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31/3/2020

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Good morning everyone
 
SLANZA acknowledges and celebrates members proactiveness in arranging online resources for our school communities during this extraordinary time. 
 
We are aware of the International movement of librarians reading books aloud and posting on their school's social media accounts. However, SLANZA is unsure of the copyright issues involved in Aotearoa New Zealand and we are currently looking into this issue. We will get back to you as soon as possible to clarify this.
 
Meantime, SLANZA requests that members please refrain from posting reading videos online. 
 
Thank you
Julia 
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SLANZA 2020 Conference postponement

23/3/2020

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Kia ora koutou,
After careful consideration the SLANZA 2020 Conference Committee have decided to postpone the SLANZA 2020 Conference until next year. While it is disappointing that we will not be celebrating our 20th birthday altogether in September, we think a 21st birthday party next year will be an opportunity for a wonderful celebratory, inspiring and educational event (which by then we will all deserve). 
The Conference will now take place in Wellington during the 2021 October school holidays from Sunday 3rd October to Wednesday 6th October, 2021. 
We are working together with Conference Innovators to secure the same venue and Keynote Speakers for next year. Thank you to those who have offered to present workshops, the expertise offered has been of a very high calibre and we will be in contact with you shortly to reconfirm your availability for the new date. 
Those people who have already registered and paid will be contacted shortly with the following options:
  1. roll over your registration and payment to 2021, or
  2. assign your registration to another person, or 
  3. request a full refund less an administration fee of $150. 
We are hopeful that you will be happy to roll over your registration to next year, as we have incurred some expenditure at this late stage in our planning process. Please note, refunds will take a few weeks to process. 
Conference Innovators will also be in touch with anyone who has accommodation booked through the registration process and will give you the option to keep it in case you still wish to utilise that booking for a mini-break in the Capital. If you have booked accommodation outside of the registration process, you will need to contact the provider directly to discuss options.
If you have registered for Conference but not yet paid, you have the option to pay now (if you have approval for this PD expenditure out of your 2020 budget), or to pay early next year out of your 2021 budget.
The good news is the earlybird registration date has been extended and will remain open until April 2021, which now means you have potentially two years of budget available to secure your spot. If you haven’t yet registered you could do this now. We will hold the current prices for 2021.
Any questions regarding registration can be directed to Raewyn at Conference Innovators (raewyn@conference.nz) or Conference Co convenors Helen Muxlow (hmuxlow@kwns.school.nz) and Clare Forrest (c.forrest@raroa.school.nz). 
We encourage you to look after yourselves and your whānau. Keep being a part of the fabulous support network that are school librarians, and show everyone how important we are!
Ngā mihi nui
Helen Muxlow
Convenor
SLANZA 2020 Committee
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SLANZA Communique March 2020

19/3/2020

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 The National Executive met last weekend, 6-8 March, in Wellington. Below is a summary of some of the discussions covered at the meeting. This communique is to keep members up to date with the work being done on their behalf by the National Executive.  
 
National Executive team 
National Executive would like to welcome two new members to our team. Both from the South Island, Michelle Summerfield joins us representing Otago, while Aoraki has a new representative in Maree Silver-Hessey. Sally Stanley-Boden has retired from SLANZA and the position of Treasurer has been filled by Maree. We thank Sally for many years overseeing our financial management. In addition, while Auckland’s representative Sharon Jackson takes a leave of absence, we are fortunate to gain Elizabeth Atkinson.  
 
Membership 
Huge thank you to those members who have already paid their 2020 membership – your prompt payment is appreciated. If you haven’t been invoiced yet, please contact Melanie  
 
Campaign 
We are planning an advocacy campaign called School Libraries Transform to promote the value and necessity of every student having access to a school library, supported by a specialist librarian with a budget and hours to provide a high-functioning learning environment within all school communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. More information will be available soon and we encourage you to contact your local National Executive representative if you would like to help. Meantime, you are welcome to start using the hashtag #SchoolLibrariesTransform 
   
Collected Magazine 
An opportunity has arisen for the role of Editor for our online Collected magazine. A small remuneration is available for each issue. We are also seeking proof-readers. If you are interested in either of these roles, please contact our Administration Officer, Melanie 
We are currently accepting articles, book reviews, and business member submissions for our next issue, School Libraries Transform: Professional Learning and Advocating for School Libraries. Please consider contributing to our magazine; articles must be submitted to the Editor by 30 April 2020. 
 
Connected Online Learning 
The first online learning module is underway with 45 members participating. Connected online courses are free for SLANZA members and are another option for school library staff to extend our learning. Clare Forrest leads the NE Professional Development team that have created the three modules we will be offering to members this year: 
Term 1 – Advocacy – School Library Appreciation and Promotion 
Term 2 – Media Literacy and Fake News in an Election Year 
Term 3 – Library Assistants 
 
Facebook Community  
Last year we migrated from our Google+ site to Facebook. We have a public Facebook page that is populated with SLANZA events, news and information. We also run a Facebook group called SLANZA Connected Community which is exclusive to SLANZA members and provides a platform for members to connect and communicate in a safe, closed community. We run professional development topics here and encourage our members to share resources, ask questions and join in robust discussions.  
 
Listserv 
The SLANZA Listserv is an open platform, not restricted to members, and we use this medium to help and support all our colleagues. Michelle Summerfield leads our new Listserv coordinators. Our thanks go to Bridget Schaumann, Carole Gardiner and Steph Ellis who have looked after it for so many years.  
 
President Elect 
SLANZA National Executive is calling for nominations for the position of President Elect. The President Elect is successor to the President and is a one-year term from September 2020 to September 2021 when they will take over the role of SLANZA President from Glenys Bichan. The position requires this person to aid and support the current President while gaining an insight into the functions of the Presidential role of SLANZA. It also requires an in-depth understanding of the workings of SLANZA and its stakeholders. Please use the Nomination Form - nominations close Thursday 9 April 2020. 
We wish to advise you of National Executive’s nomination of Sasha Eastwood-Bennit for the position of President Elect.   
 
SLANZA Awards 
A heads up – the call for nominations for SLANZA awards to recognise excellence, success and achievement within school libraries will open July 1. Criteria for each award can be found on the Awards Page on the SLANZA website. Please consider nominating your exceptional colleagues. Nominations, along with all the required documentation, may be forwarded to admin@slanza.org.nz during July and August, with nominations closing August 31, 2020.  Awards will be presented at the upcoming National Conference in Wellington. 
 
National Library Survey 
Thank you once again to all our members who participated in the National Library survey. As a non-profit organisation we are extremely fortunate to have access to the findings of this survey, as it provides valuable information for National Executive to work from. On that note, we wish to acknowledge the tremendous amount of work that Miriam Tuohy spent in drafting, collating, interpreting and presenting the report.   
 
NZEI Pay Equity Claim 
We are thrilled for our Teacher Aide colleagues whose negotiations for a pay equity settlement concluded in February 2020 and is now going through a Government sign-off process. We are working alongside NZEI for our own pay equity claim. 
 
SLANZA National Executive would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your ongoing commitment to SLANZA and wish you all a great year. We will continue to work on your behalf and ensure that the voice of school libraries from all over the country are heard. 
 
Julia Smith 
NE Communications 
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 Julia Smith BAppSci (LIS)
Librarian
Kerikeri High School
SLANZA National Executive rep for Te Tai Tokerau 

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SLANZA 2020 Conference Keynote announcement

11/3/2020

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Kia ora koutou school librarians and lovers of school libraries
We are very excited to be able to tell you about two of our keynotes for the SLANZA 2020 Conference:

Scot Gardner
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Especially for secondary school librarians, I know that being able to listen to and meet Scot Gardner will be a highlight of this conference. This wonderful Australian author writes moving and heartfelt books for teenagers (and the rest of us) - if you haven’t read one of his books yet, do it now and join his fan club. If you need recommendations for your reluctant but ‘perfectly capable of reading’ boys, give them one of Scot’s books.
 Scot will be doing a workshop, as well as presenting a keynote, so make sure you register and are ready to choose your workshops early, as they will fill up quickly.
Scot has been writing for young people since last century. His books are mostly about misfits making peace with the world, death and love. He came to writing down a long winding path of careers including landscape gardening, massage and counselling, professional music, teaching, waiting tables and driving delivery trucks. Changing Gear is his eighteenth novel in as many years and his backlist includes award-winning and internationally acclaimed books such as Burning Eddy, The Dead I Know and Sparrow. He has a bristling fascination for the natural world.
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​Toby Morris
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Toby Morris can do it all - write, illustrate, create wonderful instantly recognisable graphic novels and cartoons, and all with an intelligent clarity and compassion that is enormously impressive. The graphic novel Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Te Reo and English (which he collaborated on) is a must have for every school library, if not every school classroom also. And if your students are ever studying social issues, they need to delve into Toby’s non-fiction comic 
series The Side Eye  to be challenged to think more deeply, while being entertained.
Toby Morris has published two children’s books and is a regular contributor to the School Journal. Watch his series Two Sketches to get to know him better and learn about other New Zealand cartoonists and artists
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School library coverage on RNZ

4/3/2020

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Following the release of the 2019 ​national survey of NZ's school libraries there was some coverage on RNZ this morning about the importance of school librarians in our schools in NZ Aotearoa. Listen to SLANZA's support of our roles and our libraries.
School librarians want statutory protection, guaranteed funding
School librarians call for protection against funding cuts
School librarians want guaranteed funding
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