SLANZA+Waikato+BOP+Workshop+&+AGM+8+May+2010

'The 21st Century Reader' Saturday, 8th May 2010, 9:30 am Whakatane High School, Goulstone Road, Whakatane**
 * SLANZA Waikato/Bay of Plenty Workshop & AGM



10:00am Gerri Judkins, Librarian, Southwell School
 * ‘Nurturing the life-long reader’**

Gerri, Librarian at Southwell School, will be presenting this session ‘Nurturing the Lifelong Reader’ at the IASL Conference in Brisbane in September. She will be highlighting ways in which to connect students with books to feed their minds and souls – books that give them a greater appreciation of the wonders of the world – its science, history and possible futures, the people who inhabit it and their relationships. Along with the NZ Book Council Writers in Schools scheme and Wayne Mills’ Kids Lit Quiz will be ideas from the Southwell Library programme, other NZ librarians and from the 2009 IASL Conference in Italy. Bring along your favourite strategies to share…

11:20am **SLANZA Waikato/Bay of Plenty AGM** Apologies; Minutes from previous AGM; Chairperson’s Report; Financial Report; Election of Officers for Regional Committee for 2010-20111; General Business

11:40am Linda McCullough, National Library
 * ‘E-books : Who? What? When? Where? Why?’**

Linda, a School Services Adviser for National Library, has been investigating ‘The Nuts and Bolts’ of e-books’ – who’s going to use them; what are the advantages/disadvantages; when are they useful; where can you get them (where would you use them?); and why do we need to know about them? As schools get to grips with all sorts of digital literacies, this is another medium we need to think about…