The great team environment? The wonderful collections? The opportunity to empower users for lifelong learning? Or even the fabulous morning teas?

The theme of Library Week 2008 (18-24 August) is “What’s your story? Nou te kōrero”. To celebrate (and promote the library) we’re looking at creating a couple of videos asking library staff and library users what they like about the library.

We’re going to start by making the library staff video (3-5min total). If all goes well with that it’ll go up on the library website, we’ll make the student one, and both would be up together during Library Week. So next week I’m going to be coming around all the branches with my trusty webcam-enabled laptop to film anyone willing — and I do mean anyone!

• shelvers, desk staff, information librarians, collections, bindery, IT, interloans, admin, anyone I’ve shamefully forgotten… — and yes, managers too!
• young or mature, new-kid-on-the-block or old-hand, glasses-bun-and-cardie or Paula-Ryan-fashionable!

If you’re interested in saying a word, sentence or paragraph for the video; know someone I can bully encourage; or just want more information, please email me or phone me ext.7147.

And even if you’re not interested in being in the video, why not leave a comment here: what do you like about working at UC Libraries?