Kia ora koutou,
We now have equipment that can be used to hold hybrid online/in person meetings in Poutama. This set up is comprised of a web camera with tiny tripod, and two speaker/microphones. This equipment will need to be set-up each time you want to run a meeting, as it is so portable as to be too tempting to leave in the room between meetings.
The equipment is on my desk and I will help you set it up if you need me to. Any questions, let me know!
ngā mihi,
Sara
Kia ora koutou,
Thank you all for your contributions to the staff fora last week. We had lots of really thoughtful questions and Anne has provided answers to the questions asked in both sessions, either through the Sli.do Q&A or in person on the day. The answers are available here:
Library Staff Forum Questions July 2021.docx (canterbury.ac.nz)
Let me know if you need clarification on anything covered in the document.
ngā mihi,
Sara
Kia ora koutou,
Welcome to the second issue of Inside Out. This week I am writing about teaching developments inside and outside the Library, recommending an article that envisions a Kaupapa Māori citational practice, and sharing a miscellaneous heart-warming story.
Momentum Year
Anne and I attended a workshop run by Catherine Moran’s team (AVC Academic) focusing on providing a ‘momentum’ year for our students, where the University provides active guidance to help students achieve from the beginning of their university experience. The three elements of a momentum year are:
The workshop included student support representatives from Future Learning, Careers, UCSA, Te Waka Pākākano, Library and academic departments and provided a great opportunity to plan how we might work together for student success.
Aropapaki and the Future Learning Team
Since lockdown last year, the Future Learning and Development Team (previously E-Learning support) have been focused on developing online versions of on-campus courses. The workshop process they have been using to develop these courses is called Aropapaki, and the Learning Teaching and Research Team have been involved in each of these workshops. This has been a huge commitment for the team but has resulted in academics having a better awareness of what the Library can offer. Some courses now have information literacy content included, providing students with the skills they need to be successful users of information.
The Future Learning Team are also working on the development of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), which pose some different issues for the Library around access to resources and copyright compliance. If you are interested in seeing what courses are currently being offered, you can check (or even enrol) here: https://www.edx.org/school/ucx
Referencing at UC
I have been working with the vice president of the UCSA to try and encourage the University to simplify the number of referencing styles that students are required to used. This is an ongoing issue, as referencing has been identified by our students as a source of additional stress. In some cross-disciplinary degree programmes students are asked to use up to 6 different citation styles, and when even mastery of APA can be tricky, this adds a layer of anxiety for our students when they are writing their assignments. This, of course, is not news to anyone who answers questions on AskLive!
I read a very thought provoking article about referencing this week (thanks to Fiona Tyson for the reference), where three Māori Academics outline how they endeavour to cite from within a Māori world view, rather than conforming to the western scholarly paradigm that does not serve their research needs. You can read it here, if you are interested: http://www.journal.mai.ac.nz/content/calling-forth-our-pasts-citing-our-futures-envisioning-kaupapa-m%C4%81ori-citational-practice
Puaka James Hight Architect visit
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of showing one of the original architects for Puaka James Hight around the building. Bruce Boland, along with his wife and daughter came to see the building he still refers to as “my library” to see how it is being used by students after almost 50 years. He was very touched to hear that students still consider this building to be the heart of campus, and that it was one of the first places they wanted access to after lockdown last year. Bruce gave an insight into the creation of the ridged concrete panels used throughout the Library – apparently the panels were created whole and then had lumps knocked off them by a person with a hammer to achieve the distinctive rough effect. He was also was very complementary about the input of the University Librarian at the time – Cliff Collins, who made a big contribution to the planning of the building.
Ngā mihi,
Sara
Kia ora koutou,
Ngā mihi ki a Lisa as an author of the recently released book The Hikairo Schema for Secondary: Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning by Te Hurinui Karaka‐Clarke, Jennifer Smith, Matiu Tai Ratima, Angus Hikairo Macfarlane, Sonja Macfarlane, Rachel Maitland, Lisa Davies, and Susannah Stevens.
It is so great to contribute to such an impactful publication.
ngā mihi,
Sara
Kia ora e te whānau,
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori is 13-19 Mahuru | September this year. We look forward to celebrating with a week filled with fun events to promote and encourage the use of Te Reo.
We are looking for volunteers from across UC Puna to help plan and lead events. The commitment will be a weekly meeting and some organising behind the scenes.
If you are keen to help and have enthusiasm for the kaupapa, please check with your manager and get in touch before the end of this week.
ngā mihi,
Sara
Kia ora koutou,
Thank you to everyone who attended the new library staff welcome on 21 May. It was a pleasure to see everyone and to get to know our more recently arrived team members. I was most impressed by the diverse range of skills and interests our colleagues have!
This event will now be a regular feature each year.
ngā mihi,
Sara
Kia ora koutou,
If you have a tricky APA referencing query that our webpage guidance does not answer, John Arnold is our expert. John is very happy to be asked about those obscure examples that students present us with and can be found on AskLive or contacted by email.
His skills and approachability are appreciated by students and colleagues alike!
ngā mihi,
Sara
Kia ora koutou,
We look forward to seeing you at 9.30 this morning in Room 224 for an update on the LTR team changes.
ngā mihi,
Sara
Over the last year, the LTR team have been tweaking the work we do and formalising some new areas of focus that ensure we are contributing fully to the UC Strategic Vision.
We are delighted to share with you all an update of where we have got to and what is next for the team.
Please join us on Thursday 6 May at 9.30 in Room 224 Puaka James Hight for 45 minutes of revelation and clarification.
We hope you can come along.
ngā mihi,
Sara and Stuart
Kia ora koutou,
Congratulations on reaching the end of a very busy term one! To celebrate reaching the Easter break, there will be hot cross buns for morning tea in all Libraries.
Enjoy, and have a relaxing break.
ngā mihi,
Sara