Collected Magazine

SLANZA Collected is a vibrant, bi-annual magazine created by the School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (SLANZA). Each edition is packed with insightful articles, best practices, and inspiring stories from school libraries across the motu.

Whether you're a librarian, educator, or book enthusiast, SLANZA Collected provides valuable perspectives on literacy, education, and library advocacy.

It's the go-to resource for staying connected with the latest trends, innovations, and success stories within our school library community across Aotearoa.

We'd love you to contribute - Specs for Submissions

Full length - 1000-2000 words - feature article, researched with an attached bibliography and high quality images

Short length - 500-1000 words

Our Regular Columns - submit anytime to [email protected]
  • Library of the issue - Showcasing our vibrant community, this feature section gives you the chance to put your library in the spotlight. Share your latest projects, student successes, and the creative ways you're fostering a love of reading and learning.
  • Librarian in the spotlight - 150-300 words about yourself or a librarian including images of the person and their library
  • Book Review(s) - 150 honest words about books of your choice that you'd like to share with others
  • Library bytes - this is our show-off section of Collected. You can submit anything from a picture with a caption, to a quote that you find relevant to your library, or a short snippet of information you would like to share
  • Student Voice - invite your students to submit a piece relevant to school libraries and/or their reading/learning journey.
  • Other - we are open to new suggestions.

Articles submitted must be in Word
Graphics / Images in pdf or high-quality JPEG
Check out the latest issue of Collected: 
#36 Looking Forward
Click on the image to view via issuu
or download the below PDF version to print:
collected_36.pdf
File Size: 28161 kb
File Type: pdf
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The theme for our next issue of Collected is:
TBC
Send your submissions or discuss article ideas with the editor at [email protected]

Guidelines can be found at https://www.slanza.org.nz/collected.html 
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We look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you in advance to all our contributors & Business Members for your invaluable support.  

Collected Archive

August 2010 - present

Newsletter Archive

February 2002 - November 2009