Kia ora koutou

I’ll keep this week’s entry brief, as I’m about to join Academic Board to share the Library Review Report and invite/receive feedback and questions.  The report went to SLT this Tuesday, and was well received there, with much interest and engagement.  I also enjoyed meeting with many of you at our Q&A session on Wednesday, where lively discussion took place.

We’re collating themes and questions on the Library Review Report feedback (padlet.com) – there’s a lot more there now than there was a week ago!  This is a way of both capturing our kōrero, sharing it amongst each other and potentially inspiring follow-on conversations and questions. Please keep adding notes!

On Monday we have our Pacific Talanoa Day to look forward to, co-designed by the Pacific Development Team and library staff.  The talanoa is such a fantastic opportunity for us to develop our cultural awareness and capacity to better support Pacific students and staff.  I know a number of you are attending, and supporting colleagues to attend.  It will be a special and valuable day, and I look forward very much to coming together in this way.

Visits to Tūranga, hosted by CCL colleagues in the Māori and Multicultural Services Team, continue next week too.  We are so fortunate to have this opportunity to experience a guided tour of the building’s cultural narrative which relates to mātauranga mana whenua and our local environment.  And I know we also value this opportunity to discuss with the team ways we can embody more Tiriti centred ways of working in our own professional library practice.

These are wonderful opportunities to engage with, and I’m very grateful to library staff who have worked hard to bring them to bear for us all.

Mā te wā,
Kat