Wow, we must have hit on a nerve out there. We offered our new online PD course yesterday hoping to get 15 people and we now have more than 15 people! This is after less than 24 hours. So we are closing the applications now for the first session, and will consider how we can expand the programme.

Thank you for your support, your enthusiasm and your understanding.  We will get back to you soon.

Lisa Salter RLIANZA
SLANZA Communications Leader

Last year we surveyed our members about the type of Professional Development you’d like. The results were overwhelming - 80% of respondents wanted PD about online tools, well ahead of every other category in the survey.

SLANZA’s professional development team have been working on ways to meet this need with PD that is not expensive or too time consuming, and we’re very pleased to announce Level 1 of our online PD initiative “SLANZA Connected Librarians”.

In this course you will learn about a selection of online tools to use and to share with your school community. Topics include professional reading, social bookmarking, community connections, and more.

This course is designed by New Zealand school librarians, for school librarians - those just starting out with online tools, who are ready and willing to try new things.

The course is free for SLANZA members. Registrations are open now, but places are limited to the first 15 registrations; those people will receive their invitation to our learning community in Week 2 of Term 2, and the course begins in Week 3 of Term 2.

More information about the course, including online registration, is available here.

Calling all school library business associates. Would you like to support the good work that SLANZA does for New Zealand School libraries? Now is your chance! Go to http://www.slanza.org.nz/business-membership.html and check out all the information. We would love to have you as a partner.

Conference Grants Applications Open

Would you like to attend conference but finances are an issue? Now is the time to apply for financial assistance from the National Executive.  Smaller regions have been allocated two and larger regions three conference grants which will pay for your conference registration.  Travel, accommodation and associated costs will be your own responsibility, but don’t let this be a barrier as there are plenty of budget options and opportunities to share with other members.  Successful applicants will provide a report about their conference experience for the Term 3 issue of Collected.


Please apply in writing to your regional representative by Friday May 10 stating how attending conference will support your personal learning goals, why you require financial assistance, whether you have attended a SLANZA conference before and if you have you received a grant before.  Preference will be given to first time attendees, those who have not received a grant before and cases of genuine financial hardship.

Go to our website for your region's contact details:  http://www.slanza.org.nz/contact.html

On behalf of the School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (SLANZA), I invite you to submit a quote for producing our magazine "Collected", published three times each year.

Linked below is a brief which outlines the specifications for this project. We would welcome a re-design of the magazine, provided it is in keeping with a professional publication such as this, and that it complements our existing web presence.