LIANZA CHILDREN & YOUTH SERVICES NETWORK
Every second Tuesday of the month, 2-3 PM
LIANZA offers a time and space for children and youth service librarians and library staff to connect in a peer-to-peer network. This network supports anyone from within the profession engaging with children, youth, parents and whānau. We invite you to jump online on the second Tuesday of the month to share your ideas, experiences and questions with your CYS colleagues across Aotearoa.
Upcoming Events
May 13 – ENGAGING TE REO MĀORI SPEAKERS IN YOUR LIBRARY’S CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROGRAMMES
Join Maatakiwi Wakefield from Ngā Ratonga Māori me Puananī team at Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi. We are privileged to have Maatakiwi join us again this year to share her invaluable experience and wealth of knowledge. Maatakiwi will talk about her experience providing programmes for Te Reo Māori speakers. She will share about the projects that have been successful for speakers of te reo Māori and how Māori and mātauranga Māori are being used in Ōtautahi libraries beyond Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori and Matariki. Please join in the discussion to share your own experience in this area.
June 10 – LIBRARIES SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND YOUTH DIGITALLY
Netsafe’s Alex Patrick will present on what Netsafe does, the Hector’s World programme for children and how these resources might be used in libraries. Vicki Stephens from the National Library’s Services for Schools will also join us to talk about what digital resources are available to support teachers and students. Find out about the resources available and where the students or teachers you might work with can find these to support all areas of the curriculum.
July 8 – THE NZ CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT BOOK AWARDS
What’s involved in being the LIANZA representative on the NZCYA Book Awards? What books are on this year’s longlist, and how can libraries help promote these?
Come along to this interactive session with Laura Caygill, LIANZA’s representative on the NZCYA Book Awards and a previous book awards judge, to learn about these awards and LIANZA’s role in supporting them. This is a great opportunity to learn about how your library can celebrate the best of New Zealand’s books for children and youth.
Laura Caygill is Operations Manager at Selwyn Libraries. She is the current LIANZA representative and was one of the judges for the 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults. Laura worked as a journalist before moving into libraries. She has worked in libraries in Ōtautahi, Tāmaki Makaurau, and Waimakariri.
These sessions are NOT recorded so that we can encourage discussion, questions and the sharing of experiences.
