Library advisers
School Services has library advisers in 14 locations around New Zealand. For any enquiry relating to your school library, phone or email your local library adviser.
Advisers provide information and advice on all aspects of school library management and development, including:
- the library's contribution to literacy
- the library's contribution to information literacy
- roles, recruitment and training of library staff
- library management, management statements and procedures
- ICT developments, including automation
- developing an appropriate library resource collection of print and online resources
- building, redevelopment or refurbishment of the library.
Download the Advisory Services fact sheet
Guidelines for school library development
The publication The School library and learning in the information landscape: guidelines for New Zealand schools provides a framework of six guiding principles for school library development
We have a range of resources based on the six guiding principles. We provide checklists of possible actions and strategies, information guides and templates.
More about information guides, templates and checklists
Professional Development Programme
We offer a national professional development programme for all those involved in school library and information services
More about professional development courses
The Focus Programme
The Focus Programme is a two-year contract between the National Library and your school. It helps develop the school library and its access to the information landscape, and aims to strengthen library support for teaching and learning.
More about the Focus Programme for schools
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