Over 100 years old, the School Journal is an amazing source of commentary on NZ society and culture over the years and through the eyes of writers and illustrators of children’s literature. Digitisation of even part of this body of work could support social studies and media studies themes. Application also in the arts in terms of illustrative styles and approaches.
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A great physical and therefore likely great digital set of resources for schools.
Also a great resource for fine art students as some of New Zealand’s best artists supplimented their income by illustrating for the school journal.
It does contain a significant amount of material licensed from well-known overseas authors such as Spike Milligan, so might prove problematic in terms of copyright.
It is a good resource that I can direct students to as a Librarian. We don’t have it in our library but it is something most can read independently. Jayne Downes
It would be better to think of Spike Milligan as an interesting challenge rather than problematic. Lets be creative rather than cautious
And make the crown owned index to the School Journal free as well.
I am sure they were as adventurous and seminal as we remember them. Dogitalised and searchable by contributors, subject matter and images
Def make index free (come on govt!). A lot of useful NZ specific non-fiction aimed at varying levels. Useful for work from past NZ authors and ilustrators.
School journals were awesome and taught me everything I needed to know about whatever the subject matter at hand was.
It’s a massive resource, and by providing it online teachers would be able to reuse it in so many more ways – and in a way that’s relevant to their students.
The School Journal is used extensively throughout schools in NZ. It is a superb resource for teachers and students alike. Often schools are only able to keep a limited run of the journal because of space constraints. Having it online and searchable would be of huge benefit to not just schools, but anyone interested in the history of NZ. This idea gets my vote!
The National Library tried to digitise the SJ several years ago but had to abandon the project because it couldn’t clarify the situation with copyright. Platitudes about being creative don’t remove the reality of rights. If these aren’t sorted then you can’t proceed.
Most NZers grew up with the School Journal – it’s an integral part of my memory of school life (along with marmite sandwhiches).