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Web App of the Week: Waitangi Day – Free download

Web App of the Week: Waitangi Day – Free download

Web App of the Week - Waitangi

Web App of the Week: Waitangi Day – Free download

This week’s Web App of the Week was created to celebrate Waitangi Day and enable you to have an informative Accessit Library user and learning experience.

Waitangi Day (Māori: Te Rā o Waitangi), marks the anniversary of the initial signing – on 6 February 1840 – of the Treaty of Waitangi, the founding document of New Zealand.

 

Waitangi Day is recognised as New Zealand’s national day and is an important marker in the country’s history. Recognition of the significance of the Treaty of Waitangi as the nation’s founding document will continue to encourage leaders, communities and individuals to mark the day in new ways.

If you like what you see, we’ve created these images and an interactive quiz for you to use in your Web App. Click ‘Download Now’ (you need to be pre-logged into ALeC as an existing customer) to use the Waitangi Day content, specially designed for use on your Accessit Library Web App.

Waitangi dashboard preview - Web App of the Week

References:
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/treaty/waitangi-day

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    Three people holding hands andhelping each other to step on higher stack of books

    Supporting Reluctant Readers

    Here are 5 easy ways that Accessit can help you make the library a digital haven for your reluctant readers and English language learners.

    1. Accessit’s Visual Search is a fantastic way to make searching simpler for tangled readers. For instance, if they like dinosaur books, they can just click on a picture of a dinosaur, rather than typing the word.

    Web App Visual Search for Kids

    Clicking on the picture of dinosaurs will take the patron to all the dinosaur books in your library because the picture is associated with certain subject headings or tags. Of course, these configurations are all completely customisable.

    2. Intuitive searching

    Don’t forget that Accessit accepts phonetic spelling and misspelt words. If your student types in ‘dinosar’, Accessit will offer a list of alternatives.

    Phonetic spelling and misspelt words

    And remember, students don’t have to type the entire word! Truncated searching is one of Accessit’s most-loved features. Just type in ‘dino’ and you’ll still get results.

    Can’t spell the Treaty of Versailles? Just type ‘treaty ver’.

    Don’t want to type out ‘genetically modified organism’? Just type ‘gen mod o’ and you will find the results you are after.

    Truncated searching using Web App

    3. E-resources can be especially beneficial for students with reading difficulties and ELL students, and Accessit makes it easy to display these alongside your print titles.
    Searching via Web App

    Our seamless integration with providers such as MackinVIA, Overdrive and Wheelers allows students to search, select, and borrow e-resources directly from Accessit’s Web App without having to go to a separate platform.

      • E-books can be ideal for hesitant readers since they can adjust the font size and utilise a dyslexic-friendly display.
      • E-audiobooks are perfect for anyone who is developing their language skills so they can hear the words being pronounced and be more exposed to proper flow and fluency.
      • You can also catalogue videos, which will then display in any search results too. Imagine your students with limited English watching a Crash Course video on the earth’s rotation around the sun, before tackling a non-fiction book on the subject.
    • Visit any of these links to learn how to set up integrations with the eBook providers below:

    4. For developing readers, it’s even more important to choose a book at the right level of difficulty. They need something that will challenge them just a bit – but not defeat them.

    With Accessit, your catalogue records can include Lexile information along with reading levels via Accelerated Reader or Fountas & Pinnell. In fact, Accelerated Reader can be fully integrated, including information about quizzes, points, and interest level. Searching for the perfect book has never been easier!

    5. Lastly, Accessit’s One Search introduces students to free and subscription database to take their research beyond the library walls.

    Even if you work at a high school, you can add some extra One Search providers that cater to your learners with limited proficiency. If you subscribe to Britannica, World Book, or Gale, you may be able to access their versions aimed at younger students. There are also some great free providers you can add, such as DK Find Out (by Dorling Kindersley), National Geographic Kids, and Khan Academy. Your emerging readers deserve to have accessible choices on One Search for a more successful research experience.

    One Search functionality
    As you can see, with Accessit it’s easy to provide your students the best possible resources, no matter their reading level.

    Finally, don’t forget to include these tools in your end-of-year evaluation, to provide evidence of how your library supports vulnerable readers of all kinds.

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      Intro image with Lovett School's library on the right side

      Let’s Talk Libraries: The Lovett School - Robyn Martin

      The Lovett School switched to Accessit Library in May 2020. Robyn Martin, Lovett’s Director of Library Services & Upper School Librarian, spoke with Accessit about their experience since, highlighting how Accessit Library supports her team of six librarians and how Accessit Library supported their students’ virtual learning and the Lovett School community during the COVID lockdowns.

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      “For our Lower School students, it is one-stop shopping. The librarians only have to teach them one place to search for any of the resources they need. The students are able to use the Web App by themselves and are confident in their abilities to find those resources.”

      Robyn Martin

      Director of Library Services & Upper School Librarian , Lovett School, US

      Lion on the wall in the library and colourful library placeVasser Woolley Library

      Lovett School switched to Accessit Library in May 2020. Robyn Martin, Lovett’s Director of Library Services & Upper School Librarian, spoke with Accessit about their experience since, highlighting how Accessit Library supports her team of six librarians and how Accessit Library supported their students’ virtual learning and the Lovett School community during the COVID lockdowns.

      We understand you have quite the team of Librarians at Lovett School! Tell us more about who is in it and what each of your roles are.

      We have a great team of six people.

      Reading space
      Vasser Woolley Library

      In the Vasser Woolley Library (6-12) we have:

      • Robyn Martin, Director of Library Services/Upper School Librarian – 18th year at Lovett, responsible for the K-12 library program as well as serving as the librarian for students in grades 9-12
      • Jennifer Northrup, Middle School Librarian – 4th year at Lovett, first in the position as librarian to grades 6-8. Previously served as librarian in the Dorothy Floyd Library, primarily with grades 3-5
      • Azeb Tadesse, Library Assistant – 35th year at Lovett, responsible for cataloging, circulation, processing library materials.

      Library from outside
      Dorothy Floyd Library

       In the Dorothy Floyd Library (K-5) we have:

      • Perry Yates, Lower School Librarian – 4th year at Lovett, primarily responsible for grades K-2
      • Kaitlin Taylor, Lower School Librarian – 1st year at Lovett, primarily responsible for grades 3-5
      • Susan Amabile, Library Assistant – 5th year at Lovett (4 years previously, returning this year in the same position), responsible for cataloging, circulation, processing library materials

      Both libraries are on the same campus and Accessit Library is helpful as there are some books we have in both libraries and Accessit Library makes it really easy to see where the available copies are to issue.

      Tell me about your switch to Accessit Library.

      We migrated to AccessIt Library in May, 2020. We had heard about Accessit from a neighboring school (where my husband works). They had a demo and he was impressed enough to talk about it. It sounded like something we needed to look into as we were not totally satisfied with our current system. So, we set up a demo for Lovett and liked what we saw. Some of the influencing factors were the PAC features – ease of use for our students, the overall look of it; being able to edit MARC records easily; hosting was available; cost.

      Everyone except Kaitlin has experience with other systems at Lovett (she has used other systems elsewhere). And when Azeb started, the school was still using a physical card catalogue, so she was here for the original automation of the library. But Accessit Library is really intuitive so a lot of it we could figure out for ourselves. And on the plus side, we were all home when we switched to Accessit, so we were able to do training and learn the system virtually.

      How does Accessit Library make your life easier?

      For the library staff, AccessIt Library offers many features that make our lives easier. All of the management applications are on the home screen and it is easy to go back to the screen. In Cataloging, we can do global changes with just a couple of clicks. We can edit MARC records easily and we do Z39.50 searching to help with that task. In the Web App, it is easy to create lists of books for upcoming projects, send them to the teachers and verify that we are pulling the right materials for what they want their students to do. In holds, the ability to send emails to patrons waiting for books with a click also makes our lives easier!

      What feature of Accessit Library have you found the most valuable, and why?

      So many, depending on which of us you ask! For several of my staff, the ease of working with cataloging records makes the top of the list. From Z39.50 searching, to MARC editing, to global changes – five stars! The Web App presents an appealing page to post information for our community. It’s easy to select which labels to print – no wasted sheets. The ability to control what fields are visible in the PAC – so easy to change when we need to update. Automatic updates – we don’t have to schedule a time for the system to be down in order for you to send us the latest version. And a big one – your target audience is school libraries. You aren’t trying to be all things to all people. You (Accessit and the people who work there) understand what schools need and work hard to provide it.

      How do your students use your library?

      In the Dorothy Floyd Library, students come in before school starts to browse, check out books and chat with the librarians. During the school day, each class comes once during our 6-day schedule rotation, except for the kindergarten classes, which come twice. In the Vasser Woolley Library, Middle School students come before and after school, with their classes, and sometimes during class to check out books. All of our Middle School students have a book to read during the day, which they can turn to when they’ve finished their classwork or during designated reading times. If they need a new book, they are able to come to the library to find one.

      Two boys browsing library catalogue on their computersDorothy Floyd Library

      Upper School students are in the library all day long. It is one of the spots on campus they can go when they have a study period. They come with classes, at lunch and before and after school to do homework. We are also a spot for meeting friends and socializing. It can get noisy in here, but that’s okay with us!

      How do your students engage with the Accessit Library Web App?

      The Web App is used primarily for searching the catalog, which is accessible from anywhere and we do find they are using it, particularly in grades K-8. Our students have become expert at putting books on hold and sometimes they place too many!

      The Web App functions beautifully, and our Lower School has made it their main website. Jennifer added the database links to the page, so our students were able to easily find what they needed whether they were at school or at home. We can also post any information our community might need or find helpful on the Web App.

      For our Lower School students, it is one-stop shopping. The librarians only have to teach them one place to search for any of the resources they need. The students are able to use the Web App by themselves and are confident in their abilities to find those resources. Our Middle and Upper School students are using the Web App to look up books they want, put items on hold, and renew their books. It’s also very visual, which helps with our younger students – they can see the covers and then identify the books on the shelf.

      Boy looking at resource record on his computerDorothy Floyd Library

      They are more independent, using the catalog themselves without asking a librarian to help them. We think that is a good thing! Kaitlin says it is helping her students learn efficient keyword searching, Boolean operators and strategies for assessing resources.

      What feature of Accessit Library have your students enjoyed using the most?

      Browsing the catalog. They also love the carousels of books to see what is new, what we recommend, and placing holds. The spelling suggestions have been great from our point of view! There’s a lot less of “we can’t find anything” when they see the correct spelling of their search terms!

      Lovett School Library computers
      Dorothy Floyd Library

      How has your school year been this year regarding COVID?

      We have been very fortunate here at Lovett. We have been in-person all year. We opened last fall (2020) with a hybrid style for the first month or so. But by mid-October, we were in-person except for those who chose to be virtual.

      Three boys browsing library catalogue on their computersDorothy Floyd Library

      When working virtually, Accessit Library was great and quite useful for Lower and Middle schools. We trained the students how to use Accessit and they were able to put holds on books they wanted which their parents could then come to the school and pick up. Accessit made it easy to do this, especially with the visual display of books for the younger students. In January, nearly every student was back on campus. The libraries are open for business as usual and it is wonderful to see our students using the spaces again.

      Kids reading in the library
      Dorothy Floyd Library

      How have you found the support offered by the Accessit Library Support team?

      Support has been, for the most part, really great. The screenshots and videos in the Portal and on ALeC are very helpful. We do wish training was available in-person. Zoom style calls for something so involved are not ideal, so we mostly use tickets. I appreciate the ability to rank the question, issue or feature request when submitting them. Even given the time difference I do find the response time pretty quick and I really appreciate that. Christine from the New Zealand support desk was great and helped us solve some issues with our labels, and now we have multiple templates for printing spine labels so we can print the right ones at the right time.

      How would you describe Accessit Library in one word?

      Between us, we came up with these:
      • Engaging
      • Evolving
      • Helpful
      • Easy/Intuitive
      • Economical (that’s our business office/IT input!)

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        “I cannot even begin to explain what a difference this system has made to our school. Accessit allows all the processing to occur so much more quickly. I can catalogue a bundle of books within seconds, move a book from one location or collection to another seamlessly or simply replicate a task without any work.”

        Jen Nicolo

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        Jen is employed by Lloyd Street Primary school as a Librarian Assistant with no formal qualifications, looking after all of the resources within the school. Jen was was part of the decision to switch to Accessit Library in 2019 and has been finding it to be well worth it ever since.

        We decided to transition as our previous system was out-of-date and did not allow us the freedom and accessibility that Accessit Library did. The librarian at my kid’s high school recommended Accessit Library, and from there it was a matter of sorting out the funds to get it. We also heard about Accessit Library from another school and received some mail outs about it. I was involved in the decision as well as the actual transition. It felt like a bit of a risk as I didn’t know a lot about Accessit Library, but it was well worth it.

        Jen found the transition to be seamless and used tools provided by Accessit Library to help her learn how to use more and more of the system.

        The switch was seamless and occurred during our school holiday period. We had a few training sessions to get started and from there I was learning as I went. At the start, all I knew about Accessit Library was from the roadshow at a local school, which was essentially a general seminar on how it all worked. However, I was able to access any webinars as well as using the Customer Portal and Customer Service whenever I had an issue or wanted to extend my knowledge.

        What was really great was the two training sessions with one of Accessit Library’s Customer Support team members. We would cover the basic things and the sessions were split over a period of time, so I could learn something, have some time to practice it and then come back to it later as well as learn more things. That then had me using the Customer Portal, as I would learn something from a training session, go away to do 100 other things, and then need a reminder of what it was that I had just learned. It’s also great because when I want to know something or remind myself of something I can go straight in and find it.

        For me, I find the Accessit Library webinars the most beneficial. It doesn’t matter what the webinar is on, I will always sign up to it because there are so many things to do and know with Accessit that I know there will be something useful in the webinar. I have attended every one I have been offered, and even watching it at a later date after it’s been live is good because I am able to pause it, go and try something in the Management App and then come back.

        Accessit Library has made and continues to make Jen’s life as a librarian easier by supporting Jen and the specific needs of Lloyd Street Primary as an International Baccalaureate school, such as improving the connection between resources, staff and students.

        I cannot even begin to explain what a difference this system has made to our school. Firstly, from a cataloguing perspective, it allows all the processing to occur so much more quickly. I can catalogue a bundle of books within seconds, move a book from one location or collection to another seamlessly or simply replicate a task without any work. From a management perspective it just makes all the processing jobs so much faster. New books come in and are on the shelf quickly. Even though I am working on my own in the library, with Accessit Library I have been able to achieve so many more improvements and updates in a much shorter timeframe. Unfortunately, Accessit does not cover the books for me!

        Secondly, it has improved the connection between resources, staff and students as books are easily tagged for the specific needs of the school. I like the ability and flexibility of being able to customise our Web App and the option to create different landing pages for staff and students. I am about to launch a teacher page so the staff land on a page related to their needs. Staff can quickly and easily search for the resources they’re after and can create lists of resources at school or from home. I have used Visual Search for the teachers, renaming it to “Teacher Resources”. Within it I have created the categories important to the teachers, like reading books, English books, magazines and other resources related to an IB school. I also have a QR code printed out and placed around the school so a teacher can scan it and access the Web App straight away.

        Accessit Library supports our specific needs as an IB school, like the kids learning and connecting the IB principles with the resources which Accessit Library as a library management system allows them to do. For example, the kids may be learning about “sharing the planet” and Accessit can tag all of the books that relate to that very quickly and easily. So that also means when the teachers go on the Web App, they can go to IB specifics, like going to Visual Search and clicking on “sharing the planet” to provide them with all of the books related to that.

        Another example is with kids learning to read. We have sets of books that are levelled, so we can easily tag all the books with the appropriate reading levels which makes it easier for the teachers to find them, making everything accessible.

        Another example and something I did recently, was catalogue a website related to Remembrance Day as a resource so that teachers can go straight to the website and find further resources related to that topic. It now has me thinking, “Hang on, I can link not only resources but websites to create a safe space for students and useful place for staff to go for further resources.” Everything becomes available and accessible, being both visual and easy to find.

        Jen and Lloyd Street Primary experienced around 250 days of lockdowns in Melbourne, Australia. But with Accessit Library’s Click & Collect service her kids were able to continue reserving and issuing books throughout this time.

        Accessit Library’s Click & Collect service was very successful during lockdown, and more than useful. Kids and parents were able to reserve books from home and when the copy was available an email would go out to them automatically – I just had to alter the email to tell them where to find the books. I think Click & Collect also helped with the awareness of the Web App, too. I had launched the Web App at the same time, and then the parents started reserving books and were able to collect them from the foyer without having to actually come in to the school. For the kids that loved the library, it was fantastic. They couldn’t always access the public library so it was helpful for them.

        Lloyd Street Primary’s kids are already well versed in using Accessit Library, running the library during lunchtimes and easily logging in to their own accounts to browse the library catalogue and reserves books.

        They engage with the Web App more when they come in to the library. We have two tablets on the wall which they are comfortable logging in to on their own profile and using it to browse the school library catalogue and reserve books. They don’t even hesitate; they just go in and know how to use it. And of course, they have access to the Web App on their laptops, too.

        Students from Lloyd Street Primary

        Also, each class has a library session once a week where the students are free to browse and borrow books. The teacher allows a few kids to run the circulation desk and the students have been able to pick up how to use Accessit Library well. I go out to check and ensure they know how to use it, but they are very good. At lunch time some of the older kids run the library by doing all of the issuing, returning, shelving and stuff like that. They love it! And it’s great because I can get so busy and them doing that helps me out. I have a few kids in particular that are so professional at it. The system is great as it enables them to be able to use it well. Accessit Library has been invaluable to allow student agency.

        We also run an annual competition for students for the ‘most active borrowers’ which has supported an increase in library circulation. For this competition we publish a list of our Top 50 borrowers, with the top 3 winning a prize. This list is printed on an A4 piece of paper and put up on the wall just outside the library for the year. I often hear them making comments about where each person is on the list. I have never seen so much interest in an A4 piece of paper! Then in the next year I have kids coming in to borrow books to try and be in the top borrowers. I also started adding in the most active borrowers at class level so it required more of a team effort. I think in a way all this has made the library a bit cooler.

        Along with allowing student agency, Accessit Library’s visual presentation of books resonates with Lloyd Street Primary’s kids, resulting in significant yearly increases in books issued.

        The students love searching the Web App. They also love to reserve books and check their borrowing history. But the visual presentation of the books within the Web App has been the most beneficial in terms of engagement for students and staff. The new items carousel is top and centre of the Web App and the news articles with images of the students are extremely popular.

        For the kids in Grade 2 or under, they aren’t necessarily reading but are instead focusing on the visual side of things. With the way books are displayed in the Web App the kids are able to easily see them visually. Before Accessit Library, there wasn’t much interest in the non-fiction shelves, but now with Accessit the non-fiction books are catalogued in a way that the kids are able to see them. They started looking more at those books and reserving them. There is now much higher engagement because the visual display of the books in the Web App, the ability to reserve, and distribution of the Web App to the parents.

        We got Accessit Library in 2019, so I did a comparison of books issued in 2019 vs 2020 and found a massive increase, despite spending about half of the time in lockdown. These are the numbers from running a Collection (Count & Value) report on the Accessit Library Management App:

        Graph - Total books issued

        Year Total books issued
        2019 9,821
        2020 12,422 (despite 154 days in lockdown)
        2021 (Oct) 17002 (despite 113 days in lockdown)

         

        Accessit Library as a Library Management System supports Jen and Lloyd Street Primary, but so does Accessit Library’s Support team.

        They’re first class. The Customer Support team and the I.T team respond very quickly to any concerns or questions. They are very friendly and helpful. There are multiple ways of contacting them, but the ticketing option is quick and easy.

        And to finish off our talk with Jen, one of the last questions we asked her was how she would describe Accessit Library in one word, to which she answered:

        The name says it all – accessible.

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          Librarian Talk – Wendy Wright – Avonside Girls’ High & Shirley Boys’ High

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          Lets Talk Libraries Wendy Bamber Intro

          Let’s Talk Libraries: Wendy Bamber - Seatoun School

          Seatoun School librarian, Wendy Bamber, has been using Accessit Library for 10 years. Amongst many other things, it allows her to streamline her processes and save her time. An example is cataloguing. She feels lucky that as a brand-new librarian she was able to engage with the Accessit Library Support team and be introduced to Accessit Library’s Automated Cataloging from the start.

          Type  Primary School
          Roll 375
          Campus One campus
          Installation Cloud hosted

           

          “If you are going to be a librarian, then you want to be on Accessit Library!” 

          Wendy Bamber

          School Librarian, Seatoun School, NZ

          “Accessit Library’s Automated Cataloguing makes cataloguing a new book so easy. When a student sees a new book waiting to be catalogued, I know I can have it catalogued within a minute in order for them to issue it out. I don’t have a huge amount of time to spend on cataloguing, so it’s great that it is so quick to do.”

          Automated cataloging also makes cataloging a larger batch very quick and easy.

          “Another feature I value is when I order boxes of books from the National Library. I can catalogue a box full and then give it a batch number, for example, “Junior Insects”, then scan them all in very quickly. The Override Type and Replace All facility makes them easily identifiable as National Library when issuing and returning them and makes them accessible to students to borrow. And before I send them all back, I can search for the batch, track down missing items then write them off, just leaving their records in our system which we can draw on for future use.”

          Borrower synchronization is another great feature of Accessit’s that has saved Wendy time, allowing her to import and update students’ year level, class and contact details via the student management system ready for the new school year, which Wendy says is “always easier than anticipated.”

          The students at Seatoun School are familiar with issuing, returning and reserving books in the library as a result of Wendy teaching students from Year 3 to search the catalogue properly.

          Wendy Bamber with child

          “They all have a session with me in the library from year 3, with their iPads in front of them which they use to practice searching the library catalogue via the Web App. I give them treasure hunt targets, for example “A fiction book about adventure”. Once they have conducted a search and chosen a title, they go and find the book in the library based on what the search has told them. I give most classes exercises in using this at least once per term to ensure they remember how to do it and they actually become very competitive about it! It is also a great tool for discovering new books they haven’t tried before.

          This work has paid off as students enjoy reserving books from their favorite series or subject matter.

          “Our students love to reserve books, either the next in the series they are reading or the new books I show them or what they see their friends reading. They are taught this from Year 3 onwards and they continue to use this through to Year 8. They also access the catalogue from home and the large number of reserves shows me how engaged they are.”

          Accessit Library also enables the students to view their reading history, which Wendy says they find highly amusing, “especially as they get to the end of their time at our school and we spend a session reminiscing.”

          Wendy Bamber Presenting

          Accessit Library’s One Search has enabled Wendy to set up thematically related databases to support teaching and learning goals, while using the appropriate resources available to the library.

          “One Search has been really excellent. For the Science Fair I was able to add on a couple of relevant databases for the students and it makes it very easy for them to search via a platform they know well. Next term will be focused on History, so I will add other databases like Papers Past for that. Nothing is permanent and you are able to add which databases work best for you and your school, tying the school resources in nicely with what’s going on.”

          And of course, throughout all of her career, the Accessit Library Support team has helped Wendy easily solve problems, save time and even run the library from home when necessary. Wendy offered kind thoughts on our Support team, saying:

          “My experiences as a librarian from the start has involved the Accessit Library Support team. They are always available and incredibly patient, and nothing is too much trouble, ever. They confidently connect to my computer, jumping in and helping me out, which is so helpful and reassuring when things are busy. Sometimes you just don’t have the time to get the full explanation or it be a teaching opportunity and you simply need to be told how to get it done. They are great at that. They are always prepared to connect remotely to my PC and find the cause of a problem, which is usually adjusting settings or helping me make better use of the software. Sometimes a job that could have taken all day to do just gets done.

          During Lockdown last year, it was awesome that one of the team helped me install Accessit on my home computer which meant I was able to see my library catalogue remotely. I now have it on my MacBook which means I can work from home during the holidays if I wish. Also, I could rely on the system if we went into Lockdown again.

          It’s really handy to access Accessit remotely. I am able to get on the system, chase people up and complete admin tasks. If I know books are set to arrive during the holidays then I can catalogue them from home as they arrive. Overall, it is flexible and provides me with choice and flexibility.”

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            How International Schools Can Automate Their Library & Free Up Time for What Matters 

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            Diversity and Inclusion – Accessit Book Club

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            Supporting mental health in the library: Mallinson Library, Wellington College, Berkshire

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            Loving books this Valentine’s Day!

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            Information and Digital Literacy – Richer Through Collaboration

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            The library – a safe space for everyone

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            On the Road Again – NZ Roadshow 2019

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            Genrefying your library: Unley High School

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            Building a Strong Reading Culture: St Rita’s College Library

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            Australia Roadshow 2019 – a great success!

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            Creating an amazing online library presence

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            Deepening literacy engagement

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            Tsukuba International School

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            Otago Boys’ High School

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            Le Régent College

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            Wesley Intermediate School

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            Fuqua School

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            Kamo High School

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            Mental Health Foundation of NZ

            Leicestershire County Council

            Leicestershire County Council

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            Cambridge High School

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            Saint Kentigern College

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            Culford School

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            Greenhithe School

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            Reynella East College

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            Tyndale Christian School

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            Shepparton High School