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Encouraging reading with book displays
By Chelsea Heap
2 March 2021
Themed book displays are a great way to showcase your school library collection, entice visitors, encourage new borrowing, and increase your own staff’s knowledge of your collection.
Create readers
The Evening Post international print collection
By Clara Souza da Frota
23 February 2021
Reflections of the attitudes and interests of New Zealanders in a collection of photographs taken between 1927-2002.
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Seaweek – Kaupapa Moana
By Rene Burton
22 February 2021
Seaweek | Kaupapa Moana is New Zealand’s annual national week celebrating the sea. Help your students be inspired and engage with Seaweek and conservation.
Libraries and learning
World Day of Social Justice 2021
By Miriam Tuohy
15 February 2021
20 February is the World Day of Social Justice. So here are some ideas about addressing social justice through your library, including links to resources for teaching about social justice, book lists for young readers and more..
Libraries and learning
Read-alouds for juniors and seniors
By Services to Schools staff
2 February 2021
It's World Read Aloud Day on 3 February so here are some of our staff's favourite read-alouds. We've also got links to more information and resources such our reading aloud guide.
Create readers
Thanks Alex, 100 wonderful years, kia ora koutou katoa
By Chris Szekely
15 January 2021
Chief Librarian Chris Szekely commemorates the first 100 years of the Alexander Turnbull Library and offers a glimpse of what's to come.
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Kiwi teens dig jazz
By Aleisha Ward
13 January 2021
Discovering how New Zealand music magazines 'Count Down' and 'Teen Beat' covered jazz music in the 1960s.
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Ep.4 Christmas in the collections
By Seán McMahon
23 December 2020
The Library Loudhailer shares some Christmas items from the collections. Ngā mihi o te Kirihimete me te Tau Hau.
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Ngā tino mahi o te tau — Turnbull Library Arrangement & Description team highlights of 2020
By Sascha Nolden
22 December 2020
Personal highlights from the last year by the team who arrange and describe the unpublished collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library.
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Lights, camera, action — the making of the Turnbull Library's mini-documentary
By Paula MacLachlan
17 December 2020
Paula MacLachlan, Executive Producer of the new Turnbull Library documentary, takes us behind-the-scenes to see how the film came together.
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Ep.3 Bill Macnaught — a librarian’s life
By Bill Macnaught
15 December 2020
Retiring National Librarian Bill Macnaught reflects on his career as a Librarian and his time at the National Library.
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What’s in a Tupuna name?
By Ariana Tikao
14 December 2020
Find out about the work to improve and update 100's of Māori name records in the Turnbull Library's database of unpublished collections.
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Paintings in Perpetuity
By Oliver Stead
7 December 2020
A new campaign to repair and clean oil paintings held in the Turnbull Library collections will enable greater access to these historically significant works of art.
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Our best children's and YA books for 2020
By Services to Schools staff
2 December 2020
Here's a round-up of Services to Schools staff picks of the best children's and young adult (YA) books published in 2020.
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Fun Christmas online resources and activities for your classroom
By Melissa Spark
30 November 2020
The festive season and school holidays are approaching! Explore the online resources and activities we've put together to help your students celebrate Christmas.
Libraries and learning
Young Ocean Explorers issue a challenge worth doing
By Erena Williamson
24 November 2020
The Young Ocean Explorers' 21 Day Challenge is an opportunity to start the 2021 school year with rich and engaging learning experiences centred on education for sustainability.
Libraries and learning
Manuscript Mondays
By Greagh Smith
23 November 2020
Manuscript Monday will explore a different item chosen from the Alexander Turnbull Library collections by Greagh Smith, a Museum and Heritage Studies student at Victoria University of Wellington.
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Read Share Grow — children’s books for South Dunedin
By Bridget Schaumann
16 November 2020
Something big is happening in South Dunedin! It's all about reading and the joy it brings when you share a book with a small child.
Create readers
Help children choose kindness
By Jeannie Skinner
9 November 2020
World Kindness Day 13 November — here are some celebrations, conversations, books, and resources to help children choose kindness.
Create readers
Doodles, demos and jammy things
By William Daymond
6 November 2020
Progress on the Flying Nun Project including updates to the 162 audiocassettes of live gigs, demos, rough mixes, and interviews that have recently been digitised.
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