I am very sorry to let you know that Kerry passed away in the weekend.  She was diagnosed with a brain tumour earlier in the year.

Kerry was the Manager, Education Library among a number of roles over time, and most recently worked at Lincoln University.   She was one of those special people to work with.

We are thinking about Kerry, Martin, Jeff  and her family at this time.

Anne

Kia ora

We will be interviewing three candidates on Thursday afternoon for the AUL Learning Teaching and Research position on Thursday afternoon.

This will be followed by presentations on Monday 5 December, 9.00am-11.15am in the Ilam Room, Okeover 101.     The presentations will be 20 minutes followed by five minutes of questions about the presentation.   The first one will start at 9.15am.   Staff can provide written feedback that will be collected at the end of the sessions and shared with the panel.

Please support our excellent candidates during this process.

Nga mihi nui, Anne

Congratulations to everyone who was received a Rosalind Patrick Award today.

Glenna – to attend LIANZA Conference in 2017 (funded by Sage)
Fiona T – Contribution towards her MIS at Victoria
Rā – to attend the Human Synergistics Conference in 2016
Joan – to attend VALA in 2018
Anton – to attend the Open Repositories conference and the CAUL Australian Institutional Repository Support Service Community Day in Brisbane, June 2017
Theresa – To do the Law librarianship: legal research, QUT 2017 course
There were a number of other applications that were funded from the Library budget.

It is now time to think about 2017, but you don’t have to wait for Rosalind Patrick Award.    Discuss options with your manager, put in an application and it might happen.    I am keen to spread opportunities across a wide range of staff where possible.

Anne

The AUL learning, Teaching and Research position has been advertised with a closing date of 20 November.

Job ID 4013, https://ucvacancies.canterbury.ac.nz

Ngā mihi nui
Anne

For those that know Teresa, she had been appointed University Librarian at Adelaide with a start date in November.

http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news87482.html

Teresa (Horn) worked for the UC Library and was University Librarian at Lincoln.  She is currently Director Research & Collections , University of Melbourne.   We wish her well in her new position.

In the next few weeks I will be joining staff for morning tea in various locations.   Feel free to drop in at any time or location and talk about anything that interests you or you would like me to know.

The session so far are:

EPS – Wed 14 Sept 10-11am
Education – Tues 27 Sept 10-11am
Macmillan Brown – Wed 5 Oct 10-11am
Central Customer Services – Wed 12 Oct 10-11am

I will be available from 10-11am.  Other managers may also join me.     At 10.15 am I will do a short talk on my background and interests.

Ngā mihi nui
Anne

Miss Raukura Te Paea Christine Moanaroa Taiuru was born today , Thursday at 00.55am

Weight 7.11, Length 46cm, Hair dark, Eyes dark, skin pale

Māmā, Pāpā and pēpi are doing well, resting and bonding

 Arohanui

Te Paea and Karaitiana

The Library Summer hours have now been confirmed.

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Please note that we have kept open the option to close a Library on the 4-6 January 2017 to ensure all staff are able to take leave if they wish.    If this is the case, then staff from the closed library will have the option to work in the Central Library.    Anne

There are a number of cultural narrative documents being produced by Puamiria to inform for the UC Campus Master Planning and other building projects that will be of interest to staff.

Also included is the kōwhaiwhai guide designed specifically for UC by Hori Mataki and also endorsed by Te Maire as mana whenua.

Please don’t reuse images or other pieces of these documents without consultation. 

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I been informed by her nephew that sadly Miss Barbara Harris, who was Sciences Librarian at Canterbury for a long period up to her retirement in 1988, died this morning.    There will be a number of staff who remember Barbara well during her time at the Library.  The photos below were taken at her retirement and are in the MB collection.   Ngā mihi nui,  Anne