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SLANZA offers study grants each year, to those working in school library teams. Study grants are available for courses offered by an approved library education provider. We believe that continuing professional development is vital - it helps you increase the knowledge and skills you need to deliver a valued service to your school community, and it can open you up to new and exciting possibilities in the field of librarianship.
If you are thinking about undertaking Library and Information Studies next year, you may be eligible to apply for assistance. Successful applicants will receive $600 towards the cost of a paper. The closing date for submitting study grant applications is Thursday 25th of September 2014, and successful applicants will be notified in October. More information about the grants, including the application form, is available here.
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 We are pleased to announce that registrations for the fourth round of SLANZA’s online professional development course - Connected Librarians - will open next Monday, May 19th. Because we have a waiting list for course places, there are currently only 10 places available.
In order to ensure that our participants come from a range of school levels (primary, intermediate and secondary) we will select people from the registration list accordingly. Because Term 2 is somewhat shorter than normal, successful applicants will receive invitations to our learning community during Week 3, and the course will begin in Week 4. If your registration is accepted, it is essential that you ensure you have access to Google Plus using the email account you have registered with, before the course starts. The Connected Librarians course is designed by New Zealand school librarians, for school librarians. It is aimed at those just starting out with online tools in their library. Participants will be required to sign up for, and use a selection of 6 online tools (1 new tool each week). Each week’s work contains background readings and/or videos, tasks to complete using that week’s tool, and participation in discussions to share and reflect on your learning for the week. The course is free for SLANZA members. More information about the course is available here, or you can contact me directly with any questions. Miriam Tuohy Professional Development team leader Thanks to another tremendous response to our course announcement yesterday, places have now been filled, and registrations closed.
The course will be run again in Term 2 - announcements regarding signups will be made at the end of this term. Miriam Tuohy for SLANZA's Professional Development team Follow the link below to register for the upcoming round of our Connected Librarians online professional development course.
Please note that you must be a current member of SLANZA to be able to participate in this PD. http://www.slanza.org.nz/online-pd-registration.html Please contact me if you have any questions regarding the course. Miriam Tuohy Professional Development team leader  We are pleased to announce that this term we will once again be running SLANZA's online professional development course - Connected Librarians - for our members.
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 - ideal for those just starting out with online tools, who are ready and willing to try new things. The course is free for SLANZA members. Please contact us if you are not sure of your current membership status. Registrations will open on Monday March 3rd. However, because we still have registrations from members held over from our previous course, we have only 15 additional places available. People who have already registered will be contacted directly this week. To ensure that our participants come from a range of school levels (primary, intermediate and secondary) we will add new participants from the registration list accordingly. Successful applicants will receive invitations to our learning community immediately. The course will begin on Monday March 10th and run through to the end of term, Thursday April 17th. More information about the course is available here, or you can contact me directly with any questions. Miriam Tuohy PD Team Leader m[email protected]  SLANZA is pleased to announce that this Term's issue of Collected 'Out with the old, in with the new' is now out and can be viewed here.
You may want to download and print out a copy to share with your colleagues and we encourage you to forward this announcement to all your teaching and library friends. We are particularly proud of this issue with a feature article from "Library Girl" aka Jennifer LaGarde. Many of us follow her blog, and twitter feed and find her reflections refreshing and energising. We hope you enjoy her advice in this issue along with the contributions of school librarians like yourselves, making little changes along the way, which are helping to change the face of librarianship in challenging times. So sit back and prepare to be challenged, informed and entertained. From all of us in the SLANZA National Executive we wish you all a safe and happy summer break. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the health of our organisation this year especially the Wellington Conference Committee, our new administration professional Carole Gardiner and our 'Pool of Talent' volunteers who among other things have proofread this edition for you. Happy holidays! Lisa Salter RLIANZA l SLANZA Communications Leader I am absolutely delighted to announce the recipients of SLANZA’s Study Grants for 2014. Our warmest congratulations go out to these successful applicants:
We all understand that working and studying takes quite some commitment. So it is especially gratifying to know that many SLANZA members are continuing their learning in the field of Information and Library Studies. SLANZA is committed to helping make this undertaking easier where we can, as we believe that it will benefit not just our members as their library careers unfold, but that the students and staff in their schools will benefit too, from working alongside a librarian with a deep understanding of their field, and a personal commitment to life-long learning, continual improvement and innovation. We are currently looking at ways SLANZA can help support our members who are studying, and we hope to have some new initiatives in place for the beginning of the 2014 year. Best wishes once again to all our grant recipients! Miriam Tuohy SLANZA offers study grants each year, to those working in school library teams. Study grants are available for courses offered by an approved library education provider. We believe that continuing professional development is vital - it helps you increase the knowledge and skills you need to deliver a valued service to your school community, and it can open you up to new and exciting possibilities in the field of librarianship.
If you are thinking about undertaking Library and Information Studies next year, you may be eligible to apply for assistance. Successful applicants will receive $600 towards the cost of a paper. The closing date for submitting study grant applications is Thursday 31st October 2013, and successful applicants will be notified in mid-November. More information about the grants, including the application form, is available here.  Regularly reading school library and education related journals and blogs is one of the best - and simplest - ways you can undertake professional development.
There is a wealth of information freely available online that can help you find fresh ideas, inspiring people, great tools, book reviews and more. But where to begin? To make it easy for you to incorporate professional reading into your library routine, we have put together a bundle of RSS feeds that are perfect for school librarians. RSS feeds help you keep up to date with all the newest content from a website, by sending updates to you as they happen. To get started with our feed bundle, you will need
When you have imported the OPML file, your feed reader will be full of blog posts, and at first that can seem overwhelming. Your application will have an option to "Mark All as Read", and you might want to do this initially to clear the back-log, and then start reading later in the day with fewer, fresh posts to read. Removing any individual feeds that aren't pertinent to your situation will help keep things manageable, too. If you’re not already using RSS feeds to make professional reading a regular part of your library learning, there’s no time like the present to get started! Please leave suggestions in the comments here if you have any ‘essential reads’ that you think we should add to our bundle of feeds. Miriam Tuohy Professional Development Team Leader Instructions for importing an OPML file into a variety of applications can be found here. All places on the second round of SLANZA’s Connected Librarians course have now been filled. Thanks again for your support of this initiative.
Emails will go out later today to all those who registered, to let you know whether you’ve been placed this time or not. We apologise to those who have missed out this time – unfortunately we simply cannot fit you all in. Rest assured though that your registration will be held over for the next time the course is offered. Miriam Tuohy Professional Development team leader |
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