Services To Schools
Services to Schools is a business unit that supports New Zealand primary and secondary schools through its Curriculum Services and Advisory Services.
Curriculum Services lends items from its Schools Collection to enhance teaching and learning in New Zealand schools. The collection has a unique range of New Zealand and international curriculum resources including fiction and non-fiction books, videos, CDs and DVDs. Every teacher can access and borrow from the 600,000 items in the collection and it is used by 98% of New Zealand schools. Curriculum Services issues nearly 1.5 million resources each year.
Curriculum Services centres in Auckland, Palmerston North and Christchurch provide distance services for teachers via free fax, phone, email, post and an online request form, and teachers can visit the centres to select resources. Staff assist and advise teachers on appropriate resources, and select and send items in response to teachers' topic requests.
Advisory Services supports school library development, offering free information and advice on school library management and providing professional development. Library advisors in 14 locations around New Zealand help and support schools in planning and development in these areas. Every New Zealand school can use the Advisory Service. The publication The School library and learning in the information landscape: guidelines for New Zealand schools provides guiding principles for school library development.
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