Kia ora koutou
A couple of important updates to share. Firstly, thanks to Māori and Pacific staff for your feedback over the last month on our draft Library Ops Plan 2024. We have incorporated all suggestions and uploaded the latest version of our Plan to the Library All Staff Teams site, in the General channel, under Files | Key Documents.
Please take a look as you can, and have a chat with colleagues and your manager if you’d like to feedback or discuss further. We look forward to your input.
Sending our best wishes and thanks to Erin for this afternoon’s “Drawing Connections – Exploring the Architecture of Cecil Wood” exhibition opening at the Southbase Gallery, Tuakiri at Tūranga. This exhibition uses the architectural drawings of Cecil Wood from our UC Archives collection to explore the cultural and historical context of Ōtautahi’s built environment, and is a partnership between CCL, UC Art History and the UC Library – ka pai!
Also best wishes and thanks to Fiona and Lydia, who have done much hard work on a review of our Art Collection Policy. The revised policy has been presented to and endorsed by Library Committee, and goes to Academic Board for discussion (and we hope approval) later today. Ka rawe!
Finally, an update on my whereabouts over the next couple of months. I’m clear to fly to Hawai’i this weekend for the IFLA 2024 Library Buildings mid-term conference: Storytelling and Imagination Embracing Indigeneity in Architecture and Transforming Difficult Library Buildings
Then will return to Ōtautahi for one day prior to breast cancer surgery booked for 20 March. There’s a 6-week recovery time for the surgery I’ll be having, so assuming all goes well, I’ll be back to work from 1 May onwards. Helen is Acting University Librarian from next Monday 11 March up until Tuesday 30 April, and you’ll have seen the EOI to back-fill her substantive role (AUL – Research) posted to Counterculture earlier this morning.
I want to thank you all for your wonderful well wishes and aroha as I knuckle down to deal with what’s ahead – it makes a world of difference to know how much support is out there.
Kia pai te mutunga wiki,
Kat