SLANZA Awards

SLANZA has launched a series of awards for its members to:-

• encourage innovation and excellence in school libraries
• share the successes in our school library community
• foster high morale in school libraries
• raise the profile of school libraries in New Zealand
  
  There is also the Certificate of Recognition which recognises significant or special services to SLANZA or outstanding contributions to school librarainship or school libraries in New Zealand.

Apply for an award, or nominate a colleague whom you think meets the criteria of the SLANZA Awards. Don't be guilty of the tall poppy syndrome - celebrate success and achievement in our school library community. Look at the links below

• SLANZA AWARD OF MERIT FOR INFORMATION LITERACY
• SLANZA AWARD OF MERIT FOR LITERACY and ENJOYMENT OF READING
• SLANZA AWARD OF MERIT FOR PROMOTION
• SLANZA AWARD OF MERIT FOR RESEARCH
• SLANZA AWARD OF MERIT FOR LIBRARY ASSISTANT
• SLANZA PRINCIPALS AWARD
• SLANZA CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
• SLANZA CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION

Click here to read the citations for the 2006 awards presented at the Nelson conference held in July.

The SLANZA awards committee bestowed these awards at the SLANZA conference in Wellington in July 2007.

SLANZA Award of Merit for Information Literacy
Jan Foote, Auckland Girls' Grammar, Auckland now Australia
Adaire Hannah, Wellington High School
Robenanne Lucas, Waimauku School, Auckland

SLANZA Award of Merit for Library Assistants
Liz Christensen, Kerikeri Primary School, Kerikeri
Christine Pedersen, Wellington High School, Wellington

SLANZA Award of Merit for Promotion
Bridget Schaumann, Kings' High School, Dunedin
Robbie Wathne, Rongotai College, Wellington

SLANZA Award of Merit for the Promotion of Literacy and Enjoyment of Reading
Judy Bloomfield and Jo Nicol, Upper Hutt College, Upper Hutt
Barbara Newman, St. Cuthberts' College, Auckland
Senga Watson, James Hargest High School, Invercargill

SLANZA Award of Merit for Research
Adaire Hannah, Wellington High School
Liz Probert, University of Auckland
Jill Stotter, University of Auckland

SLANZA Principals Award
Larry Ching, Waimea College, Nelson
Rory O'Rourke, Kaito Middle School, Rotorua

SLANZA Certificate of Recognition
EPIC Goverance Group (EGG)

EPIC Goverance Group receiving their SLANZA Certificate of Recognition at the
Wellington Conference, July 2007

Information about the Awards Committee.

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updated 1/8/07