Growing and shaping your school library collection

Who this online course is for
This is an introductory online course for Aotearoa New Zealand school library staff or library management team members who:

• are new to school libraries, or
• have some experience with collection management and want to find out how their collection can better respond to and reflect the needs of their school community.

Why take this course

• Learn at school or home, at a time of day that suits you.
• Learn how to develop a well-used collection of books and resources that students will love to read and use.
• Use tools that help you better understand diversity in your collection and your school community.
• Strengthen your understanding of collection management processes.
• Improve your professional practice by applying what you learn to your school context.

What you'll learn

• Understand the purpose of your collection.
• Develop and articulate a vision for your collection.
• Learn more about your users and their needs.
• Find out how input from others (students and staff) can help develop your collection.
• Know how to use collection management processes — planning, assessing, selecting and buying, organising, and weeding.

Course learning

Throughout the course you'll:

• use quality resources to learn the best practices for school library collection development
• learn from other course participants by sharing ideas and practice
• be guided and supported by our experienced facilitators
• start an action plan and guiding documents to help you develop a better collection in your school library
• integrate collection development processes into your library practice
• reflect on your learning.