general.
He has shared new ideas around school librarianship with other schools
and the wider community, fostered high morale in the library team, and forged
strong links between the library, students, staff and the school community.”</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><b><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Peter Ross </span></b><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Principal<b> </b>Wakefield
School Nelson nominated by Shona Rees and Kathy Ameen- “The library is the hub
of Wakefield School and the community. Peter encourages plunket, kindergarten,
playschool and home school parents to use the library. He has supported
additional staffing, is actively involved in the running of the library,
considers library funding a priority and funds ongoing PD. He embraces
change with up to date technology. Peter’s approach is an
ambassadorial example for rural primary school libraries.”</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><b><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">SLANZA Certificate of Recognition</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><b><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Carole Gardiner and Karen Carswell</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> nominated by Miriam Tuohy and Bridget Schaumann- “ These two
librarians, Carole Gardiner and Karen Carswell, have contributed long hours
sorting and editing lists, gathering information from listerv and formatting it
to fit the wiki. This is no small task. As their skills have
developed the wiki has become stronger. Both have agreed to continue
their work with the next version and SLANZA will be richer for their
contributions.”</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><b><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">SLANZA Award of Merit</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><b><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Desna Wallace</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> Fendalton Open-Air School
Christchurch nominated by Wendy Marshall and Liz Jones- “For Desna’s dedication
to “matching the right child to the right book”. For her willingness to
embrace innovation in new ways to promote reading. Although initially a
reluctant blogger her blog <i>booktrailers4kidsandya</i> has inspired others
and she is generous in sharing her knowledge. Last year her school book
club “The Faultline Fictioners” helped the group come to terms with the
earthquakes and the stresses they were living through. She loves being a
school librarian and pours every ounce of her creativity into her work, which
has many lasting benefits.”</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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</span><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">The first Honorary Life Members were announced and Fiona Mackie
will be filling you in on those in her President’s Report to follow. Senga
White, immediate past president and Donna Watt, communications leader, were
farewelled and thanked for their valuable contributions to SLANZA NE over the
years. Bridget Schaumann was welcomed on board as President Elect. Bridget
brings a wide range of school library and NE experience to enhance our
organization. </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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</span><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">There was lively discussion around surveys and how they can
support our advocacy.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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</span><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">On Sunday the NE got down to business:</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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for regional events in line with supporting our member professional development. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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and improved website in the next week. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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term’s issue of <i>Collected,</i> which will be available early in the term.
Next term the theme will be ‘Blue Sky Thinking’. We will be calling
for contributions soon.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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Evidence Based Practice presentation (based on last week’s workshops). It
will be rolled out by NE reps to all regional members soon, depending on PD
plans already in place for your region.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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response to Life Membership. Next week we will be asking for feedback
regarding the process with the hope of streamlining for next year.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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reviewed.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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applications will be called for later this term. If you are thinking of
studying next year, start getting your application together and check our
website for details.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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roll of Communications Leader from Donna Watt.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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2013 in Wellington are beginning to emerge. Mark your calendars for July
15 – 17, the first week of Term 2 holidays. Expect to be exposed to the
best school libraries have to offer with international guests.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">A to-do list for members:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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Based Practice, Facebook page</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/EBPforSL/"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">www.facebook.com/groups/EBPforSL/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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Study Award</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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and events</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937289800667706411.post-21086856690088423812012-07-23T15:05:00.000-07:002012-07-23T15:05:12.553-07:00A small farewell, but only in partI wanted to let you know, in person, that I have handed over the communication portfolio to a very talented colleague on the National Executive, and as of this week, I will no longer be the Communications Leader for SLANZA. I will leave it to Fiona to announce my replacement in her upcoming post, but I wanted to take the opportunity to share a few thoughts with you.<br />
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Working on the National Executive has provided me with opportunities to grow professionally in ways that I would never have imagined possible. I have not only developed my communication and marketing skills, I have discovered that I have a flair for facilitation, and that I am very comfortable presenting and speaking in a professional role. It's only by extending ourselves in unexpected, and sometime uncomfortable ways, that we truly grow, and I thank all of you for allowing me to grow in your time and in your space. <br />
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My particular thanks to Senga White for having faith in me and giving me the push I needed. To the whole of National Executive, I take off my hat to you for the personal energy, diverse talents, and passion that each of you brings to the table. You are there for love of the work, and we all owe you so much for the work that you do on behalf of the members, and the communities that we serve.<br />
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My connection to school libraries and this community remains strong. I am not going away, so hold that sigh of relief just a little longer! You will still see me about, begging for content for Collected, and generally poking my nose in, wanted or not.<br />
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I remain, at heart, a school librarian.<br />
Just like you.<br />
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Donna<br />
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<br />pintsizelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18067236068769197544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937289800667706411.post-24321155222436204682012-07-16T15:23:00.000-07:002012-07-16T15:23:13.680-07:00Evidence based practice with Dr Ross Todd is nearly here!I'me getting very excited that soon I will be attending Dr Ross Todd's seminar about School Libraries Making a Difference: Evidence Based Practice in Action. I know that there are measures we can take to identify how we are making a difference, but so far what we've done at St Cuthbert's has been very subjective, so am looking forward to finding out more. Have you registered, as registrations are closing....<br />
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There has been a Facebook group set up by Dr Todd and Lyn Hay, to link those who are looking at EBP, so I hope that I'll see you there <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/EBPforSL/">https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/EBPforSL/</a><br />
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We will be tweeting during each day using #EBPNZ, so search for that exact tag to find out more too. <br />Fiona Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16300348621356174397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937289800667706411.post-22331016566286105162012-06-27T01:27:00.002-07:002012-06-27T02:14:55.271-07:00Presentation to Select CommitteeOn Wednesday June 20th, Michele Whiting and I were at the Beehive to speak to the submission that SLANZA made to the Inquiry into 21st Century Learning Environments.<br />We were able to listen to three other presentations - Microsoft International, LIANZA and Alan Cooper who was representing a cluster of schools. It was great to hear the other presentations, especially as the key messages from LIANZA complemented ours.<br /><br />Our key messages were as follows:<br />There is no legal requirement for schools to have either a library or staff of any kind. Every school should have a fully funded library with at least one qualified librarian or teacher librarian working in it.<br />Qualified library staff can work with teachers and students to support all curriculum areas.<br />To give our students the skills they need for tertiary study, they need to have a range of literacies and the library and library staff can assist students in mastering these skills.<br />The MoE funds schools' access to the EPIC databases, but each uses different search strategies, and without expert qualified staff, they won't get the best from this resource.<br /><br />It was a very brief block of time, but we made the most of it. We were asked about ancillary staffing, and Michele answered the question as she is the Principal at Corinna School and has first hand experience in managing her school's budget.<br />We were also informed that we may be contacted again, if they have additional questions. We'll let you know if we hear anything further.Fiona Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16300348621356174397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937289800667706411.post-9476927863337290652012-06-17T19:18:00.003-07:002012-06-17T19:35:46.086-07:00Article on CurationIf you liked the latest <a href="http://bit.ly/vmSUMk">SLANZA Collected Magazine</a>, which is full of articles and information about the whys and hows of curation and you were wowed by <a href="http://bit.ly/M0F0Df">keynote speaker Joyce Valenza</a> as she entertained and informed us at last year's SLANZA conference in Auckland then you might like to take a look at this short article written by the wonderful Joyce in the latest Syba Signs magazine.<br /><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/M5MaU0">Seven tools you may may not know you can search with</a>, lists those tools and how Joyce is using them to help her students understand and take on board the skill of curation.<br /><br />More food for thought to put into the mix of how to curate what we find and use on the internet.Senga Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09396723095428011388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937289800667706411.post-15692888185887780162012-06-15T22:03:00.001-07:002012-06-25T16:23:22.308-07:00Otago Weekend SchoolWhat an amazing PD event that the Otago regional committee held today, and it isn't over yet. We've been excited by Miriam Tuohy's Bookapedia Battles, and shared recommendations for lots of wonderful reading. Carole Gardiner gave us great tips on collection development, Pam Garry shared how Choccywoccydoodah gets her boys reading, we've investigated lots of wonderful iPad apps courtesy of Stephen Anderson, and started making a blog or website and explored the wonders of Google apps! (And I presented my fist keynote address - phew....)<br />
Dunedin has turned on gorgeous sunny weather for us, the food has been sooo yummy and the sharing between colleagues has been fantastic.<br />
Wow, and we have more tomorrow! Looking forward to Gill Fisher's presentation about building a book culture and David Elliot telling us about his new picture book 'A tale of two pigs'.Fiona Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16300348621356174397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937289800667706411.post-1389475985646818092012-06-12T21:14:00.000-07:002012-06-12T21:15:34.902-07:00Update on SLANZA submission to Select Committee<div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Recently we posted an update to the blog on the SLANZA submission to the Select Committee inquiry into 21st Century Learning Environments and Digital Literacy. You can read that post <a href="http://slanzablog.blogspot.co.nz/2012/06/submission-to-inquiry-into-21st-century.html" target="_blank">here</a>, and find links to information about the inquiry itself, and to the SLANZA submission document.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Today, Michele Whiting, who presented the submission on behalf of SLANZA, has been invited to appear at the hearing on the morning of Wednesday
20 June. She will be accompanied by Fiona Mackie, our President, and they will have a 20 minute opportunity to give an overview of the content of our submission and raise any additional points. There is an allowance of ten minutes for the Committee to ask questions. We may also submit additional papers at this time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">We will provide further updates as information comes to hand, although it is unlikely that we will have anything to report after this session, unless the questions posed by the Select Committee are interesting in themselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Please contact your local NE representative if, after reading the documentation you believe there are glaring omissions in the points we have raised.</span>pintsizelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18067236068769197544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937289800667706411.post-74269225792445644132012-06-04T19:52:00.001-07:002012-06-25T16:29:56.135-07:00Press release - class sizesThe SLANZA National Executive has just put out a press release in response to the recent decision to increase class sizes. Full content follows:<br />
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have changed since the Minister of Education was in school”, said Fiona
Mackie, President of SLANZA. “ It is well recognized that we cannot
meet the diverse needs of students now and in the future with classes of
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librarians understand this as they are working at the cutting edge,
where information technology and E-learning meets the classroom”, said
Ms. Mackie. “Schools also have to meet diverse needs and these factors
combined mean that teaching from the front of the classroom to large
numbers of students just won’t make the grade any more”.</div>
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Minister is also mistaken when she relies so heavily on research that
says class sizes don’t matter. While the quality of the teacher has the
most impact, the work of Russell Bishop and others demonstrates that
relationships between teacher and student make the most difference –
particularly for Maori. It clearly easier to develop those relationships
when the class sizes are smaller,” said Ms. Mackie.</div>
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“With
the changes announced by the government, schools will have to make
difficult staffing choices and some may unwisely decide to cut school
librarians rather than lose a teacher”, said Ms. Mackie. “If this
happens it undermines the goal of raising student achievement in
literacy, as well staffed school libraries have a pivotal role to play
in this. The National Standards emphasise the need to teach literacy
across the curriculum, including information and digital literacy, where
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Committee "Inquiry into <span style="font-weight: bold;">21st
century learning environments and digital literacy</span>".
You can find the Terms of Reference for the inquiry <a href="http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/SC/MakeSub/f/9/7/50SCES_SCF_00DBSCH_INQ_11275_1-Inquiry-into-21st-century-learning.htm">online
here</a>, and SLANZA's submission is available <a href="http://slanza.org.nz/docs/Submission21stCLearningDigitalLiteracy.pdf">here</a>
(pdf). We have asked to appear before the committee to speak
to this submission, and will keep you informed of progress.pintsizelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18067236068769197544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937289800667706411.post-31791205463235309442012-05-31T14:13:00.006-07:002012-05-31T17:52:22.683-07:00Radio Interview with SLANZA PresidentIn an interview recorded by Radio Rhema on Wednesday, SLANZA President Fiona Mackie spoke passionately about libraries, both in our schools and in our communities.<br /><br />Entitled, <strong><em>School Libraries a waste? </em></strong>the thrust of this interview relates to the fact that across the ditch in Australia, the government has spent 4 billion dollars building new school libraries across the country and that this now appears to be going to waste. According to reports, many Australian schools are now saying they're phasing out their entire catalogue of books and all their shelving because pupils are researching on line and reading e-books instead. (For more on the Australian school library situation, visit <a href="http://bit.ly/KvRnGL">The Hub</a>.)<br /><br />Fiona was asked to share her persective, which she did very succinctly, from how librarians are in the best position to help students navigate their way through the research mire to how e-books aren't quite the same as their print versions when it comes to cuddling up with your favourite youngster for story time. To hear Fiona talk about this and more in just 5 minutes click on <a href="http://bit.ly/KBZxgY">this link</a>.Senga Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09396723095428011388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937289800667706411.post-69417209150304549812012-05-27T13:38:00.001-07:002012-05-27T13:38:52.126-07:00SLANZA Award nominations now openSLANZA 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.<br />
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At the National Executive meeting in March it was decided that we should re-instate annual SLANZA Awards and present at every AGM rather than just at conference. This year's AGM is in Wellington on 21 July. Nominations are open now and close 21 June.<br />
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The Award's are listed below:<br />
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Award of merit for information literacy<br />
Award of merit for literacy and enjoyment of reading<br />
Award of merit for promotion<br />
Award of merit for research<br />
Award of merit for library assistant<br />
Principal's award<br />
Certificate of appreciation<br />
Certificate of recognition<br />
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Please consider those around you who are worthy of recognition and either nominate them or encourage them to apply.<br />
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For information about eligibility criteria, and how to apply or nominate someone for an award go to <a href="http://slanza.org.nz/awards.html" target="_blank">http://slanza.org.nz/awards.<wbr></wbr>html</a> .<br />
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Please note the cut off for nominations will be Thursday 21 June and the new SLANZA mailing address is:<br />
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Lily O'Donovan<br />
SLANZA Executive Officer<br />
c/- PO Box 27 321<br />
Wellington 6011<br />
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<a href="mailto:slanza@xtra.co.nz">slanza@xtra.co.nz</a><br />
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Please contact me if you require any further information.<br />
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Lisa Salter<br />
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RLIANZA<br />
Library Manager<br />
Ruawai College and Community Library<br />
PO Box 7, Ruawai 0549<br />
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Phone 09 439 2216<br />
<a href="mailto:lsalter@ruawaicollege.school.nz">lsalter@ruawaicollege.school.<wbr></wbr>nz</a><br />
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SLANZA Te Tai Tokerau representative<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">SLANZA is pleased to offer Honorary Life
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announce the launch of Business Memberships for those businesses who would<br />
like to enter into a productive relationship with our members.<br />
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Features and benefits to for all Business Memberships include article/s in SLANZA Collected Magazine with your logo and a live link to your website or current promotion on a banner at the bottom of the article’s page.<br />
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Our magazine Collected has a readership of over 800 with more than 10,000 unique page views per issue. Our readers are mainly from New Zealand but we also have readers in the UK, USA and Australia. Collected is developing as a leading source of information for school librarians in New<br />
Zealand. This is your opportunity to reach those readers and inform them of an idea, trend or service that may interest them.<br />
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The article must be informational, providing reviews or commentary on new products or innovations, and will not be a paid advertisement.<br />
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The most recent issue of Collected is available to read at http://www.slanza.org.nz/collected.html<br />
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We are offering four tiers of membership:<br />
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Platinum Membership - Top Shelf -<br />
* An article in all three issues of Collected each year.<br />
* Your logo/link live on a banner on the bottom of the article page. * Your logo/<br />
link live on a banner on the "Join Now membership" page of our website.<br />
* The opportunity to provide promotional material at one PD event for each<br />
region over the year.<br />
Annual Membership $500.00**<br />
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Gold Membership - Circulator -<br />
* An article in three issues of Collected each year.<br />
* Your logo/link live on a banner on the bottom of the article page. Annual<br />
Membership fee $350.00<br />
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Silver Membership - Reserved<br />
* An article in two issues of Collected<br />
* Live logo/link on banner on the bottom of the article page.<br />
Annual Membership fee $275.00<br />
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Bronze Membership - Periodical<br />
* An article in one issue of Collected<br />
* Live logo/link on banner on the bottom of the article page.<br />
Annual Membership fee $150.00<br />
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Membership forms are available on the SLANZA website under “join now” </div><div style="text-align: justify;">http://www.slanza.org.nz/businessmembership.html.<br />
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For further details, questions or suggestions please contact Lisa Salter<br />
ruawailibrary@gmail.com or phone 021 116 1080.<br />
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** the first 2012 issue of Collected is nearly ready. If you do not join prior to our<br />
first issue in 2012 you may join as Top Shelf for the adjusted price of $425.00.<br />
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Lisa Salter<br />
Te Tai Tokerau SLANZA National Executive Representative<br />
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lsalter@ruawaicollege.school.nz</div>pintsizelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18067236068769197544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937289800667706411.post-75089934739185980612012-04-04T19:20:00.002-07:002012-04-04T19:32:04.478-07:00Current National Library Survey<span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Hi-</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Thank you to everyone who has already done this year's National Library Profile survey. If you haven't had time to complete this years survey I am writing to beg you to do it today.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">We all need good information to support our libraries and our roles in schools. To do this we need solid facts to base our goals and arguments on. Last year's survey did not get enough response to provide these vital statistics. To me that was a year lost of opportunities to see where my school fits in the realm of things. I want my reports/goals to be able to compare where I am with the rest of NZ. I want my reports/goals to have valid information to base realistic goals on and I want my reports/goals to celebrate all the things that I and my supporters (BOT, Sr Mgmt, students) are doing above average. Without a significant response to the survey from NZ school library staff, this will not happen. So PLEASE take the time to complete the survey urgently! Information below:</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">School Library Profile Survey 2012</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Services to Schools provide support to all New Zealand schools, helping schools develop quality library services that support your students.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">The annual school survey enables us to fulfill two important goals; to build a nationwide picture of NZ school libraries and to ensure we have current information about your school library. The collated information will help us shape our current and future services.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">We invite the person with library management responsibility to complete this survey. It takes about 10 minutes to complete this survey. The survey will be online until 31 March 2012.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://schools.natlib.govt.nz/national-library-annual-school-library-profile-survey-2012">Survey link</a><br style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">If you have problems accessing the survey online there is a </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://schools.natlib.govt.nz/news.">pdf</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> version available for print at http://schools.natlib.govt.nz/news</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">All the best for the Easter holidays. I look forward to catching up with you all next term.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Lisa Salter - RLIANZA</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Library Manager</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Ruawai College and Community Library</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937289800667706411.post-60331091173150387792012-03-19T18:01:00.001-07:002012-03-19T18:01:26.044-07:00Professional Development Survey 2012We all know change is constant and we now live in a time of exponential change. There are few professions that have been unaffected by these changes and school librarianship is no exception. Professional development (PD) is a necessary response to these rapid changes.<br />
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Professional development enables us to maintain and improve our technical knowledge, professional skills and competencies. We have seen a number of instances in recent times where school librarian positions have been threatened. PD is an important way to support the viability of our changing roles both within our schools and publicly. It is important to keep abreast of the developments in the field of school librarianship and meet the challenges that face our profession.<br />
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SLANZA is committed to providing you with professional development opportunities to develop your potential and keep up with the rapid changes in school libraries. Since its inception, SLANZA has offered opportunities for learning through both formal and informal networking events. We would like a better understanding of your professional development needs so that we can make informed decisions as to the content and delivery methods of future professional development programmes.<br />
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<a href="http://goo.gl/TGF2Y" target="_blank"><b>Please take a few minutes to answer the questions in this anonymous survey</b></a> - your responses are important to us. SLANZA looks forward to providing you with relevant and good quality opportunities that support your professional development.<br />
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Bharathi CharMiriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18008805134443395191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937289800667706411.post-70580880696142459152012-03-19T14:59:00.004-07:002012-03-19T15:08:23.582-07:00Professional Development SurveyIn an attempt to gather information on our members' needs regarding Professional Development, SLANZA National Executive has prepared a survey to gauge your specific needs.<br /><br />To make sure you contribute to us providing the best opportunities we can, please take just a couple of minutes of your time to fill out the survey by clicking on this link <a href="http://goo.gl/TGF@Y">http://goo.gl/TGF@Y</a><br /><br />We value all feedback and will use it to guide us in our work both regionally and nationally.Senga Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09396723095428011388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937289800667706411.post-42885228981000696912012-03-03T20:01:00.000-08:002012-03-03T20:01:13.783-08:00Latest news from National Executive<b>National Executive meeting 3 March 2012</b><br />
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The National Executive team met this weekend, partly in Wellington as originally planned, and partly online via Skype. Fiona suffered an injury to her foot just over a week ago, so was planning to chair the meeting from a comfortable chair at home, and Senga and I were affected by flight cancellations related to the weather 'bomb' that hit the North Island over the weekend. So it was an interesting experiment, one that we had been talking about trialling as an alternative to some face-to-face meetings anyway. On the face of it, as you will see from the following update, we still managed to cover a lot of ground, and we will be evaluating the experience as one way to potentially save costs. So here goes!<br />
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Advocacy<br />
We have the opportunity to bring Dr Ross Todd to New Zealand in July to deliver his one day seminar on evidence-based practice. Fiona will be going out to the listserv for feedback tomorrow, so please respond to that message so that we can make our decision based on the feedback we receive. It is not a cheap or simple exercise to bring seminars or experts like Todd to our shores, so we will be relying on solid feedback from members before making this decision.<br />
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The advocacy templates that are being prepared by the Advocacy team are almost ready to go up on the SLANZA website. Letters to Principals, BOTs, and others, advocating for school libraries, are in their final draft form and will be with NE members shortly for final feedback. They will be on the website by the end of this term.<br />
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Professional development<br />
Conference planning is progressing nicely, the over-arching idea has been established, the underlying themes pulled out, and the venue is booked. A wish-list of presenters and keynote speakers is waiting in the wings for follow-up. Look for major announcements coming very soon via the website, listserv and regional communication channels. Well done to the hard-working Wellington team.<br />
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The final draft of the professional development survey received its last tweaks this weekend, and will be embedded on the website on 19 March. This will be widely publicised. We encourage you to spend a few minutes completing the survey so that we can see where the gaps and needs for professional development are, and work with you to seek or provide appropriate training and resources.<br />
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Communications<br />
Planning for the next issue of Collected is well in hand, and a final call for contributions will be issued in the second week of March. It will be published early in Term Two, and is on the theme of content curation.<br />
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Miriam shared the progress she has made with the next stage of our website upgrade, and it is looking really good. This upgrade will allow more people to contribute to upkeep, thereby spreading the load, and helping to protect our organisation from risk as NE members step down from the role. <br />
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Discussions about the wiki and its place in our communications strategy have begun in earnest, and some initial decisions have been made. Key players in the wiki scene will be approached to be involved in the work that is planned. Expect more on this soon.<br />
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Several blog posts have been scheduled for the remainder of this term so make sure that you are subscribed so that you don't miss these updates.<br />
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Business<br />
The hardworking business portfolio team are nearing completion on the business membership project. Watch for an announcement on the listserv very soon. Discussion about life memberships is continuing, and a resolution has been made that SLANZA will be reinstating annual awards. These will be given at conference, as has been the practice in recent years, and we will resume the practice of giving awards at the AGM in the intervening year. Again, watch for announcements on the website, blog and listserv. <br />
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The National Executive will meet again, probably in July, depending on decisions made about the Dr Ross Todd seminars. If you would like more information about any of the matters mentioned here, please contact your regional representative. Their contact details can be found on the <a href="http://www.slanza.org.nz/structure.html" target="_blank">SLANZA website</a>.<br />
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Kind regards<br />
Donna Watt<br />
Communications Leaderpintsizelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18067236068769197544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937289800667706411.post-24561372222483792072012-02-28T22:59:00.000-08:002012-02-28T22:59:18.840-08:00SLANZA Central PD dayWe are very excited to bring you the details of our <em>fantastic</em> day of professional learning and networking, to be held on <strong>Saturday 17th of March</strong>, at Te Manawa, in Palmerston North. We have secured some wonderful speakers:<br />
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<li><em>Donna Watt, Technical Services Manager at Invercargill City Libraries and also SLANZA’s Communications team leader</em><br />Donna will be our keynote speaker, and will continue sharing her skills and knowledge during a workshop session later in the day. Donna’s sessions at last year’s SLANZA conference were hugely popular, really inspirational, and full of practical ideas that you can put to use right away in your library.</li>
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<li><em>Paul du Temple from Wheelers</em><br />Paul will be demonstrating and sharing details of their eBook platform. Don’t miss this face-to-face opportunity to keep up with what’s happening on the eBook front for school libraries in NZ.</li>
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<li><em>Warwick Taylor, Digital Services Librarian at Palmerston North City Library</em><br />Warwick will be presenting a “Technology Playground”, showcasing a range of electronic devices and how these can be used in the library.</li>
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In addition, we’ve included time for those attending to network and share information, to “show and tell” what’s going on in their libraries, discuss current issues, and learn from each-other, because we know how important this kind of peer support can be for school library staff.<br />
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All this, plus lunch, for only $20 (SLANZA members) or $30 for non-members.
So mark the date in your diary now, you won’t want to miss it!<br />
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Included here are the schedule for the day, including information about the speakers, and a registration form:<br />
<a href="http://slanzacentralnz.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/central-region-slanza-day-2012.pdf">Central Region SLANZA Day 2012</a> (pdf)<br />
<a href="http://slanzacentralnz.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/slanza-day-registration-form.doc">SLANZA Day registration form</a> (Word document)<br />
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For catering purposes, we ask that you please complete the registration form and <strong>return your info to Joyce Richards at Nga Tawa by the 7th of March</strong> (<a href="mailto:richardsjoyce@ngatawa.school.nz">richardsjoyce@ngatawa.school.nz</a>)<br />
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If you’d like any further information, please contact either <a href="mailto:miriam@russellst.school.nz">Miriam</a> or Joyce directly.Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18008805134443395191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937289800667706411.post-35445071752589764342012-02-21T10:04:00.003-08:002012-02-21T10:13:21.458-08:00February 22nd 2011Today Christchurch, we are with you more than ever before - in our hearts, memories, thoughts and prayers. We think of those who have lost loved ones, homes, possessions, livelihoods, their way of life and peace of mind, and hope that one day the pain will lessen and ease.<br />We will stand with you in silence at 12.51 now and always.<br />Kia kaha Christchurch and arohanui to our library whanau.Fiona Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16300348621356174397noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937289800667706411.post-31352240304025987602012-01-25T12:28:00.000-08:002012-01-25T12:28:23.849-08:00A great blog post from a Principal who actively supports literacyHello to those of you who are back on deck. This is going to be the year for school library advocacy, I can feel it in my bones! Here's a great way to start your year. Share this <a href="http://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/top-ten-practices-for-principles-to-promote-literacy-in-school/">Principal's blog post</a> with your Principal on the first day back.<br />
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The writer is a school principal who makes it his business to walk the talk of literacy. He is a reader, knows it and shows it, and expects his teachers to be readers, too. How can we expect kids to be readers and life-long learners if we don't ALL model those behaviours every day?<br />
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If literacy is identified as a priority in your school, you could use a blog post like this to get the conversation started, and perhaps ask that your Principal supports you by choosing something from this list that he or she could do. It might be that you make the approach by having an outline of the ways that you model your commitment to literacy and ask the Principal's advice on how that might be extended to staff, using the examples from the blog post. Or you might approach it by creating your own list of suggestions, and ask that the Principal, your TLR or a literacy leader in the school works with you to explore ways to bring staff and the school community on board.<br />
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Maybe you could use this example as a template for the first of your regular contributions to the school newsletter, offering families some ideas about how they can support literacy at home. This is the perfect time of year to explain to families that, unless their children spent time reading over the summer, they will have lost ground on their reading scores - again, the perfect start to a conversation.<br />
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Any of these methods would allow you to present yourself as a leader in your school, which is the best first step in library advocacy. So put your shy and modest self back in the closet, and choose the new, assertive, confident and professional version instead. L'Oreal says it best - You're worth it. Now show the world what you have to offer.<br />
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All the best for 2012<br />
Our year of advocacy<br />
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Donna Wattpintsizelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18067236068769197544noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937289800667706411.post-7744468975775749662011-12-08T13:35:00.000-08:002011-12-08T13:37:49.107-08:00The Dreaded Stock Take and End of Year Reporting<span style="color:#000000;background-font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;color:transparent;" ></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;" id="internal-source-marker_0.20658516825020512">Since I’ve been in the library at my school I’ve been working towards streamlining the stock take process here. </span><br /><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The first thing l did was relabel the entire library as the barcodes were inside the back cover of the books, meaning each book had to be taken off the shelf and opened to scan, what a waste of time! I used relabeling as an opportunity to look at the collection, weed and recover those in need, so it took me over a year to complete. </span><br /><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Secondly I looked at the timing of stocktake. I felt that if I could get the scanning out of the way sooner, I’d be able to work on reports and trying to find “missing” books. I had heard of school’s who did theirs during break between terms 2 and 3, but my EO wouldn’t allow this as the timing would effect the stock value. So, I have slowly worked back from Week 9 and this week completed in Week 5, phew this really takes the pressure off making- me a much happier and less stressed library manager.</span><br /><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Now because I am not rushed or stressed I have time to actually look at all the statistics my library programme can produce. What a wonderful resource. I just looked at borrowing by year level and by sex, then I worked out the average borrowed and found that the girls borrow 62% of all issues. This is interesting and leaves me with questions and the possibility of setting targets/goals around the information. There are stats to support me in many ways now that I have time to analyze them properly and I can share with departments in a positive way. Used strategically the results could increase support from teachers and promote the value of the library and it’s contribution to student achievement. </span><br /><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Next I am starting on my annual report to the BOT, without the rush. I try to make my reports relevant, informative and readable. The key is to make it as short as possible but to jam pack all the information I want to share and celebrate. I use graphs, photos and try and relate to schools goals and strategic plan. I want the BOT to see how relevant and worthwhile my work is and I want them to know that the investment they make in the library is paying off in many useful ways. </span><br /><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">This year I did research on NZ school library reporting and there were two notable things I learned. Firstly don’t write a book, no one will read it. Boards are bogged down enough with important bits to read, if you want to make an impact make it short and to the point. Secondly, no matter what your school expects do not write a short breezy letter, take the time to report properly, never complain and try to relate your information to the school’s goals.</span><br /><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Enough from me, I’m off to impress my BOT and make them happy to have me looking after their library and using it to improve student achievement as much as I can.</span><br /><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Lisa Salter</span><br /><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Te Tai Tokerau National Executive Representative</span><br /><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Ruawai College Library Manager</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937289800667706411.post-36205679882862401142011-11-19T11:46:00.000-08:002011-11-19T11:46:21.673-08:00SLANZA Wellington Region Workshop Sept 2011<i><b>She has me fired up now! </b></i><br /> <br />This is the comment of one of the participants who attended our annual Saturday morning professional development in September. The themes were “Advocating for your school library” and E-learning. Forty seven people attended the workshop and went away with many new ideas for how to promote their libraries (Donna Watt and Miriam Tuohy) as well as issues around technology enhanced learning (Paul du Temple, Jason Murphy and Tom Avery). <br /><br />Donna Watt as a keynote speaker was a definite drawcard. Donna is the communications person on the National Executive of SLANZA and has had many years experience in school libraries. Her message was appropriate to both primary and secondary school library staff and teachers. We recommend that she is invited to share her advocacy ideas to members around the country. Miriam Tuohy (Nat Exec member) ran a workshop after Donna’s keynote and reinforced the ideas, giving relevant and useful advice for untrained library staff who are just starting out in a primary school. Remember you are not alone in this work! <br /><br />Here is some more feedback on the presentations. <br /><ul>
<li><i>Lots of ideas/approaches to investigate. Change my approach – accentuate the positive. Emphasis on how I work and what I do. </i></li>
<li><i>So many practical ideas to take back to school. </i></li>
<li><i>Great speaker, have gained some good ideas to work on. </i></li>
<li><i>This was absolutely wonderful! </i></li>
<li><i>Very inspiring. Really made me think how our library is perceived by others. </i></li>
<li><i>Excellent speaker. Challenging. </i></li>
<li><i>Practical ideas for e-books in the school library environment. </i></li>
<li><i>Excellent. Helped a lot to understand how all this works. </i></li>
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Thanks again to our presenters. Contact your local SLANZA regional rep to organize Donna Watt for a professional development meeting in 2012.<div>
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Michele Whiting</div>
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SLANZA National Executive representative</div>
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Wellington region</div>Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18008805134443395191noreply@blogger.com0