Money woes hurt New Zealand school libraries

S T U F F Reports Teacher unions say more funding is needed to employ trained librarians and to help improve the quality of school libraries.

Under-staffing, untrained staff and poor use of information technology were identified as problems in an Education Review Office report on “student learning in the information landscape”.

The review surveyed more than 300 schools on how they supported learning through traditional information sources, such as libraries, and through technology.