Kia ora koutou,

We’re excited to announce that all entries for VYT 2023 are now available for viewing on UC’s YouTube channel.

Voting for the People’s Choice award opened at 8am this morning, and closes at noon on Monday 24^th July.

So, take a look at some of our post-grad research students’ great work … and get voting 🙂

Ngā mihi,
Rachel, Brian, Kiera and Roman

The 2023 OER Collective Community Day will be held next Wednesday 1 March and the program is now available.

The focus of this year’s event is on the successes and challenges that book teams have experienced while developing open textbooks over the last year – including grant funded books, books that aren’t funded but are on the Collective platform, and books that are published on institutional Pressbooks platforms. This will be a great opportunity to hear from authors and library staff and learn from the community about what worked for them, and what they might do differently next time.

There will also be two extended Q&A sessions: one focused on the Collective, including our processes, guidelines, and operating model; and one focused on open textbook publishing.

All sessions will be recorded, and you are welcome to dip in and out during the day, or to join in for the whole day.

Head to the CAUL website to view the program, then check with your manager and register if you are interested.

Ngā mihi nui,
Rachel

Kia ora koutou,

Open Access Australasia are offering their OA101 course again this year, beginning on 6 March for four weeks. Please see the course information below.

If you’re interested, please speak to your manager, let me know, and register here.

Ngā mihi nui,
Rachel

OA101 Open Access introductory course

After two successful iterations last year with more than 250 participants, we have made a few improvements to the course programme based on feedback and the experience of our course tutors.

This introductory level course sees participants work their way through four online modules over four weeks. This time we will also have a weekly live Q & A session, as well as a Slack channel discussion forum with course tutors.

The course has been really well received with a survey of participants finding those who had completed the course were more:

• confident explaining basic open access terminology and concepts
• confident discussing open repositories
• familiar with the OA policies at their own institution
• confident discussing the role of Creative Commons licenses
• confident communicating and advocating for OA

Kia ora koutou,

A friendly reminder about the NZLPP project presentation
happening this Thursday 16th February 10-11am. 

Please note that the presentation will be held in Room 224, PJH.

Come along to find out about the objectives of the project, progress to date, and what is coming up in 2023.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Ngā mihi,

The NZLPP Team

The NZLPP Project is a programme of work to inform and change UC Libraries’ practice and service design to achieve better outcomes for Māori communities.

This hui is open to all UC Library staff who are interested in learning more about the New Zealand Libraries Partnership Programme (NZLPP) and University of Canterbury Library’s research project.

Come along on Thursday 16th February, 10-11am, to find out about the objectives of the project, progress to date, and what is coming up in 2023.

Everyone is welcome, and we look forward to seeing you there.

Please RSVP by accepting or declining the Outlook calendar appointment to let us know whether you’re coming.

Ngā mihi nui.

Kia ora,

The minutes from the Library Managers’ meeting held on 2nd November can be found here.

Ngā mihi,
Rachel

Kia ora koutou,

Our new University Librarian, Kat Cuttriss, will be visiting UC next Tuesday 6th December. She is here just for the day, before she starts with us in mid-January.

There will be an opportunity for any Library staff who would like to meet her to come for morning tea in Room 210 PJH between 10.30am and 11.15am. Please feel free to pop in and say hello if you would like to.

Ngā mihi,
Rachel

Kia ora koutou,

Please note that the ‘cash bar’ at lunch this afternoon will be cashless. Card payments only.

See you there soon 🙂

Ngā mihi nui,
Rachel

Kia ora koutou,

A reminder about the Christmas lunch tomorrow afternoon.

You can head over to the Tī Kōuka room at Haere-roa from 12.30pm, when the Libraries will be closing. Lunch will be just after 1pm.

You might like to bring your phone with you, to take part in a Kahoot in between lunch and desert. Totally optional 🙂

Ngā mihi,
Rachel