The University has created a Community Open Day which will be held on 1st October. The Library will be contributing by having the following on display –

The Rutherford medal display used for the reopening of the Central Library celebrations and will remain on display. It is also the 100 year anniversary of Rutherford’s discovery of the atomic nucleus this year. The exhibit was curated by Lydia Baxendell.

The King James Bible and also hopefully Bishop Grimes Bible (from the Catholic Cathedral in Christchurch) will also be on display in the Central Library. Dr Chris Jones and Bronwyn Matthews will be working on creating this exhibit which will also remain in the Central Library for sometime as more aspects of this exhibition are developed. The King James Bible is celebrating its 400th birthday and Bronwyn has informed me that the copy that the UC Library holds is only one of two held in Australasia.

Google Earth Liquid Galaxy is an edutainment feature that is being installed and will be housed in the Central Library. Ronan Phelps from IT will be responsible for setting up a bank of large HD screens in a half circle onto which Google Earth maps can be projected. Overlays of 3D images can be added and the person who is in charge of the very funky mouse can do a Google Earth flyby and travel all over the earth – including into space and under the sea. This installation is expected to remain in the Central Library.

Heather Jenks
Associate University Librarian