Hi All
Yet another month has gone, we are almost half way through the year now.
Here is June’s newsletter packed with lots of information and what’s happening at LIANZA and across the profession.
LIANZA Council Election Results
LIANZA is very excited to announce the results of the Council Election that recently took place. Could we have a round of applause for LIANZA's new Council members:
Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui - Rachel Esson
Aoraki - Paula Eskett
Hikuwai - Anahera Morehu
We received an excellent number of votes in the election and we'd like to thank you for participating. You voice matters! We wish a fond farewell to Nikki Shaw, and Amanda Cooper, who have both done excellent jobs as Councillors for the Aoraki and Hikuwau regions.
Our new Councillors will be joined by Amanda Curnow, Anne Buck, Christine Busby and Celia-Joe Olsen.
Corin Haines will be replacing Laurinda Thomas as the Immediate Past President when Kris Wehipeihana takes over the presidency in June. Te Paea Paringatai is coming back as President Elect.
We look forward to an exciting future with these capable leaders on board.
If you have any questions, please contact the office.
Library Intelligence
Back in 2011 I travelled up and down the country running project management workshops for library staff. In 2012 I did it all again, this time sharing my knowledge of e-readers and eBooks. During this time I received many emails from library staff desperate to learn but unable to attend because they couldn’t afford the time away from the library. It wasn’t fair.
A scan of industry research showed there were not enough work-based learning opportunities to satisfy demand and there were even fewer online options designed specifically for library staff in New Zealand and Australia.
The goal of Library Intelligence is to make it easier for New Zealand (and other) library staff to learn real world library skills.
Library Intelligence courses:
1. Are online, self-paced and always available.
2. Are open to anyone, anywhere.
3. Are based on essential digital literacy elements.
4. Emphasise the practical (not academic) nature of the profession.
5. Contain activities based on a one-page blueprint that enables you to apply your learning to your job.
6. Encourage you to contact the course facilitator to clarify information or to get feedback on work in progress. It doesn’t have to be a crisis.
7. (Mostly) take just 60 minutes to complete.
8. Are a delicate balance between simplicity and complexity.
9. Focus on ease of use.
10. Costs $99 per course BUT if you sign up for a $249 subscription per person you will get access to every single course during that 12 month subscription.
Learn how each course is structured by signing up for the free course Test Your Digital Literacy Fluency. Give it a whirl and encourage your colleagues and peers to do so too.
Check it out http://libraryintelligence.co.nz/about-me/
Update on the National Library’s Services to Schools transformation strategy
While the new service design will mean some change, we have listened carefully to a range of feedback from people in the education sector and have decided to roll out the changes gradually. This means the current service has been extended to the end of the 2015 school year. This will give you time to plan ahead and think about the changes to any of the services your school uses.
We will continue to support teachers and schools with print and online resources, and the development of school libraries, with an increased emphasis on our three priority areas:
· reading engagement,
· digital literacy, and
· modern library learning environments.
From 2016 onwards, schools are being offered whole-of-school loans twice a year, for non-fiction and fiction books, tailored to support student-centred inquiry. Schools will also have access to books to support reading for pleasure among students - a building block for life-long learning.
The Service Design Scope document has more information about the changes, which can be downloaded from the Frequently asked questions and answers page about the transformation. On the same page you will find a timeline of how the services will evolve through to 2018.
Our aim, as always, is to improve library services for students. We will be establishing a reference group of experts from the education sector and Services to Schools’ staff to refine the Services Design. We will be sending out further information about this early in term two.
In addition to schools, we have invited SLANZA and other education stakeholders to work together on further development of the service and we will continue to communicate with you about ongoing changes.
In the meantime, please direct any questions to
For more information read the Services to Schools Transformation Programme questions and answers.
The following documents are available on the National Library website:
· Review of National Library’s Services to Schools 2012, which provides the foundation for the development of the new services
· Leading the system-wide improvement of library services – the National Library Services to Schools transformation programme services strategy, which is the blueprint for the programme of change.
Sourced from http://schools.natlib.govt.nz/about/national-library-transforming-its-services-schools
LIANZA’s Webinar series
LIANZA’s very excited to be bringing you a series of free webinars on a variety of topics. LIANZA uses Zoom meeting technology to deliver these and can host up to 100, so make sure you register to get a meeting invite. You'll have the opportunity to ask questions through instant messaging, and also comment on what is being said. We'll be capturing our webinars on video and hosting them on our Youtube channel so you can always revisit or catch-up after the fact. These are free for LIANZA members.
Our webinar schedule
Wednesday May 27th12.30 to 1.30pm / Corin Haines on his recent trip to Turkey, ANZAC and turkish libraries. / Available to view here
Tuesday June 23rd
12.30 to 1.30 pm / Laurinda Thomas on "The future of libraries and why it isn't what you think!" / Register
Tuesday July 21st
12.30 to 1.30 pm / Irena Burton from Ideas Roadshow on how to make great video / Register
Tuesday August 25th
12.30 to 1.30 pm
/ Come and meet your new president - Kris Wehipeihana / Register
Tuesday September 22nd
12.30 to 1.30 pm / Digitisation 101 with the crew from NZMS / Register
Still to come...
We've got some other fantastic material we are scheduling this year - everything from Digitisation 101 to a briefing on Mātauranga Māori.
The first was Corin’s on his recent trip to Turkey & Gallipoli. Heartening and very interesting with some magnificent images taken by Corin and some by Chris Szekerly
Here’s the link to Corin’s webinar in case you were unable to watch it live. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpq3YISVEgE
Matariki
Celebrate Matariki - the Māori New Year
Listen, learn, share, sing, celebrate together...
Matariki hunga nui - Matariki has many admirers.
Nau mai haere mai koutou.
What is Matariki?
Matariki is an important cluster of stars to Māori, which is used as a way to calculate time and seasons, navigate oceans, preserve knowledge and stories, maintain customary practices and inspire action and achievement.
The pre-dawn rise of Matariki can be seen in the cold months of takarua / winter every year and the new year is marked at either the sighting of Matariki or the next new moon which usually occurs during June.
Today Matariki means celebrating the unique place in which we live and giving respect to the whenua / land we live on. It is a special time to celebrate the customs and art forms and uniqueness of Māori culture. It is the coming together of whānau / family and friends and of sharing each other’s skills, achievements and history. There is storytelling, song and dance, carving and weaving, ancient ceremonies and passing on of knowledge and history. Throughout Matariki we learn about those who came before us: whakapapa, whānau, iwi - our history, our family, our bones.
Matariki signals growth. It’s a time of change, a time to prepare and a time of action. During Matariki we acknowledge what we have and what we have to give. Matariki celebrates the diversity of life. It’s a celebration of culture, language, spirit and people.
Hastings District Councillor Henare O’Keefe says Matariki is a time to celebrate new beginnings, new skills, whakapapa and whanau.
“Kanohi ki te kanohi (face to face) appointments will be available for people to learn about kaupapa Maori based resources in Hastings Library – Maori maps, Maori Land Court information, Iwi net and Fundview (Givus) and Breakout (Givme) databases.”
Leadership how-to in one slide #ikaroahui15
Joanna’s leadership slide at the recent weekend is inspirational and sums it nicely in a nutshell
So what are we waiting for!
Library News
Look who was in the April issue of Kia Ora
Courtesy of Corin’s tweet
Sorry it has missed a of the wording (Corin? ) alas I haven’t found a copy yet.
LIANZA Blog
Check it out for interesting and informative reads http://www.lianza.org.nz/blog
Witi Ihimaera's New Zealand Book Council address
2015 New Zealand Book Council lecture. We’re thrilled to confirm that Witi’s lecture will become a special print publication that will be available exclusively and free of charge to our members in the next few months. Watch this space
New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2015
Only 10 more days until we announce the finalists for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults! Our judgesBob Docherty, Fiona Mackie and Annemarie Florian have enjoyed reading the 149 books submitted for this year’s awards; as have our judge schools, who between them submitted over 300 votes, representing over 8,000 students' favourite books. Tuesday 9 June will see the Book Awards Trustannounce the finalist lists and open the Children's Choice voting.
Mandy Hager Sue Wooton to judge Ronald Hugh Morrieson awards
Authentically-voiced writing that moves its reader will draw the eyes of this year's Ronald Hugh Morrieson Literary
Awards judges
Novelist Mandy Hager (right) and poet Sue Wootton, the judges for 2015, visited South and Central Taranaki on May 23, 24 and 25 to run a number of workshops for would-be writers.
"I would like to find something that had a real sense of power to it," Hager said. "Something that affects me at an intellectual and an emotional level."
Hager, Waikato University's 2015 writer in residence, said she was excited to see the stories produced for this year's competition.
Wootton, who edits and runs creative writing workshops, agreed.
"The kids I was working with wrote some really lovely work, they pushed themselves and they came out with some really quite remarkable poetry."
Wootton said she looked forward to seeing what the work evolved into.
"I'll be looking for work that is alive somehow and I'll also be looking for evidence of it having been crafted, attention and care having been paid to the work."
Both Hager and Wootton have won a long list of awards.
Hager has won the LIANZA Book Awards for Young Adult fiction three times, the NZ Post Book Awards for YA fiction and five Notable Book awards.
Wootton placed second at the International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine, won the 2015 Caselburg Trust International Poetry Prize and has recently finished a masters degree.
The Ronald Hugh Morrieson Literary Awards started out as a competition for Hawera High School students 27 years ago.
It has diversified to incorporate Taranaki high school students and launched an open section several years ago.
Poetry and short stories were judged alongside one another until 2012 but are now separated into sections.
Entries opened on May 21 and close on July 31 2015.
The awards ceremony will be held on Wednesday, October 28 at Hawera LibraryPlus at 6.30pm and is open to the public.
Sourced from Stuff.co.nz retrieved from http://booksellers.co.nz/book-news/literary-contest-judges-looking-well-written-works-move-readers?utm_source=The%20Read%20subscribers&utm_campaign=481043985a-The_Read1_30_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_88a6e90c3e-481043985a-19373673
5 Minutes on LIANZA Website – About Us
The about us Drop down menu
A brief History of LIANZA
Scroll down to read the potted history.
Complete List of LIANZA Council Members (Yes even our own Amanda Curnow)
The regional Chairs are just below the Council listing
Keep up to date with when LIANZA Council is meeting and then check out their minutes
Check out who is on what LIANZA Committee
All LIANZA's governing documents are here which of course we are all familiar with.
And we can finish without introducing the LIANZA Office Team. Yes there have been a few changes and the caricatures are awesome.
Kindly borrowed from LIANZA website
Interesting Articles Abound
I found this browsing Sally Pewhairangi’s “Finding Heroes” Website. It is inspiring and valuable lesson to be learned. It is definitely worth and read.
Lessons from Albert Einstein
Posted on September 4, 2010 by Sally | 1 Comment
Albert Einstein is one of my heroes. I grew up in Einstein Street and the streets in our neighbourhood were all named after scientists – Marie Curie Place, Huxley Road, Pickering Street… so from an early age I’ve always been fascinated by the lives and accomplishments of such people. The list below resonated with me, and I hope it will with you too.
1. Follow Your Curiosity “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”
2. Perseverance is Priceless “It’s not that I’m so smart; it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”
3. Focus on the Present “Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.”
4. The Imagination is Powerful “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions. Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
5. Make Mistakes “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”
6. Live in the Moment “I never think of the future – it comes soon enough.”
7. Create Value “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.”
8. Don’t Expect Different Results “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
9. Knowledge Comes From Experience “Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience.”
10. Learn the Rules and Then Play Better “You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”