Mōrena

A reminder that I am running a PD session at 11am this morning in Poutama.

I’m going to talk about how I achieved one of my major PD&R goals to implement legal research skills and Library content into a 200-level LAWS course. Mostly I want to talk about the advocacy it took to achieve this goal and how I aligned my pedagogy with the aims of the School of Law.

I’d love to see you there! 11am in Poutama.

Theresa

Mōrena

I have finally achieved one of my major PD&R goals to implement legal research skills and Library content into a 200-level LAWS course.

I’d really like to share this success with you and present on my  multi-year advocacy and paedogy to achieve this goal. I won’t talk so much about the tech side of creating this on Learn but the big picture perspective instead.

I’m going to run a staff development session on Thursday 10th June at 11am in Poutama to discuss all of this.  You can sign up here: https://canterbury.libcal.com/event/5390689

Any questions let me know

Theresa

Mōrena

The lovely 400-odd LAWS110 students have their 2nd essay due this Friday at 12 noon.

The essay questions is ” New Zealand held its first general election in 1853. Since when can New Zealand be said to have
been a fully democratic state?” in 1500 words. They must use the New Zealand Law Style Guide (NZLSG) and include a bibliography (the bibliography isn’t included in the word count).

There is a lot of information on the LAWS110 Learn site for students including:

• a workshop video from me explaining how to find material
• a number of electronic readings from the lecturer
• an FAQ forum of students most frequently asked questions related to the assessment (Sascha – lecturer – and I will be adding to this list through the week).

John and I are trying to be on AskLIVE as much as we can this week.  I am also going to run a no-appointment dropin session tomorrow (Thursday 29th) between 10.30am and 1pm in Ātea Ako to answer all the last minute questions we are expecting.

The key questions I think we may get on AskLIVE (in case we are not on) are:

• help finding the material. There is no clear answer to the question.* Students need to read widely and identify this themselves as part of their argument. There is lots of information in their textbooks (all tagged with LAWS110 in the Library catalogue).
• help with the “above n ?” rule (this is 2.3 in the NZLSG). John, Kim and I have made this handout to help with this https://canterbury.libguides.com/ld.php?content_id=48132058
• help with the bibliography. There is a guide to this here: https://canterbury.libguides.com/ld.php?content_id=49208186
• how to cite a website – students need to use rule 7.1 and include all the information they have. If there is no author or date then you don’t need to include it. But double check what they want to cite first – often its not a website but a report, encyclopedia or database content.

Any questions please just send them to John or I and we will take over. Our shared email is law@libr.canterbury.ac.nz

Thanks so much

Theresa

*John and I think either 1947 or 1986 would be the date we’d choose if we had to answer this question. But there are lots of arguments either way.  You could also argue that we still aren’t until we become a republic… but we don’t have to write the essay!

Do you listen to Christmas carols in March?

Do you like celebrating the work we do with your colleagues?

Do you want to work with other colleagues to make this year’s Christmas lunch happen?

If you’ve answered yes to these, consider volunteering for the Christmas lunch organising committee. Please get in touch with me (Theresa) or Gabrielle if you are interested and we will have a meeting in the next few weeks.

Here is what has already been agreed in discussion with Anne.

1. The lunch will be held on Friday 26^th November from 12.30pm.

Holding the lunch on a Friday is the least disruptive for our summer Library users as we can close the three Libraries and then all staff can go home after the lunch. Any other week day would mean colleagues would need to return to work and reopen the Library for the evening shift while others get to go home.

Holding the lunch at the end of November allows our AYO staff to attend and is generally before most people start taking Christmas/holiday leave.

2. The lunch will be held in Haere-Roa.

Haere-Roa is the only venue on campus big enough to hold all of us for lunch. We need to seat between 80 and 100 people (depending on the staff numbers in November). Past Christmas lunch committees have considered other venues on campus and nearby but Haere-Roa best meets our needs to:

• Sit and feed up to 100 people (including a number of allergy and dietary requirements)
• Has a bar and the ability for people to purchase their own alcohol if they wish
• Works with us to fit within the budget set by SMT. We are very lucky to be provided an employer-sponsored lunch in work time.
• Allows for staff to easily walk there without transport being a barrier.

In 2020 the lunch committee specifically considered the Staff Club. But we struggled to engage with their venue co-ordinator about menus, budget, capacity and whether they could accommodate us as such a large group.

3. There will be no awards at the lunch this year.

Anne would like the lunch to be a celebration of the work we all do and hopes we can find other ways to celebrate and promote individual successes throughout the Library during the year. If anyone has ideas for ways in which we can do this please let your manager know.

Mōrena

480 first year LAWS110 students have their first essay due tomorrow (Friday at 12 noon)

John and I are anticipating lots of last minute questions so will try our best to be on AskLIVE all day and tomorrow morning.

I am now in Atea Ako running a no appointment drop in session  until 2pm today!!

Any questions let me know

Theresa

A reminder that I am running a super informal session to share the specifics of how I’ve made recordings for Learn both on campus and in the 2020 lockdown.

It’s not too late to sign up! Registration through LibCal here: https://canterbury.libcal.com/calendar/staff-development/recordingforlearnlockdown

At this stage my plan is to talk through the list here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BSvaFk0UUzHYbMph75G03o9ckdxrfhO8Y_-dV_m8hbA/edit?usp=sharing

If you have anything you’d like me to cover please add to the Google Doc or let me know.

See you there!

Theresa

Mōrena

I am going to run a staff development session next Thursday (4th February, 11am in Poutama)  to share the specifics of how I’ve made recordings for Learn both on campus and in the 2020 lockdown.

My hope is that I can share my learnings and knowledge so that other colleagues can be confident to create online content if needed as part of your work planning or in an other lockdown.

This will be a very informal session where I am planning to cover the following:

• PowerPoint
  • Screen recordings
  • Narrated PowerPoint
• Tech
  • Headset
  • light?
• Recording studio 
  • Booking
  • Tech 
  • Special things I need to know
• Recording from home
• Uploading to Echo
• Linking/Embedding to/in Learn
• Things I wished I’d known / what I’d change for next time.

BUT I am also very happy to answer questions (if I know the answer or if I can find it out).

Sign up for the session here: https://canterbury.libcal.com/calendar/staff-development/recordingforlearnlockdown

Add any questions here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BSvaFk0UUzHYbMph75G03o9ckdxrfhO8Y_-dV_m8hbA/edit?usp=sharing

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Theresa

One more sleep until the CHRISTMAS LUNCH!!

The Library Christmas elves are looking forward to sharing lunch with you tomorrow.

We are looking forward to joining together for a light buffet lunch (along the lines of what we’ve had in the past) and a relaxing end to what has been a difficult year for us all.

A few points to note:

• the Libraries will close at 12.30
• there will be a cash bar at the Foundry (Eftpos or actual cash money accepted 🙂 )
• Christmas theme dress-up/accessorising is encouraged
• We need to be seated by 12.40
• there will be separately plated vegetarian and allergy meals for those who requested these.

If you are not attending the Christmas lunch it is expected that you will work for the afternoon (unless you take leave).

If you attend the Christmas lunch there is no expectation that you will return to work after the Christmas lunch.

Any questions please let a Christmas elf know (Kim, Brian, Lydia, Jane A, Elizabeth or Theresa).

Theresa

A reminder that we will have a practise of our Waiata Tangi at 12pm today in the Subject Librarian workroom (where eLearning used to be).

More details here: https://blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/counterculture/2020/11/24/the-christmas-lunch-preparation/

Any questions please let me know

Theresa

Kia ora koutou

Our annual Christmas lunch is on this Friday (12.30 in Haere-roa)

Prior to eating we will be saying our Library karakia.

E Rongo, e Rongo

Homai ngā tipu

Hei whakakī te tinana

Hei oranga

Au eke, au eke

Hui e, tāiki e!

We will also acknowledge Lyndsay and Nekerangi in singing a waiata tangi accompanied by Lisa Davies on guitar.

Lisa has chosen ‘Mā wai rā’ as a waiata tangi to sing:

“It is a long waiata, but there is a single verse that is commonly known and sung, that would be appropriate for us to stand and sing at the end of the kōrero about Lyndsay and Nekerangi.”

Mā wai rā e taurima           Who will take responsibility

te marae i waho nei?            on the marae now?

Mā te tika                             Through the correct way

Mā te pono                          Through truth and

me te aroha e                         through love (it will be done).

If you want to practice the waiata tangi before Friday – we will do a run through in the Subject Librarian workroom at 12pm on Thursday [where eLearning used to be].

The words for both the karakia and waiata tangi will be on a PowerPoint at the lunch.

Any questions please let a Christmas elf know (Kim, Brian, Lydia, Jane A, Elizabeth or Theresa).

Theresa