Move to digital resources means kids will miss out on old-fashioned books. KIM KNIGHT <\/p>\n
John Cosgrove <\/p>\n
BOOKWORMS: Changes to school library policies on non-fiction books will affect Rupert, 5, left, Polly, 10, and Leo, 12, Lublow-Catty. <\/p>\n
Student accessto specialist non-fiction National Library books will be cut from July. <\/p>\n
Shocked teachers say they weren't consulted about the move, expected to hit rural and technology-poor schools hardest. <\/p>\n
Last year, 16,000 teachers made 40,000 requests for almost a million hard-copy items via the National Library's curriculum topic support service. <\/p>\n
That service is being dumped from term three, in favour of directing students to \"curated online resources\". <\/p>\n
For some educationalists, contact from the Sunday Star-Times this week was the first they knew of a change they describe as \"enormous\". <\/p>\n
Denise Torrey, Principals' Federation president, said schools didn't have the resources to own large, varied collections. She supported digital learning, but feared for schools with limited technology. <\/p>\n
This week, the School Library Association of New Zealand issued an open letter to National Library saying it was \"disheartened\" by the change which would have a negative impact on teaching and learning. <\/p>\n
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