As noted in my Library All Staff Teams post earlier today, I’d like to thank everyone for taking time to welcome, meet, guide and kōrero with the external review panel so far during their visit.  They have visited all libraries, seen a fair bit of the wider campus, and will have an all-staff morning tea with you next Tuesday 27th June at 9am (210 in PJH).

The panel also invite all of us to provide additional thoughts and input in the project room (PJH 524A, next to Helen), via anonymous post-it notes. Please feel welcome to pop by anytime (the door is open when the panel is not based there) and share your post-it note thoughts for Challenges, Opportunities and Ideas.  Just had a quick look and can see things have been taking shape through the course of the day – fab!

Some updates to share from the Macmillan Brown Library, and ka pai to the team!

As part of the Archival Shelving Replacement Project, 300 linear metres of archives have been relocated to offsite store this week.  These collections remain discoverable on Kā Kohika with a note that the items are offsite but still retrievable. (There will be a slight delay in fulfilling requests as we need to give Archives NZ 24 hours’ notice.)

And amongst much ongoing mahi, the team has also been focussed on preparing collection items for loan to the Teece Museum for the UC150 exhibition at the Arts Centre (Whiria te tāngata: Weaving the people together – 150 years of College and Community’, Pūmanawa Community Gallery at the Arts Centre, 20 July-10 September 2023).  Archives, published works and artworks have all been requested for the exhibition, including the Apirana Ngāta bust that is located in Aotahi.

In other news, the winter solstice passed this week, which means we’re officially on the countdown to summer!  Take care all – there are still a raft of nasty illnesses doing the rounds.
Kat