The water coming out of the tearoom sink taps in the tearoom is brownish and brackish. (The filtered water is okay).  It smells chlorinated so it may just be that (?) but a BEIMS has been placed this morning to check.

Her post on the Library Facebook page with a cartoon differentiating the different types of procrastinators has gone, for want of a better word, viral.

While our usual posts reach 800-1500, this post has a reach of 218,000 and climbing.

John and I are offering two sessions on APA referencing, designed to assist library staff with answering referencing questions on AskLIVE.

• Thursday 5 April: 11-11:50am (Poutama)
• Wednesday 11 April: 2-2:50pm (Poutama)

These sessions were requested by the Customer Services team but all welcome:)

You can book here.

Once again the most awesome week of the year is almost upon us: APA Week: March 19-23

So, if you see a student(s) whose bibliography is worrying you (not least, because it should be a reference list), alert them to the following:

• Daily APA Workshops taught by APA master, John Arnold
• Daily APA tips on Facebook

We’ll also be promoting AskLIVE as a good place to ask questions, so prepare for the onslaught.

We are delighted to invite you and your colleagues to join the 1^st seminar in our Pacific Post Graduate Talanoa 2018 series on  Monday 5^th March, 3-5pm (NZST) via video conferencing venues available at participating Universities.

This session is hosted by the AUT University, chaired by Tagaloatele Professor Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop

As this is the first talanoa for 2018, there will be a panel discussion on the topic: “What does Pacific research mean to me and how do I do this”. Our panel members are:

• Professor Marilyn Waring Professor of Public Policy, Faculty of Culture and Society, Auckland University of Technology
• Sunlou Liuvaie Pacific Learning Advisor, Manawatu Campus, Massey University
• Misatauveve Dr Melani Anae Senior Lecturer, Pacific Studies, Maori and Pacific Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Auckland
• Dr Fuafiva Faalau Lecturer, Pacific Health, Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland

Date: Monday 5 March
Time: 3 – 5pm
UC Venue: Room 164, Psychology-Sociology building, Ilam campus.

An Education Subject Librarian and a Customer Services Team member are now based in Kōtuku from 11-1pm, Monday to Friday. We can help with drop-in consultations, advice on how to use the library, guidance on distance services, catalogue help and much more.

We started this service this week and need to get the word out to students. So if you have queries from students based on Dovedale who need to speak to someone in person, please promote this service. I’ve created this map that can be used to direct people.

For the next couple of months we’re trialling adding content to the UC Library Twitter Account that is directed at PG students and academics. This means content about research, data management, open access, scholarly publishing and more.

We want to be able to use the twitter stats to test whether there is an appetite for this content. Therefore, it would be very helpful if staff could refrain from like, retweeting or responding to tweets on the UC Library Twitter Account. (This is a lesson learned from our Facebook project last year!).

I’ll post again when the trial is over so y’all can go back to like, retweeting and commenting;)

We will sing a waiata tomorrow as part of welcoming CoEHHD academics and students to Level 4.

I’ve chosen the CoEHHD College song: Whakarongo Ake Au.

It would be good if everyone who is coming along could have a listen /practice of the song (it’s nice and low!)

Youtube clip:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMtI2Vy9IxY  (In the video they sing it twice, but we will sing it once)

Lyrics:

Whakarongo rā (I listen)
Whakarongo ake au (I listen, where up high)
Ki te tangi a te manu (A bird flies)
E rere runga rawa e (Its cry rings out)
Tui, tui, tui, tuia (Sew, stitch, bind it together)
Tuia i runga (From above)
Tuia i raro (From below)
Tuia i roto (From within)
Tuia i waho (From outside)
Tui, tui, tuia (Sew and bind it together)
Kia rongo te ao (During the day)
Kia rongo te pō (And the night)
Tui, tui, tuia (Sew, stitch, bind it together)

Look forward to seeing you tomorrow!

It’s here – the latest issue of Pānui which spans December and January. In it you’ll find the top 5 flash fiction winners, holiday pics to get you planning your leave this year and more.

You can find it here:

K:\LIBR-Library\Management\Communications\LTR-Newsletters\Panui 2.0\2017-12-LTR-Panui.pdf

(I tried to link but the internet pixies weren’t playing nicely today and crashed my browser)

(See more Darth Vader pics here: https://mymodernmet.com/darth-vader-takes-a-summer/)

Don’t forget we’re doing a 2017 holiday pic retrospective for the December issue of Pānui. Send your best pics to Kiera, Simon, Hugh or myself.