​It's time for the annual SLANZA Reading Survey!  The Reading Survey is important as it gives us all an overview of what our students are reading and where their interests lie.
 
We'd love you to share (anonymously) your libraries' top books, authors, series, magazines, NZ authors and books, and the best books for your reluctant readers.

All the information gathered will then collated and shared with you through your SLANZA membership and via the listserv at the beginning of the New Year - 2020.  
 
The link below will take you to the questionnaire.  Instructions on getting the statistics out of our most popular Library Management Systems (Accessit, Oliver, Athenaeum) are linked to below.  Please take the time to complete the survey - it's easy!
 
2019 SLANZA READING SURVEY
  
You can view previous survey results on the SLANZA website HERE

Thanks in anticipation,
 Sharon Jackson
Auckland SLANZA National Executive Representative


lianza.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Accessit-Top-Resources-Report.docx​ 
Athenaeum - how to find top titles 2017.docx
Oliver V5 Top Most Popular resources report.docx
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The People’s Report also includes newly released data; links to reports and reviews; case studies; interviews; recommendations and high level results from a survey of organisations in June 2019.
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The many people who have contributed to The People’s Report in various ways hope that it, and the government’s Voluntary National Review (VNR) report, will provide a basis for moving forward together–in greater partnership to implement a vision and framework that clearly link Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the SDGs and the Living Standards Framework, to create a more just, equal and sustainable future.

Case studies included in the final People’s Report are from Auckland Library, Waimakariri Library and Counties Manukau Health Library.  Information was also provided by LIANZA and the National Library of New Zealand.

​LIANZA looks forward to supporting members to use the Sustainable Development Goals as a framework for making visible the wide impact of libraries. 

You can read about the work that IFLA has done here, find the IFLA Toolkit for libraries here and read SDG stories submitted by libraries globally here. IFLA have also created a storytelling manual to assist libraries in telling their SDG stories. 

IFLA Statement on Libraries and Development  
Access to information is a fundamental human right that can break the cycle of poverty and support sustainable development.  
The library is the only place in many communities where people can access information that will help improve their education, develop new skills, find jobs, build businesses, make informed agricultural and health decisions, or gain insights into environmental issues. 
Their unique role makes libraries important development partners, both by providing access to information in all formats and by delivering services and programmes that meet the needs for information in a changing and increasingly complex society. 
Through the Statement on Libraries and Development, IFLA affirms that: 
• Libraries provide opportunity for all 
• Libraries empower people for their own self-development 
• Libraries offer access to the world’s knowledge 
• Librarians provide expert guidance 
• Libraries are part of a multistakeholder society 
• Libraries must be recognised in development policy frameworks 

A bargaining committee has been established with representatives from the nominated councils. This group has met briefly with council representatives and is focused on developing a timeline and agreeing a Terms of Reference. At the culmination of this process our aim is that they have an agreed equal pay rate for library assistants that they will be able to take to each individual council and bargain for its implementation at that council. Parallel to this work, a campaign will be run to engage library assistants across all councils to gain widespread and public support for our case.
 
LIANZA supports this claim and will be working with the PSA over 2020 to promote their campaign, which began November 18th.  
 
The PSA are asking library assistants across New Zealand, Aotearoa, to support this campaign. One thing that you can do right now is to help them educate the public about all the different tasks, roles and responsibilities that are part of a library assistant’s work. You can do this by taking a photo of yourself or a work colleague carrying out one of the many jobs of a library assistant i.e. running book clubs, assisting members of the public with IT issues, holiday programmes, after school care programmes, book Clubs; chess Clubs; knitting clubs; and craft sessions.
 
These photos will be used on PSA posters and their web page to raise awareness around our claim. Please send any photos to the PSA comms team at comms@psa.org.nz with the subject line Libraries campaign.

LIANZA Office has been watching all the interesting summer reading programmes popping up around the country. For instance, Buller District Library has some really fun things planned!
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in the May/June issue of Library Life we interviewed Rachel Williamson about the Summer Learning Journey, which is designed to address the ‘summer slide’ in literacy skills for students in years 4-8. The ReadNZ also recently interviewed Rachel about the project, which is now in its sixth cycle. Originally designed for students attending the English medium Manaiakalani Cluster schools in east Auckland, the Summer Learning Journey is now undertaken by students in other regions of Aotearoa.

Every year libraries around New Zealand run summer reading programmes in a bid to help reduce the ‘summer slide’. This is when students go backwards in their reading levels if they are not practising their reading during the school holidays.

Emma Sherie, District Librarian, says, when I took over my role 15 months ago. Summer reading had come to a bit of a stand still. Children had disengaged from it for various reasons. I wasn’t made aware of this until it was too late to look for funding. So, last year our fabulous librarian in Reefton saved the day by putting together a programme last minute. Turnout was not high due to not having time to market it. I think we had approximately 12 children complete it. This year we had time to prepare and we are pretty pleased with our efforts.

Thanks to the Grey and Westland District Libraries, who made me aware of the Pub Charity fund that they apply to, and provided me with some of the documentation for the application. Our team attend LIANZA weekend school this year in Christchurch. We heard from Rosamund at the Nelson Libraries who educated us about their summer reading programme. This introduced us to a reading map concept and Rosamund provided us with her templates to work from.

The passion I am asking for from teachers is a passion beyond the pay cheque. It's a passion for children's books, as well as for their own reading, for if teachers don't love to read, why on earth should children?— Mem Fox

Special summer reading fiction loans for school staff
This summer National Library Auckland and Christchurch centres will open every day from 10-5:00 pm, from Monday 18 November until Friday 13 of December to allow school loan coordinators to select summer reading loans of junior and YA fiction. They can select the items on behalf of staff at their school (ALL staff are encouraged to read), bring staff with them to select their own books or staff may come on their own if unable to accompany their loan coordinator.
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Summer reading distance offer
If school staff are based at a location other than Auckland and Christchurch and would like books to read over the summer, you can either place a whole-school loan request, OR staff can send an email to servicestoschools@dia.govt.nz with Summer reading in the subject line. Our librarians will select a range of junior and YA fiction. Please also provide:
·         your name
·         the name of the school
·         the number of school staff you would like books for, and
·         the maximum number of books you would like.
 
Summer reading loans can be returned at the same time as term 1 whole school loans – 9 April 2020, but feel free to return them before then. And remember you can use our special courier deal for schools.

Kiwi kids can read their local cricket team to victory this summer

The Super Smash Reading Challenge brings together two favourite Kiwi summer pastimes: cricket and reading. 
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Read NZ Te Pou Muramura (formerly NZ Book Council) has joined forces with New Zealand Cricket’s T20 summer tournament to get kids reading more books over the holidays.

The Super Smash Reading Challenge is a new interactive website. Primary and intermediate-aged children are invited to register for free and choose their local cricket team to ‘play’ for.

Players log the books they read over the summer, along with a star rating and short review. A leader board keeps track of the Super Smash teams as they move up and down the rankings accordingly.

The Super Smash Reading Challenge will run until the final T20 cricket game on 19 January. 

Sign up for the Super Smash Reading Challenge by registering at reading-challenge.org.nz .

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"Words play such an important role in our well being. As collectors of stories libraries play an important part in community well-being." said the Hon Tracey Martin as she opened the #LIANZA19 Conference.

"As the Minister whose portfolios include Children, Education, Internal Affairs and Seniors, I am greatly vested in what happens at this conference that will benefit the welfare of our families and communities." the minister continued.

​"The future for the well-being of our people and our communities lies in greater collaboration – between families and communities, with cultural institutions, across government agencies, with private sector and with other governments. And in doing so, we all can, through every gain we make, play a small part in a much bigger assignment: to make life better for all New Zealanders. You all have a role to play in this!"
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You can watch the whole speech, along with other conference presentations and performances, on the LIANZA YouTube Channel. 

Read more about the ‘Pacific Virtual Museum’ Pilot Program mentioned in the minister's speech.

DO YOU HAVE A PROJECT THAT WITH SOME FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE COULD BE OF WIDER BENEFIT TO NEW ZEALAND ARCHIVISTS, RECORDS MANAGERS OR LIBRARIANS?

The Ian McLean Wards Scholarship seeks to assist researchers and practitioners in the librarianship, archives and records management fields to undertake a specific project advancing knowledge or improving practice relating to the recording, care, or conservation, of historical research materials. The primary purpose of the scholarship is to defray research expenses. In general, it is not intended to support post-graduate study, although particularly appropriate proposals may be considered.

The general terms under which the scholarship will be awarded are set out in this PDF, and are also available from the Secretary of the Ian McLean Wards Memorial Trust (info@e-recordkeeping.com).
The value of the scholarship in 2019 (to be taken in 2020) is likely to be $10,000.
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2018 recipient
Read about the 2018 recipient Cameron Curd here. Cameron is a Taranaki-born curator and Kaitiaki Pukapuka-a-Rohe/District Archivist at Aotea Utanganui Museum of South Taranaki.
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The LIANZA Standing Committee on Freedom of Information has begun to review and update position statements to support LIANZA and its members to be knowledgeable and confident regarding freedom of information issues. 
 
LIANZA Council just approved a new draft statement on Freedom of Information to be circulated for final feedback from members and other interested parties.
 
LIANZA’s regional and special interest committees have been asked to discuss and comment, as have PLNZ, NZLLA and Te Rōpu Whakahau.  Individual members are also encouraged to send comments to Freedom@lianza.org.nz before 10 January 2020 and the statement will then be finalised and published.

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression: this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart Information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) Article 19
 
In accord with the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, LIANZA holds that all people have a fundamental right to creative thought and intellectual activity and to the freedom of expression of their views, and that all people have a fundamental right of access to expressions of knowledge.
 
LIANZA holds that a commitment to intellectual freedom is a core responsibility for the library and information profession. Libraries should be a vital force for intellectual freedom in their communities.  
Libraries should be a dynamic part of community life, not telling people what to think but throwing a spotlight on significant issues to stimulate learning and the exchange of information. 
LIANZA therefore calls upon libraries and library staff to adhere to the principles of intellectual freedom: uninhibited access to information; freedom of expression; and, their users’ privacy. 
 
To these ends libraries should:

• Acquire, preserve and make available the widest variety of materials, reflecting the plurality and diversity of their communities. 
• Ensure that the selection and availability of library materials and services is governed by professional considerations and not by political, moral and religious views.
• Make materials, facilities and services equally accessible to all lawful users, not discriminating due to ethnicity, religious affiliation, gender, age or for any other reason
• Adhere to the law regarding restricted materials, including via the Internet, but also engage with appropriate processes to challenge such restrictions when they believe freedom of expression is being unduly constrained. 
• Support their users to effectively access and evaluate information.
• Protect the personal information of their users and the confidentiality of their use of the library.
• Where relevant in your library service, make space available for and arrange displays and talks in the library to stimulate learning and the exchange of information, while ensuring all in the community feel welcomed and safe in the library.

 
This is a high-level statement which will be supported by more detailed guidelines on specific topics such as censorship, privacy and indigenous knowledge. These are yet to be completed or in some cases started.  The LIANZA Standing Committee on Freedom of Information need some more help to keep working on these, so…..

If your professional development budget didn’t extend to getting you to the LIANZA conference, or you couldn’t be in two places at once, here’s the next best thing!

We’re repeating some of the sessions relevant to tertiary libraries over two nights.  No cost or registration required.
Zoom in for one night or two, or for a session or two. We will also be recording the sessions and making them available on the LIANZA YouTube channel. There’ll be time for the odd question after the sessions. You can also follow along on Twitter with the hashtag #telsig19. 

LIANZA is delighted tertiary presentations from the recent #LIANZA19 conference will be shared via Zoom, and thank LIANZA TELSIG for organising these ‘unconference’ events.

Each unconference will begin at 5pm with a karakia whakatuwhera and a brief conversation with LIANZA Executive Director, Ana Pickering. “One of the challenges for future LIANZA conferences is meet the professional needs of tertiary librarians and library staff. I am interested to begin a discussion about how this can be achieved for 2021” says Ana.  LIANZA also thanks all the presenters who are reprising their conference presentation at these online events.

Tuesday 26th November https://vuw.zoom.us/j/327738343
5.00-5.05pm Ana Pickering, LIANZA Executive Director, talks about the importance of special interest groups and highlights the importance of tertiary library involvement in LIANZA.
5.05-5.20pm Iva Matagi (Manukau Institute of Technology) Holistic approaches to the reference interview
5.25-5.40pm Joanna Wenman  (Massey University) It’s party time! Social research consultations for postgraduates
5.45-6.00pm Mojgan Sadighi (Massey University) Connect, collaborate and cultivate: An example of community collaboration
 
Wednesday 27th November https://vuw.zoom.us/j/483251497
5.00-5.05pm Ana Pickering, LIANZA Executive Director, talks about the importance of special interest groups and highlights the importance of tertiary library involvement in LIANZA.
5.05-5.20pm Jo Simons (University of Auckland) Having a look-see: EBP by stealth
5.25-5.40pm Anne Ferrier-Watson (University of Waikato) Traditional metrics, altmetrics, and researcher profiles: Faculty perceptions and us
5.45-6.00pm Anais Saysell (Victoria University of Wellington) Navigating teaching from face-to-face to online library tutorials
 
We look forward to you joining us!
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