School library network meetings

Hi All - good to meet with you at these term's network meetings.

Check out the link ot the LibraryThing Northlandnetworks to see the list of books shared at the meeting.

Here is that wonderful Michael Rosen quote for you :

"If we believe in the value and power of books, stories, poems and plays, we also have to remember that it will never be enough simply to publish good stuff. We have to be committed, ingenious, flexible and experimental in coming up with ways of making all that literature come alive for every single child - no exceptions allowed."

I really recommend you read his Patrick Hardy lecture - see the post in this blog.

Network meeting books

Just to let you know that the books promoted at the Northland school library network meetings are listed on LibraryThing under Northlandnetworks.

Go to http://www.librarything.com/ and search for Northlandnetworks

Let me know if you would like the password if you would like to contribute.

I haven't added ratings or tags but you can click on each book and it will take you to more information about it.

I've only added books that I recommend !

Term 1 Northland school library network meetings

Kia ora Library teams in Northland schools

Here are the dates / venues for the school library network meetings this term. The meetings are all after school, starting about 3.30ish with afternoon tea. All welcome - library staff, teachers, public librarians, parent volunteers...

• Northern Wairoa : Wed 24th February 2010 at Dargaville Primary School Library
  
• Mid North : Thurs 25th February 2010 at Kerikeri High School Library
• Far North : Wed 3rd March 2010 at the Kauri Room, REAP, Kaitaia
• Wellsford : Wed 10th March 2010 at Rodney College, Wellsford
  
• Whangarei : Wed 17th March at Whangarei Intermediate School Library
  

The National Library newsletter should be in your school by now and it has details of the National Library professional development programme and the year's network meetings.

I'm looking forward to seeing you at the meetings and if you can't make it just let me know and I'll send you the relevant information. The Term 2 meeting will be a particularly important meeting to go through the new website for schools from National Library.
Jeannie

School Library Network meetings

Well, here is my first post to this blog ! Just a quick note about the National Library facilitated school library network meetings held each term after school.
The Far North meetings are on Wednesdays of Week 4 each term at REAP in Puckey Ave, Kaitaia, and the Mid North meetings are on Thursdays of Week 4 each term at Kerikeri High School Library. Many thanks to these two venues for their hospitality for these meetings.

This blog will provide a forum to post information regularly throughout the term, leaving more time for discussion and sharing rather than "information distribution" at the meetings themselves. Please come along to the meetings to meet your colleagues and share achievements, challenges, questions, inspiration and ideas... The networks provide a way to keep up to date with events locally, nationally and internationally and to be part of a welcoming school library community. Looking forward to seeing you there...