I’m working on creating short introduction videos for a new summer course I’m developing, and desperately need one volunteer to do the voice-over for the videos. The script is about 700 words. I have appreciated your help in the past and hope you can help again. You need to bring nothing except your vocal cords and your patience.
I look forward to seeing you, cheers,
Mushtak, ext 93105
All six editors and all 31 editorial board members of Lingua, one of the top journals in linguistics, last week resigned to protest Elsevier’s policies on pricing and its refusal to convert the journal to an open-access publication that would be free online. As soon as January, when the departing editors’ noncompete contracts expire, they plan to start a new open-access journal to be called Glossa.
The Chronicle of Higher Ed has a more detailed follow-up story
Kia ora koutou
MB Library is seeking contributions of theatre programmes from performances in Canterbury for our collection.
We also collect ephemera related to – art, music, film, politics, social issues etc in Christchurch/ Canterbury with particular focus on Māori and Pasifika and UC and UCSA.
So next time you’re out and about pick up feel free to pick up those programmes, fliers, notices and other stray items and put them in a hamper for MB, don’t be shy about it -I am happy to sort through duplicate copies and dispose of unneeded material.
Kia pai tō koutou rā
Rebecca @MB
RSS feeds should now work.
There is now a ‘Permalink’ below each record. Don’t right-click and copy to use this; instead actually click on the Permalink and then copy the URL that is presented. We’ll have to see how useful these are. I’ll be doing some testing.
Thanks, Peter K
A week of fun times, events and excitement are nearly upon us! This year, to celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori a keen crew have curated together a week long programme of events just for library staff to celebrate te Reo Māori.
Events imminent upon the Horizon include:
* supporting the Mihi Whakatau in Central Library on Monday morning for the launch of University wide events,
* A team quiz challenge (think pub quiz format without the pub or booze though there will be prizes and of course -winners will have bragging rights).
* A daily “He pātai o te rā:Question of the day” quiz which will feature on Counterculture,
* A scavenger hunt that can be completed individually or in pairs around campus over the course of the week- competition ends 5pm on the Thursday
* Two bilingual storytimes to be held at Central Library with our on campus Early Childhood Centres
* A fun session of Wharewhare (Bingo) focusing on kupu Māori for the numbers 1-50 and family words e.g. mother, father, baby,aunt etc.
* A Waiata session followed by a shared kai to wind up our week of celebrations.
So remember whānau, participation and fun is what it’s all about (and of course if you’re competitively inclined, you’ve got to be in it to win it! )
More detailed information about the different events will be forthcoming next week. Events are open to all and we would love to see you there.
Te Wiki o te Reo Mā 2015: Whangāihia te reo!
Get up to speed with EBSCO eBooks! This 1 hour session run by Nicki Cross from Ebsco will cover key tips in relation to searching for & accessing eBooks, using the Online eBook Viewer, and downloading eBooks offline. This will include features & functionality; access via mobile devices; eBook FAQs; & monitoring usage. Recent and upcoming changes will also be reviewed. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions, and links to support materials.
The session is booked for at 11am 8th July (Wednesday) in the Totara Meeting Room, Level 5, Puaka- James Hight. It may be of interest to liaison librarians, staff working in E-Services, Acquisitions and front line staff in Customer Service Team.
Please email Wendy Wu if you would like to attend this training. Another session may be run later if there is enough interest, so please let Wendy know even if you are not available next Wednesday.
Wendy Wu
Massey University Library are gearing up to celebrate national Mâori Language week by kicking off their annual Mâori Language Month celebrations (those folk at Massey go the whole nine yards!).
Kôtahi te kupu is a te reo Mâori equivalent of the popular App Game 4 Pics One Word
. Anyone can enter and there is a new word every day. Correct answers go in the draw to win fabulous prizes. Why not give it a go !
To read more, visit here http://masseyblogs.ac.nz/library/2015/06/30/kotahi-te-kupu-week-1/
From ITS
There have been numerous reports of phishing scams, such as reset password or validate email account. The ones we have identified so far appear to be from the same source and we have blocked the link on the UC firewall.
Please advise anyone who has received these to immediately delete the message.
Regards, Malcolm Smeaton
Server and Network Team Leader
We will shortly start withdrawing the Semester One High Demand material that is not wanted for Semester Two courses. Anyone, (probably Liaison Librarians – I can’t imagine anybody else would be interested) wanting to check issue stats before things are removed can do so here.
As always, there will be an overall snapshot of High Demand issues available via the statistics folder on the k:// drive or the High Demand wiki pages.
Jack