 SLANZA 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. Therefore the Slanza National Executive would like to call for nominations for our Awards of Excellence, and Life Membership to be presented at the upcoming Otago Regional Conference in September at Otago Girls’ High School, Dunedin. Further information about the criteria for each award can be found on the Awards page on the SLANZA website.
As always, the awards are presented at the discretion of the Awards Committee. Please send all nominations with all the required documentation to admin@slanza.org.nz no later than Monday 27th August 2018.
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September 28 - 30, 2018 Dunedin Announcing Kyle Mewburn as our Friday evening guest speaker We are delighted to announce that beloved New Zealand children’s book author Kyle Mewburn will be the guest speaker at the conference’s Friday night event (kindly sponsored by the New Zealand Book Council). Kyle is joining us for a relaxed chat about all things children's books. Kyle is fun and chatty and a great friend to the school library community and we expect a great deal of laughing and chortling - a great start to what we hope will be a weekend full of this, along with some great professional learning. Attendance at the Friday night session is included in your conference registration. To register, please visit the conference websiteand complete the online registration form. Registrations and fees are due before 10th September, but your early registration and payment would be much appreciated. You will also find details of keynote speakers, our lovely venue, and the weekend’s programme on the website. Please be aware that while some changes to the programme may still occur between now and September, the start and finish times for each day will remain as they are now. We are still finalising details of workshop presentations and these will be added to the website in due course. Once these are all confirmed, everyone who has registered will be contacted to make their workshop selections. Every effort will be made to ensure that all delegates are entered into the workshops of their choice but in the case of workshop sessions being full, preference will be given to those who have already paid their registration fee. We have a specialist travel broker, Adam Pope, working with us for this conference. He can help you with accommodation and flight bookings for a good price. Please click here to enquire or make a booking through him, if you have not already made your travel arrangements. We are still accepting conference sponsors and trade exhibitors. If you would be interested in either of these options, please contact the co-conveners Bridget Schaumann (sc@kingshigh.school.nz) or Carole Gardiner (caroleg@queens.school.nz). We look forward to seeing you in Dunedin in September. The SLANZA Otago Regional Conference Committee would like to thank the following for their sponsorship and support of this conference: Accessit (Major Sponsor) Library Tech NZ SCIS Hydestor The New Zealand Book Council Adam Pope (The Travel Brokers) University Book Shop SLANZA Otago Regional Conference Committee Slanzaotago-conference2018.weebly.com  Hi everyone, FYI, the conference committee has just updated our cancellation policy. We sincerely hope that no one has to cancel their registration, but we understand that things can happen that are outside our control. Should that be the case, please refer to our cancellation policy below (and maybe file this away for future reference, just in case). Kind regards, Carole (on behalf of the SLANZA Otago Regional Conference Committee) SLANZA Otago Regional Conference 2018 Cancellation Policy: Cancellations must be received at least 3 clear working days prior to the event, due to catering and other bookings. Cancellations after this time will not be refunded. Someone else may attend in your place if you are no longer able to be at the conference, but you must notify the conference committee of the change as soon as possible. 'The latest issue of Collected is now available to all members and non members. It's a great issue focusing on Collaboration and can be found under the Collected Tab of the SLANZA web page. We hope you enjoy the latest issue
Greig Daniels, Editor  Otago Regional Conference September 28 - 30, 2018 Dunedin Registrations are now open We are pleased to announce that we are now taking registrations for the SLANZA Otago Regional Conference to be held in Dunedin this September. To register, please visit the conference website and complete the online registration form. Registrations and fees are due before 21st September, but your early registration and payment would be much appreciated. You will also find details of keynote speakers, our lovely venue, and the weekend’s programme on the website. Please be aware that while some changes to the programme may still occur between now and September, the start and finish times for each day will remain as they are now. We are still finalising details of workshop presentations and these will be added to the website in due course. Once these are all confirmed, everyone who has registered will be contacted to make their workshop selections. Every effort will be made to ensure that all delegates are entered into the workshops of their choice but in the case of workshop sessions being full, preference will be given to those who have already paid their registration fee. We have a specialist travel broker, Adam Pope, working with us for this conference. He can help you with accommodation and flight bookings for a good price. Please click here to enquire or make a booking through him, if you have not already made your travel arrangements. We are still accepting conference sponsors and trade exhibitors. If you would be interested in either of these options, please contact the co-conveners Bridget Schaumann (sc@kingshigh.school.nz) or Carole Gardiner (caroleg@queens.school.nz). We look forward to seeing you in Dunedin in September. The SLANZA Otago Regional Conference Committee would like to thank the following for their sponsorship and support of this conference: Accessit (Major Sponsor) Library Tech NZ SCIS Hydestor The New Zealand Book Council Adam Pope (The Travel Brokers) SLANZA Otago Regional Conference Committee slanzaotago-conference2018.weebly.com  SLANZA is delighted to have taken the opportunity to be regional cup sponsors of Annie White’s Readers Cup, a Year 9 inter-school reading competition. After all, encouraging and promoting reading is very much at the heart of our existence.
We will supply one cup to each SLANZA region. However, in acknowledging equitable access across our regions, we see it as important to ensure that areas who are keen to run with this event are not disadvantaged, and we will consider supplying more than one cup per region. Requests for SLANZA regional Readers Cup cups will be forwarded through regional National Executive representatives. Providing the regional cups will be a one-off expense as each regional or area winner will hold the cup until the following year’s event where the expectation is that it will be returned and re-awarded. Please contact Annie White for information on the Readers Cup competition, and your SLANZA regional NE Representative regarding the cups. SLANZA would like to thank Annie for this opportunity to be part of her inspirational reading challenge. Regards Julia  The next SLANZA Connected Librarians Online module is about to be open for registration.
Module #9 - Digital Literacy: Fake News Registration opens Monday 28 May and closes Monday 4 June Register here The course runs from Tuesday 5 June until Sunday 24 June SLANZA is excited to see the government’s review of Tomorrow’s Schools. As the experts working at ground level in schools, we welcome this opportunity to engage with the review.
The school library is fundamental for students and staff to have equitable access to quality resources, skills and support. All schools should have a well-resourced library staffed by a specialist librarian to support the teaching and learning needed for student success. The review’s objectives of putting learners at the centre and providing barrier free access to learning are at the heart of school libraries. Research in New Zealand and in many overseas studies, shows that having a school library staffed by a qualified professional librarian increases student achievement. The National Library of New Zealand states that, “the research into school library impact shows higher student performance (with) improved reading test scores, higher academic achievement, and positive attitudes towards learning.” There are a number of challenges facing schools and school libraries including pressures of the funding model, lack of space, staffing and budgets. The review will be an important chance for our concerns to be considered as a stakeholder committed to all learners achieving educational success. SLANZA believes that all school students in New Zealand, at every level of their education, should have access to effective school library services that will support their reading and learning. Ngā mihi Julia  It's time for the next SLANZA Google+ discussion - A Pay Equity Tool Kit for School Librarians. It will begin Tuesday 8 May and run for 3 weeks.
Our G+ discussions are designed to be slow, to allow time for deep thought and to reflect on our practices. Over three weeks there will be weekly readings followed by reflective questions. You can dip in and out of the discussion as time allows you, and participate as much or as little as you wish. You must be a member of SLANZA to take part in this discussion as well as belonging to SLANZA’s Google+ Community. We look forward to “seeing” you and hearing your thoughts – either for this discussion or one of our other professional development events planned for this year. Clare Forrest For the SLANZA PD Team The first issue of Collected 2018 is approaching , and the editorial team is now calling for Submissions. Our Theme for issue 22 is Collaborative Practice . We are looking for articles that discuss collaboration in school libraries, with teachers, fellow librarians, and other professionals . Articles about successful collaborations or difficulty with collaborations( please ensure that these are professional) are all welcome. We also accept other articles of interest to school librarians and reviews of all types.
Our deadline for submissions is May 15th,with planned publication in June. Feel free to contact me at collected@slanza.org.nz, if you have any questions We look forward to hearing from you Regards Greig Daniels Editor, Collected |
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