Library Access and Collections is currently advertising for a full-time continuing information resource assistant | kaiāwhina rauemi mōhio.  The role is now up on UC vacancies here.  It closes on 11 April.

Jenny

I’m pleased to share that we have appointed Leah Pengelly to the position of Digital Services Librarian.

Leah will start the week of 22 March and will work Wednesday, Thursday and Friday .

Leah has recently returned from working in the UK for 4 years and has a worked in a range of roles including library, archives and records management.

The next TEL SIG Webinar on:

MANAGING STRESS IN THE GLAM SECTOR
Wednesday March 17, 12PM-1PM

This webinar will discuss stress in the library and archival work environment, and the differences between short term and chronic stress on the physical body. It explores ways in which mindfulness-based activities can help reset the nervous system, and provides practical tips and resources for stress management and wellness.

For more information and to register: https://lianza.wildapricot.org/widget/event-4194995

This is a professional development opportunity.  Ever wanted to do a presentation but to a smaller audience than at a conference? Here is your chance! Abstract submissions due 28 Feb.

This is being held in both Christchurch and Nelson.
15-16 May
Topic: Inclusivity

This weekend is about celebrating the diversity of our communities and sharing how to reflect this in our roles as information professionals to create more inclusive libraries, particularly as we navigate our changing role post COVID19.

Read more here

If you are looking for some free, online professional development, then you may like to check out the Digital Dexterity virtual festival.

The festival consists of five afternoon sessions (1-3 and 11-12 February) that you can dip in and out of as you choose. Topics include digital identity, data storytelling, open educational resources and more. There will be presentations, workshops and even virtual jigsaw puzzles.  All sessions are via Zoom.

The session times are Australian (AEDT) Time, so add on 2 hours for NZ time.  I have registered for a session and it was very easy.

The following changes have been made to the location of collections in Levels 9-11 of PJH Library

If you have reference in subject guides or other places to floor location of any of this material, please ensure it is updated.  The Horizon changes and updating of electronic/print  floor plans are already in progress.

Jenny

We are now up to the Learning Spaces part of phase one of this 5 year project. This week new furniture pods are being installed on Level 10 of PJH. It is very exciting to see this progress. See photos below of pods. The move and shuffle of materials on levels 9 to 11 is now complete. There are still some boxes to unpack in Henry Field Store.

For those of you interested in statistics, this is what the project has achieved so far in the last year:

• Withdrawn 82,000 items (from Store H and PJH)
• Relegated and moved 27,000 items from PJH to Store H
• Shuffled and moved 155,000 items on Levels 9 to 11
• Packed items into and out of 1700 boxes, and constructed & dismantled the boxes again.
• Dismantled and removed 98 bays of shelving from L10
• Employed 2800 hours of casual staff plus many hours of permanent staff time.

From today (Wed 16 Dec) the DU to GE collection currently on level 10 will be temporarily put into boxes. The boxes will be moved to Level 9 until they can be unpacked onto shelves on Level 9 in mid January.  The boxes will be labelled and put in order so they can be retrieved from if requested.  They will be  located in the study rooms and along the desks by the windows, in the same order as the collection is shelved, starting in room 905.
We apologise for any inconvenience for students/academics. This is a temporary solution to enable the space on Level 10 to be transformed.  Please help customers find items from boxes if necessary.
The remaining collection on Level 10 (DD – DT) will stay on shelves but be reshuffled.

An update on other floors:
Level 11 A-DC  Completed.
Level 10 DD-DT  In progress.  Books and 1/3 of shelving to be removed.
Level 9 DU-HN  In progress of being shuffled to make room for items from boxes.

Casual staff have been working really hard to move the collections to enable us to meet deadlines for furniture and shelving removal. Hopefully it will all come together towards end of January and look amazing.

Let me know if you have any questions.
Jenny

Some library managers have been having meetings with academic staff to discuss the Physical Collections Project. During these meetings we have informed academics they are able to visit and browse storage spaces on request if required for their research.  This has always been possible but the library has received very few requests to do this.

If you get any requests from researchers to browse Henry Field Store or Law Basement then ask them to email collections@canterbury.ac.nz in the first instance and these emails can be forwarded to me. We will only offer this service to UC academics/postgrads and by appointment only.

In the unlikely event we get inundated with requests, we will need to look at offering this service in a different way.

Jenny

Over the next 3 days (Wednesday to Friday) Crown removals are moving 1700 boxes of books from PJH Library over to Henry Field Store.  If you are using the lifts in PJH please be aware of this.  Crown will be using the East lifts (Male toilet end), so may be best for staff to use the West lifts.

This is the first stage of the relegation of material for the From Physical Collections to Learning Spaces project.  Our casual staff have done a great job packing the boxes over the last couple of weeks.

The next focus of the project will be shuffling books within the tower to create space on Level 10 for new furniture to be installed over the summer, and re-shelving material in Henry Field Store.