31 August 2017
Madeleine and I have just finished the National Library course:
Building a responsive collection through collaboration: School Libraries supporting learning.
It was the perfect course for us at the stage we are at in the library.
It made us look at our collection and interactions with children and staff and how we as a library can support classroom practice.
These are a series of sites that the people on the course found useful.
Advocating for your school library – building relationships with stakeholders who can be champions for your library - http://bit.ly/2wn01Xc
Digital content: finding, evaluating, using and creating it (importance of why students need to learn to read and think critically - http://bit.ly/2nW1xdx
Digital resources (free, quality resources suitable for students) - http://bit.ly/2oFIAKN; for example, Topic Explorer - https://natlib.govt.nz/schools/topics
eBooks in the school library – understanding ebooks and adding them to your collection - http://bit.ly/2g3C2FR
Evidence-based school library practice – how to collect and use evidence to improve your library environment, collection and services to support teaching and learning - http://bit.ly/2v54qhm
Family, whānau and community connections - http://bit.ly/2ipW5ij
He Tohu – an exhibition of New Zealand’s founding documents (Treaty of Waitangi, Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of NZ, the Women’s Suffrage Petition) with resources available in English and Te Reo - https://natlib.govt.nz/he-tohu/learning/he-rauemiInclusive collection – includes Māori, Pasifika, ESOL, print disability resources - http://bit.ly/2wxsdqS
Inquiry learning - ways the school library supports inquiry - http://bit.ly/2wDm9fo
Integrated library management system: choosing and how to get the most out of it - http://bit.ly/2xrxzjt
Journey mapping exercise – a user experience method to capture what works or doesn’t work for them in terms of school library design - http://bit.ly/2vXc9Nh
Magazines for NZ school libraries - http://bit.ly/2vo4p3r
Principals: creating libraries as centres of learning – Principals recognising the role of the library in supporting teaching and learning - http://bit.ly/2xrLnL3
Reading age range – examples: Wheelers website http://www.wheelers.co.nz/ or SLANZA reading website http://reading.slanza.org.nz/
Sophisticated Picture Books – what are they, advantages of using them, creating and managing a collection of SPB - http://bit.ly/2vBGMYw
Student librarians – ideas on selection, training and management - http://bit.ly/2iotbz6
