New Zealand Certificate in Library and Information Services for Children and Teens (Level 6)

NZ3463

This programme is delivered fully online. Watch our video to see what online study with Open Polytechnic is like.

This online qualification will prepare you to lead and deliver programmes and services that provide opportunities for children and teens to develop the multiple literacies required for reading and lifelong learning.

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    Level
    6
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    Credits
    80
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    Cost
    $3,172 NZ Domestic

    Not including any course materials or external exam fees.

  •  
    Student loan

    Not available.

The New Zealand Certificate in Library and Information Services for Children and Teens is recognised by the School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (SLANZA). You will learn how to encourage reader development, and design and deliver library programmes for children and teens within Aotearoa New Zealand's diverse communities.

Library and Information Services for Children and Teens (Level 6) FAQs

What you will learn

Upon successful completion of the programme graduates will be able to:

  • identify and develop solutions to the issues and needs of a particular community (for example: local, school), and the impact these have on participation in library programmes by children and teens;
  • create, lead and deliver programmes and services that provide opportunities for children and teens to develop the multiple literacies  required for reading and lifelong learning;
  • plan and manage information, collections and services targeted at children, teens and their families/whānau, and integrate the use of collections and information in all forms and formats;
  • apply understanding of the ethical management and use of information, equity of information access, freedom of information, privacy, cultural knowledge, and copyright, in New Zealand’s bicultural and multicultural environment, to the provision of library and information services for this user group.

Career opportunities

This qualification will prepare you for a career working with children and teens in libraries, schools and public sector organisations. 

Study pathways

The New Zealand Certificate in Library and Information Services for Children and Teens prepares you for a career working with children and teens in libraries, schools and public sector organisations. You can study this programme independently, or after you have completed our Level 5 New Zealand Diploma in Library and Information Studies. You can also go on to complete the Bachelor of Library and Information Studies.

Maximum Programme Completion Time

To be awarded the qualification it must be completed in no more than 3 years of first enrolment, unless there are exceptional circumstances.

  •  
    Level
    6
  •  
    Credits
    80
  •  
    Cost
    $3,172 NZ Domestic

    Not including any course materials or external exam fees.

  •  
    Student loan

    Not available.