National Library Blog

Our new update to Tiaki makes it even better for researchers.

On Thursday 24 November, Waikato Picturebook Research Unit, otherwise known as WaiPRU, hosted its inaugural symposium with the theme centred around ‘Diversity of Picture Books’. There were 14 presentations, discussing a number of different topics related to the theme and a number of staff from Services to Schools were lucky enough to attend.

The nostalgic (and surprisingly pervasive) charm of Letraset and Letratone.

Amidst the wealth of online resources at our fingertips about children’s and YA books  —  favourite blogs, author websites, nerdy bookclubs, twitter streams and newspaper pages, there is still a place for structured, objective, comprehensive and reliable review journals.

Your additions to our exhibition help us understand family migration.

The issue of censorship and what we allow on our library shelves will be an on-going and difficult issue for many librarians and teachers.

Like Mary Poppins’ magical carpet bag, this Gecko Press Annual, edited by Kate De Goldi and Susan Paris, is a virtual bag of tricks — you can open the pages and discover, seemingly endlessly, one surprising delight after another.

In schools, modern library learning environments are an important hub for developing the essential 21^st century ability of 'adaptive expertise'.

This headline hit the news recently — 'Libraries become teaching spaces at overcrowded schools'. Now some schools also face leaky or earthquake-prone buildings. If your library space is unavailable or needed as a classroom, here are some things you can do to remain operational.

The Battle of the Somme reveals the effects of a chilly press in wartime.