Kia ora koutou

Two short weeks, back to back, and I hope you were all able to take some time out over the Easter break to reconnect, recharge and do whatever fills your metaphorical (and maybe literal) cup! My family and I took the opportunity to explore a little more of this beautiful city and region, taking day trips to Te Onepoto | Taylors Mistake and Diamond Harbour, interspersed with copious amounts of chocolate consumption and sofa time.

This week has been both short and action-packed!  I’ve been working with leadership team members on some finance forecasting, now that various projects and initiatives for the year ahead are taking firmer shape so we can project what’ll be involved.

Helen took Jaz and me (thank you Helen, and welcome Jaz 😊) through a background to and overview of the Visual Management Board. This was so valuable, and handily relates to an action in our 2023 Ops Plan to assess and streamline, as part of library governance, our comms channels and meeting set-ups.

I’m fresh out of the monthly Academic Board meeting this afternoon, at which a handful of new courses were proposed as part of the CUAP (Committee on Academic Programmes) process. It was interesting and helpful for me to see this part of the overall process, as there are significant implications for us in terms of library provision of services, collections, and spaces to projected student cohorts, for new or changed qualifications. It’s also heartening to see how the University is strategically positioning so that our graduates can meet current and future Aotearoa bicultural, community, economic and industry related needs.

Next week I’ll share impressions and pics from my recent IFLA Library Buildings tour and hui in Sydney, Wollongong and Illawarra.  Looking forward to any questions or discussion that may arise!  (Please RSVP is you can’t make it and would like to, as we can record it and/or schedule a repeat for another day)

Also sharing here the link to the recording from a recent Neurodiversity webinar, hosted by Callum McKirdy, which I know a few of you attended and found great value in: RECORDING AVAILABLE HERE

For now, the weekend beckons.  Safe one all,
Kat