The Library is advertising for a Māori Liaison Librarian. Please find the advert below.

Peter Lund

Māori Liaison Librarian
Library Research & Information Services
 Continuing, full-time (37.5 hours per week) position
Tēnā hoki ki a koe. He karanga ake tēnei mai i a Ngā Awa e Rua, tō matau Mahere Rautaki, kia tuku ā ringa, ā rorohiko rānei te tono kia mahi ngatahi ai ki ngā Puna Mātauraka o te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha nei.
Library Research & Information Services provides services and resources that support undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching, and world leading research through collection development, reference and information services, information literacy programmes and academic liaison. We are now seeking a suitably experienced and enthusiastic person to fill the role of Māori Liaison Librarian and to support the goals and aspirations in the Library’s Bicultural Plan, Ngā Awa e Rua.
In this role you will be responsible for delivering professional library liaison services to Māori students and staff and the wider UC community seeking information about Te Ao Māori. You will have a clear understanding of emerging technologies and their implication for Library Services, strong interpersonal and team working skills, and an understanding of collection development challenges and solutions. You will also deliver Information Literacy programmes that enhance the learning experience of Māori students and staff at UC.
As the ideal candidate you will have:
 Bachelor’s degree and an approved qualification in Library and Information Studies or equivalent, or be studying towards this
 Knowledge and experience of Tikanga Māori
 Proficiency and confidence in the use of Te Reo Māori  An understanding of the Treaty of Waitangi and its application to the education and library sectors To view the full position description and to apply on-line please visit our vacancies website: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/joinus Located on a picturesque campus, the University offers an extensive range of services and facilities, inclusive of library and art collections, child-care centres, health centre, recreation centre, pharmacy, bookshop and cafés. You will have the opportunity to work alongside members of a world class, diverse academic community and enrich your own professional and personal development. For more information about the benefits of joining the University of Canterbury please visit us online at: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/joinus
The closing date for this position is: Sunday 24 February 2013.
Internal candidates should apply via the Careers option in Employee Self-Service: http://ucpeople.canterbury.ac.nz
The University of Canterbury is an EEO employer and actively seeks to meet its obligation under the Treaty of Waitangi.

Margaret Paterson started her full time position today. Henceforward Margaret will be taking over responsibility for liaison with Biological Sciences in the College of Science and Forestry in the College of Engineering. These areas will offer some synergies with her existing Health Sciences liaison work. To ensure a smooth handover Margaret will be shown the ropes by Alison Johnston and Dave Lane who are relinquishing responsibility for these subject areas.

Peter Lund

From 17th December Margaret Paterson will be moving to a full time work pattern. In addition to her present focus on Health Sciences she will pick up some liaison responsibilities in Science / Engineering and so will divide her working week between Education Library (Mon – Wed) and EPS Library (Thurs – Fri). I’m very pleased Margaret has agreed to take on these extra hours and adopting a new area of work and I look forward to welcoming her to her new role next week.

Peter Lund

As you will know, Deborah Fitchett leaves us on Friday 28th September. Following Deborah’s departure Dave Lane will be the contact point for Chemical and Processing Engineering and Alison Johnston will be the point of contact for liaison with Civil & Natural Resources Engineering.

With Science collections moving to EPS LIbrary Alison Johnston will henceforth be based in EPS Library.

Peter Lund

Congratulations to Bronwyn Matthews, Liaison Librarian (Special Collections) who is the well deserved winner of this year’s John Harris Award. This prize is awarded by LIANZA in recognition of a notable published work which represents a contribution to New Zealand librarianship. Bronwyn will receive the award for her work as a general editor, working with Chris Jones and Jennifer Clement, on the Treasures of the University of Canterbury Library. The “Treasures” book presents reflections on some of the distinctive and exceptional items in the University’s keeping ranging from the 1611 King James Bible to the papers of Karl Popper. It is a most beautiful text which, as one of the judges commented in admiration, particularly shows how researchers exploit the University Library’s special collections.

Bronwyn will receive a citation from LIANZA and a cheque.

Well done Bronwyn!

Peter Lund

I recently attended the e-Research Symposium in Wellington and have written a report which you’ll find at

K:/Academic_Liaison_Team/Conferences and Seminars/eResearch symposium 4-6 Jul 2012.doc Lots of interesting stuff on open access, ontologies, metadata and research data management.

Kind regards
Peter Lund

Last month Alison McIntyre and myself visited Lincoln University in what for me in particular was a chance to meet the neighbours. A report of our visit can be found at K:\Conferences and Seminars

Peter Lund

The Library home page now has icons linking to our Library YouTube videos, to our Facebook presence and to RSS feeds.

Take a look at http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/
Many thanks to Catherine Jane for making this available.

Peter Lund

Starting this year a Postgraduate Skills Training Package is being introduced across the University. This fully funded package, developed by the Academic Development Group (ADG) is being made available to all PhD students on a voluntary basis. The package consists of 12 sessions aligning with the skills demands across the tenure of the doctoral candidate. It will run twice in 2012.

Last week, as part of this programme, the Academic Liaison Team together with Macmillan Brown Library staff provided four sessions each of 90 minutes on Researching Tools and other Library Essentials . As well as discovering and giving hands on practice in exploiting e-resources, EndNote etc, the sessions also featured a short introduction to the Library’s Maori,Pasifika and special collections. Healthy numbers signed up for each session, actual attendance in brackets, as follows:
Engineering 24 (22)
Science 32 (20)
Education 10 (3)
Arts, Commerce and Law 12 (12)

Full feedback via ADG is still awaited but informal feedback seems positive “It is (a) must attend seminar for new students” was one comment. We will review and revise for the next cohort in July and in light of actual attendance will probably merge the Education ands Arts, Commerce and Law sessions. Many thanks to all who delivered these sessions.

Peter Lund

Since I’m going to be based on Central Library Level 5, the office in the Education Library can now be booked for staff meetings through the online booking system. I will continue to use it on Tuesdays for regular visits to Education.

Peter Lund