Posts tagged with collections

Today, Aotearoa New Zealand is one of the most diverse nations on Earth. But how can we ensure our school library collections reflect the diversity of our school communities?

How do you move 20,000 heritage newspapers from Whanganui to Wellington? And no, the answer isn't one paper at a time.

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.

The Library Loudhailer shares some Christmas items from the collections. Ngā mihi o te Kirihimete me te Tau Hau.

Our new World Language Collection provides books for primary school-age migrant and refugee children whose home language is not English.

Answers to some commonly asked questions about the overseas published collections project.

This project was not undertaken lightly. We developed principles that have guided the process to ensure its integrity.

Alexander Turnbull Library activities during COVID-19.

Meeting the challenges of email archiving.

To celebrate International Literacy Day 2019 and Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, here are a few of our favourite bilingual books in te reo Māori and English.

No matter your budget, adding books to your collection can be a balancing act for school library staff. Read how you can make the most of your collection development funding.

How would your secondary students like to enter an exciting creative writing competition? Entry is free and there is $3,000 in prize money!

A growing body of research suggests that reading for pleasure contributes to well-being. This blog post describes how school libraries can also support well-being, including developing spaces, services, and collections that help children and young pe...

I care about comics. I read comics, make comics, edit comics, and sometimes I write about comics. I am perpetually annoyed by the description of comics as ‘graphic novels’ and think the term should be stricken from the library lexicon.

How does your school community know what's happening with your library? How do you spread good news about your library?

'Privacy — from principles to practice.' That's the theme of this year's Privacy Week and a great catalyst to consider all things privacy-related in your school library.

Most students in New Zealand schools today were born this century, they’re part of Generation Z or the iGeneration. Do you know what matters to this generation? What sort of future do they want? How can you help them make it a reality?

Waitangi Day and Te Tiriti o Waitangi itself can be the basis of rich learning and discovery about identity, history, and nationhood in Aotearoa New Zealand. It's also an ideal time to reflect on how you are advancing the New Zealand Curriculum Treat...

How do students at your school let you know what they’d like you to buy for the library? We look at some options for adding readers' voices to your collection development.

This first post in a series about user-friendly school libraries gets you thinking about how to make it easy for young library users to find what they need.