last week I came across this article – Universities redesign libraries for the 21st century: fewer books, more space.
Although there is nothing in the article that is new to us as academic library staff, I think it is important to see these expectations of how an academic library is operating are now being written about in the mainstream media.
Kia ora koutou,
Expressions of interest will be accepted from library staff who would like to attend this course. There are 5 x 50 minute classes (1 per week over 5 weeks) in term 2.
After attendance, you would be expected to report back to other staff and familiarise them with basic signs.
Please indicate your interest via email to Lyndsay by 9am on Friday 21 April as course registrations close the following Monday.
Last year I participated in the Book Discussion Scheme’s BookNight.
On the nominated day (Tuesday 23 May this year) you read for 15 minutes or more any time in the evening from 5pm to midnight, then register your participation which displays on their interactive map of New Zealand.
if we wanted to, we could also register a community event and encourage our users to read in the libraries in that busy lead up to the end of lectures.
Would anyone be keen to consider this as a group activity?
Lyndsay.
Kia ora koutou
On the wiki you will now find a page called Annual Leave. This is the first trial page of an initiative to move our SOPs to the wiki environment. Once we move all the SOP material, it will allow all staff to be able to review and edit the documentation around our processes with clear version control and no confusion over dates that particular processes were in use. It should also allow more frequent, easy updating.
Please send me (Lyndsay) any comments about the Annual Leave document itself. I hope it is relatively clear 🙂
Just a reminder that anyone who has feedback to give regarding the Customer Services Review Implementation Process (see Te Paea’s post from 2 March) should be sending it to Te Paea tomorrow Friday 10 March 🙂
thanks,
Lyndsay.