Given that Proquest Central offers us some fairly detailed e-book use & user data and we have quite a few titles on that platform the following totals may be of interest to some.

I thought I’d add number of unique users for selected titles as well as that info seems kind of important.

Proquest is probably stronger on social science and arts titles, so not much going for Engineering here. Subject categories are Proquest generated so may appear to be weird.

Top 5 most used Proquest Central e-book titles (Jan-Nov 16th) 2022 Uses & unique users

All titles
Accounting and Financial Information 3873 [users= 470]
Criminal Justice 3698
Financial Accounting 3493
Todd on Torts 3341
Joseph on Constitutional and Administrative Law 3266 [users=379]

For more of a subject-based breakdown:

Top 5 Arts
Tikanga Maori (Revised Edition) 1740 [users=517]
Writing for Psychology 1397
Politics and the Media 825
Unlocking the Wealth of Indian Nations 694
Ethical Theory 668 [users=119]

Top 5 Education
TEACHING IN INCLUSIVE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES 1E 1475 [users=413]
The Professional Practice of Teaching in New Zealand 1300 [users=229]
Educational Psychology: Developing Learners 976
Teaching and Learning Through Reflective Practice 853
Phonological Awareness, Second Edition 725 [users=446]

Top 5 Science
Exercise Physiology 1957[users=276]
Psychology for Sustainability 1370
ISE EBook Online Access for Anatomy and Physiology: an Integrative Approach 537
Brock Biology of Microorganisms, Global Edition 430
Artificial Intelligence 349 [users=94]

Top 5 Social science
Criminal Justice 3698 [users=552]
Youth and Society 2789
Patched 2687
Organisational Behaviour 1846
Tikanga Maori (Revised Edition) 1740 [users=517]

Top 5 business, Economics, Tourism
Accounting and Financial Information ACCT102 (Custom Edition) 3873 [users= 470]
Financial Accounting 3493
Principles of Marketing EBook 3011
Management Accounting, 4th Edition 2050
Organisational Behaviour 1846 [users=337]

Top 5 Engineering
Risk and Crisis Communications 367 [users=79]
Chemical Engineering Design 221
Process Heat Transfer 162
Design of Rotating Electrical Machines 133
Soviet Space Mythologies 128 [users=17]

Featuring Erin, from Macmillan Brown library.
Details below.
Ngā mihi
Dave C.

‘Please join us for another instalment of the ARANZ Lunchtime Kōrero series, hosted by the Wellington ARANZ branch.

Date: Thursday 21 July 2022
Time: 12 – 12:45pm

Register via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsf-iqrDosGdf_zNIIVSIPjszN_Gjb3qxY

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about how to join the meeting.

In this session we will be hearing from sole charge archivists about their work, including recent projects, their respective institutions’ collections, and some of the challenges and benefits of being a sole charge archivist.

Join us as Audrey Stratford (Wellington Secretary) facilitates a panel of speakers from BNZ, Macmillan Brown Library, Fletcher Trust, and the Marist Archive.

Our speakers are:

· Tanya Connor, Heritage and Collections Curator, Bank of New Zealand;
· Erin Kimber, Archivist, Macmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury;
· Rachel Bell, Archivist, Fletcher Trust Archives;
· Elizabeth Charlton, Archivist, Marist Archives.’

Kia ora koutou,

The following Newsroom.co.nz article may be of wider interest, or at least worth knowing about.

‘Creatives fear ‘uncharted territory’ as copyright extension fast-tracked’.
From the same piece: “However, the free trade agreement with the EU agreed to last week contains the same requirement for New Zealand to extend its copyright term, but requires the changes to be made just four years after the deal enters into force.”

It was going to be a 15 year transition period.

Dave Clemens

This Academic and College Research Library sector overview mostly relates to the U.S. environment but there should be something in there of interest to most people.
Keenious gets a shout out and with 97 references to follow up on the fun reading never really needs to stop.

But watch the Wicked Bible video posting first. It’s a lot cooler.

Ngā mihi
Dave C

Research Planning and Review Committee, 2. (2022). Top trends in academic libraries: A review of the trends and issues. College & Research Libraries News, 83(6), 243.

Abstract
This article summarizes trending topics in academic librarianship from the past two years–a time of tremendous upheaval and change, including a global pandemic, difficult reflections concerning racial justice, and war between nation states. Rapid changes and uncertainty from these events have created a significant amount of shifts to academic libraries, higher education, and society in general. Such shifts have yielded new perspectives and innovations in how librarians approach delivering services, supporting student success, managing staff and physical spaces, embracing new technology, and managing data. This report attempts to provide a snapshot of developments worth noting

And the clear winner is (from Proquest’s ‘easy to access’ stats only)

Statistics: Unlocking the Power of Data.(2017).

Buy one for the family this Christmas and enjoy many fun lunchtime discussions about unlocking your inner power of data!

Other winners are…

All subjects
Statistics: Unlocking the Power of Data, 2nd Australia and New Zealand Edition [6006 ‘uses’]
Marketing Principles 4176
Financial Accounting 3561
Child and Adolescent Development for Educators 3349
Criminal Justice 3311

Engineering
Geological Engineering 483
Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory: Pearson New International Edition PDF EBook 193
Introduction to Remote Sensing, Fifth Edition 141

Fine Arts
Theory for Today’s Musician Textbook 258
A Companion to Greek Art 236
Moral Theory at the Movies 94

Law
Todd on Torts 3049
Principles of Criminal Law 2064
Constitutional & Administrative Law in New Zealand 1908

Economics
Unlocking the Wealth of Indian Nations 1017
Fundamentals of Futures and Options Markets, EBook, Global Edition 617
Poor Economics 591

Science
Exercise Physiology 1478
Biology: a Global Approach, EBook, Global Edition 770

Calculations for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology 495

Social Science
Child and Adolescent Development for Educators 3349
Criminal Justice 3311
Exploring Society 2923
Youth and Society 265

Dave ‘data boy’ Clemens

I think that anyone can see this session via an open link at 2 today (also being recorded):
https://canterbury.zoom.us/j/94000896157

‘Building a Regional Community of Digital Humanities Practice: Yes We Can!’

Rachel Esson, Te Pouhuaki National Librarian of New Zealand, will give a keynote address the conference of the Australasian Association for Digital Humanities, this afternoon, Tuesday 23rd November at 2pm (NZT),

Her talk, ‘Building a Regional Community of DH Practice: Yes We Can!’ proposes that building on shared values will ‘grow a strong community of practice in our region between our various sectors.’ In this context, she will explore ‘the challenges and opportunities for digital humanities in the context of the Covid-19 crisis, share how National Library has contributed to digital humanities in the past and how that role could be expanded in the future, and will look ahead to a possible future of greater regional cross-sector collaboration.’

DHA2021 Creating Communities Ka Renarena Te Taukaea is a free, virtual event.

Dave Clemens

Kia ora koutou,
A few library staff are helping with some of the admin for the following UC run conference next week.

Ka Renarena Te Taukaea | Creating Communities. Australasian Association for Digital Humanities Conference. Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury
22-25 November, 2021

Conf. overview is here. (ignore the 2020 date in the url).

Conference programme here.
Rachel Esson, National Librarian, is doing the keynote on Tuesday 23rd at 2 p.m. and there are plenty of UC academics involved on other sessions as well.

Ngā mihi

Dave Clemens

Having just reminded an academic about our eTV access to well over 4000 movies I thought it might be worth sharing the location of this mostly excellent educational resource

Once inside it’s not very intuitive to move around, but by using the search ‘cog’ icon to the right of the search box, then – Categories – Movies – then Search – the lockdown ‘mother lode’ can be revealed.
Or maybe, more directly, this link may work once logged on, or maybe not.

Happy educational viewing to all!

Dave

Kia ora colleagues,
I’ve been approached by a 3rd year BA student asking about post-grad NZ library quals and they seem particularly interested in talking to someone enrolled in, or recently graduated from, Victoria’s MIS library programme.
My own library study was, well… let’s just say, a wee while ago.
If anyone is keen to help out please let me know and I’ll put you in contact.
Ngā mihi

Dave Clemens

Just received word that this seminar has been cancelled due to to sudden change of circumstances for the presenter. Hopefully she will come back another day!
Ngā mihi
Dave Clemens