Kia ora koutou

A short week as the calendar goes, but still action-packed!

Thanks to those of you who were able to make it to our first all-staff Q&A session on the Library Review Report.  We’re collating feedback (organised thematically) to share back.  And we’re committed to offering the chance to kōrero together on an ongoing basis.  To help with this, and to provide an alternative means of feeding back and asking questions, we’ve set up a padlet.  Please feel free to share your thoughts and pose questions here:
Library Review Report feedback (padlet.com)

Our MLM project continues apace!  A well-deserved morning tea for functional co-leads and subject matter experts was held on Tuesday.  It was, as always, lovely to connect together in-person to share some kai and celebrate sterling progress to date.

It was Jaz’s last day today, and we were able to go out for coffee and have a bit of fun with travel bookings together.  Jaz has been a fabulous addition to our team, getting up to speed and teaching me a thing or two (million) along the way!

We’ve opened recruitment already for our next fabulous Tautāwhi | Administrator.  Please spread the word far and wide amongst your networks:
Library Tautāwhi | Administrator – University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha

I’d like to add an endorsement to today’s earlier post on the Pacific Talanoa Day on 13 November.  We encourage everyone to attend and invite you to talk with your manager if flexible arrangements might be helpful so that you can fully engage in the day and the fabulous opportunity this represents.

I’d also like to take this opportunity to express thanks to the Macmillan Brown Library team for the raft of activities, displays, talks, tours and events on offer at the Alumni & Community Reunion celebrations this weekend.  The weather forecast is more promising than today’s chilly offerings, and this should be a busy and bustling time for the campus and our wider UC community.  Thanks to all of you pitching in to work and contribute to the event.

Next week is LIANZA Conference and a number of us are going along to connect with colleagues, hear and share, and in some cases, present.  A shout-out to Nick and Kathryn for their paper on Keenious (AI versus traditional database searching) on Wednesday!

Also this weekend, a certain game of rugby takes place. Go the ABs!

Mā te wā,
Kat