Due to the network outage, if you need to contact Customer Services over the weekend please ring the following numbers which are our landlines.

Central Library 364 2003  (or ext. 6003)

EPS Library 364 2241 (or ext. 6241)

Micropauses are when you relax your posture for a few seconds regularly throughout your day and also take a few deep breaths.

Micropauses are beneficial to reduce muscle tension (the major cause of most DPI symptoms) and allow blood flow back into tense muscles.

You can find more information on micropauses under the Seminar Handouts heading at the bottom of the DPI page in Camelot found here

We are removing any R16 or R18 rated DVDs or videos from the open shelves in the Self Loan area of Central Library.  To meet the legal requirements they will eventually be kept in a secure area and proof of ID will be required to issue them.  Currently they are sitting on a trolley by Jenny and Rā’s desk in the Level 2 workroom PJH. If a DVD is not on the shelf then please check this trolley first.

I will also be following up with DVDs in EPS and MB.

We will be following the guidelines from the Office of Film & Literature Classification found here

Jenny

Welcome to our 4 new student library assistants starting today.  They are joining our Late Team, working in PJH Library from 8:45-11:15pm 2 nights a week each.  They will also be joining our casual pool of staff so you may soon see them working in any of our libraries.

From Left to right:
Vivian Ye, Rebecca Lamb, Emily Syme and Nerissa Octavio

International Enrolment team remain in PJH Library for today, Monday.  From tomorrow please send students to Student Services in Matariki for international enrolment enquiries.

Canterbury Card and Parking permits can still be got from PJH Library level 2 for Monday and Tuesday this week.  From Wednesday send students to Security office.

It is possible to transfer Asklive queries to the AskUC chat.   We are getting a few enrolment queries and no doubt will continue to do so.

I have just done this successfully this morning.

Click on the transfer Button,  choose transfer to Queue and type in UC-enrol

Kia ora koutou

We have received this amazing feedback for library staff on Asklive – it is so good to know we can make such a difference . Keep up the great work everyone!

I have just got my Masters results and want to give a big shout out THANK YOU to the library staff for all your support of my bizarre enquiries, last year especially. Your dedication to be there, especially in the evenings/weekends, answer promptly, assist me find references when I mislaid the source was OUTSTANDING. Please ensure all librarians are THANKED from me, whatever their roles in the library. Thank you all. You too are part of getting the A+ in my view.
You make a difference to me and MANY students, far beyond the obvious. Simply knowing that as a distance student, lost, frustrated, isolated.. and that you were there was HUGE. Somehow you cared, mighty work you all did. Thank you.  Please keep doing what you are doing with supporting students (and staff). It matters.

Professional development opportunity in a local friendly setting! LIANZA members will have had an email about the weekend school coming up in Chch in April but it is open to non-members as well.  Details below:

Making Connections/Hononga: LIANZA Aoraki Weekend School
Friday 5th April – Evening social event in Christchurch
Saturday 6th – Sunday 7th April Weekend School at Tūranga, Christchurch.

A call for abstracts to present for 20mins.  Deadline for abstracts is 1 Feb 2018.  Send all abstracts to sarah.tester@ccc.govt.nz

For more information contact Jenny, your rep on the Aoraki LIANZA committee.

From January 2019,  the urgent items hamper has been removed. This was located on the bench next to the guillotine in customer services L2 workroom, PJH.

All items to be moved between locations go in the hampers on the bench by the window.

Customer services staff are transporting these items every weekday between EPS, MB and Law Basement.  We go to Henry Field on Tuesday and Thursdays.

Allied Pickfords will do the last hamper run tomorrow.  Please make sure you make use of this and put any items in the hampers today for relocation.

From next year the Customer Services team will move items between libraries in large basket trolleys. Please continue to place items in the labelled hampers in the L2 workroom as usual.