A session called Blue Clues was facilitated on 22nd March 2018 with staff from across UC. (Blue: refers to the four constructive styles – Achievement, Self-Actualising, Humanistic-Encouraging and Affiliative
CLUES: Culture Leader Understanding and Education Seminars) Some library staff attended and found it useful. The links to the recordings of the event can be accessed via the following link. Our work culture
If you would like to watch an edited version with colleagues then sign up for this event in the Kauri meeting room on Friday 27 April, 11 am. Shaun McCarthy, the Chairman of Human Synergistics Australia/New Zealand was the guest speaker. Staff Development
Kia ora Koutou – I have changed the date for my VALA conference report back from Friday 13 April to Tuesday 10 April at 2 pm in Room 210. This leaves the afternoon on 13 April available for Alison McIntrye’s farewell. Please check via the link that you are still able to attend or sign up if the new date is now more convenient. VALA Conference Report back
Thanks Joan
There is a webinar on Tuesday 20 March from 3-4.30 on the new RDA toolkit for those who are working in the area of cataloguing. We have booked Totara room for some of the RDL team to watch. You are welcome to join us. The RDA Toolkit (Resource Description and Access), is undergoing a major redesign and redevelopment, which is due to be released in June 2018.
CatSIG are joining with the Australian Committee on Cataloguing (ACOC), the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and ALA Publishing to bring you a *free* webinar to introduce the new Toolkit.
If you have studied cataloguing and would like to work in this area then this webinar may be of interest to you. Please let me know if you plan to attend. Thanks Joan
A team of 9 staff are continuing to update the changes to the locations for the journals after the recent moves. It will take some time to complete the work.
Journals in store within the call range A-Nz are now in level 2 of the Henry Field store ZHJ and those within the range of P-Zz are in the Law Basement ZLJ. So even though a hold may be generated for the wrong location our staff do know where to find it. Thanks for your patience. Joan
You may be interested to view the Eposters from the VALA 2018 conference (VALA in the state of Victoria Australia is their library association). There are 14 posters on a range of topics. They are easier to read on a large screen but I would encourage you to have a look at them. They have some useful ideas for some of our services. Joan Vala2018.paperlessevents.com.au.
The wooden outdoor furniture is being repaired, waterblasted and restained. Starting this afternoon. The timeframe for completion is not known. Apologies if any inconvenience is caused whilst this work is being completed.
The Aoraki LIANZA committee have managed to secure Ilona Kish to speak at our meeting on 7 Feb after the Advocacy workshop. Ilona will speak about her current projects and how she gained the experience to move into her current role as the Director of Public Libraries 2020 where she manages the Brussels team, their advisory group and other strategic relationships within the programme.
The event will begin at 6pm with drinks and nibbles, the committee will outline some plans for 2018 at 6:30pm and then Ilona will begin her talk at 6:45pm.
Where: The Function Room, Protocol Bar and Restaurant
When: Wednesday 7 February 2018
Time: 6-8:30pm
Please RSVP to a Joan Simpson or Jenny Owens by Thursday 1 Feb
On Mon 11 Dec Project 2 will get underway. Journals in the call range A-MZ will be moved from the Library Warehouse and Law Basement. They will be shelved on level 2 of Library Store (LSHF).
* There will only be retrievals from the Library Warehouse for theses and the call range Q-Z as access will be very restricted during the project timeframe.
* The team of 9 staff have made great progress in updating the holdings information however, it will be next year before the the entire holdings information is correct. If the item records indicates zhj then by 21 Dec the journal will be in Library Store (LSHF).
* Over the next 2 months retrievals from LSHF and shelving will be adhoc until a new workflow has been agreed on.
* Sandra Gover will be based in LSHF from 11 Dec until the end of the project and I will be based at the Library Warehouse, Law Basement and LAC workroom.
* When the journals A-MZ have left the Library Warehouse then the thesis collection will be moved on to other shelving in the Library Warehouse.
* On 19 December 6 stacks in the Library Warehouse will be dismantled and moved to the Library Store (LSHF). This will create floor space so that Project 3 can safely be completed with a start date of Tues 16 Jan.
* Sandra and I will retrieve journals when time and access allows. If you have any queries please get in touch.
Joan and Sandra
Changes have now been made to the Education collection codes in most cases the “t” has been replaced with a ‘c’ The move is going well. About half the L collection and half of the classroom collection is still to be moved today. Customer Services staff have been shelving items on the upper levels and the Education staff will shelve the items on to the lower shelves on Friday. Thankfully Sandra is back at work and she is overseeing shelving at Central today.
Please note that the items in the Education stack have a Z location but still have a ‘t’ collection code. Other items coming in to the Library Store Henry Field will be zhb or zhj. Joan
