Hi all – it’s now a free for all!

There’s a bunch of Detective Fiction in Room 9 for Library staff to view and take away.

I will pack it up after 4.30 and whatever is left will go on the free table on Monday.

Kia ora koutou,

Over the summer Elizabeth and I have been implementing our recommendation to disestablish the Detective Fiction collection.

We have now withdrawn a number of titles which are no longer needed as part of the collection.

I consulted widely on this work throughout 2018 and agreed that the Law School staff would have first dibs on any books from the Detective Fiction collection that would not be retained within the Library.

I am intending to do two book giveaways of this material in 2019.

The first of these will be held on Friday 8^th February in Room 9. 

Library staff can attend between 2 and 2.30pm after the Law staff!! After 2.30 I will put any remaining books on the free table. 

The books include a number of Agatha Christie duplicates + contemporary fiction such as Lee Child, John Grisham and Kathy Reichs.

Please bring your own bag, box, trolley or carrying vessel.

Any questions please get in touch

Thanks

Theresa

Hi everyone.

We have cancelled our online access to The Economist archive.

Janette and I have decided to bound our print copies as they are very well thumbed and will receive more use now we don’t have online access.

If you are looking for an issue or article from The Economist between 2010 and 2018 please let Janette or I know and we’ll see if we can track it down.

Thanks

Theresa

If you are around this week and free at 10am Tuesday please come to EPS for morning tea.

After 10 years of talk Dave and I are putting our respective Russian/chocolate fudges against each other in a tasting test to see whose is best!!

There will be lots of fudge so please just bring yourself and a mug for coffee/tea.

Dave and Theresa

One more sleep until the CHRISTMAS LUNCH!!

The organising Committee is looking forward to sharing lunch with you tomorrow.

A few points to note:

• the Libraries will close at 12.30
• there will be a cash bar (Eftpos or actual money accepted 🙂 )
• Christmas theme dress-up/accessorising is encouraged
• We need to be seated by 12.40
• there will be vegetarian meals for those who have RSVP’d to Kim that they require a vegetarian meal.
• there will be juice for those who don’t drink tea or coffee after their meal
• we have kindly been asked to leave Bentleys by 3pm as Blindspott are playing the Foundry tomorrow night and need the space for their green room.

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 member of the Organising Committee know (Kim, Brian, Jo, Caroline A or Theresa).

See you tomorrow

Theresa

In September I posted that Elizabeth and I had proposed to Anne  that:

1. That the Detective Fiction collection be disestablished as a discrete collection within the Library.
2. That the material in this collection be assessed for potential reclassification and relocation into the main Library of Congress sequence.

Anne has agreed to our proposal in order to ensure that this material is used for teaching and learning here at UC. In addition we have consulted with the School of Law and Library Committee for feedback and information.

There is a new course (ENGL252/352, CULT252/352 – Crime Stories) which is starting in Semester One. We have identified that this course will use some of the books in the Detective Fiction collection but that this material will be more visible and easier for the students to locate if it is integrated into the main English literature sequence on Level 4.

Over the summer Elizabeth and I will work with LAC and the English Department to identify those titles which will best support ENGL 252 and re-classify, re-catalogue (where needed) and re-label these items. They will then be moved into the main PS/PR sequence on Level 4. We are aiming to have the majority of this work done by the start of Semester One.

Some material which is in poor condition or is not within the scope of ENGL252/352 will be withdrawn. The School of Law have asked that they have first option on the withdrawals.

As the Detective Fiction collection now no longer exists as a seperate collection, eServices are removing all mention of it from the Library website.

Mōrena,

You may have noticed that the Detective Fiction was mentioned in this month’s University Librarian’s report.

Elizabeth and I are recommending to Anne that:

1. That the Detective Fiction collection be disestablished as a discrete collection within the Library.
2. That the material in this collection be assessed for potential reclassification and relocation into the main Library of Congress sequence.

You can read our full memo to Anne here: file:///K:\LIBR-Library\Info-Resources\Memo-DetectiveFictionDisestablishment-2018.doc

This was discussed at Library Committee this morning and will be on the agenda for further discussion at the October Library Committee meeting.

Thanks

Theresa

Thank-you so much to everyone who completed our (admittedly long) survey looking at how and where you store the files you need for your work.

The project group is now using all your feedback to identify what is and isn’t working with our current file management structure and systems. We are planning to make a number of recommendations to Library Managers and will share these in due course.

Any questions please get in touch with one of the Project Group members (Tim Stedman, Richard Davies, Caroline Anderson, Elizabeth Cooke or me).

Thanks

Theresa

Kia ora koutou.

I am running a second law professional development session on Thursday 23rd August at 2pm in the Den.

With no Sara, I need help answering Law questions so please come along to get an overview of how to answer the most common questions, and where to find legal materials such as cases and legislation.

Register here: https://canterbury.libcal.com/event/4340444

Thanks

Theresa

This year Caroline S, Swee Hoon, Rebecca (before she left), Sara and I have been working together to improve visibility of the Pacific Law collections.

We are preparing to better support the School of Law as the School aims to develop a Pacific Law course in 2020.

We have undertaken two pieces of work.

1. All the Pacific Law material held at Central  is now at MB. This means we’ve done a small amount of consolidation to ensure we have a complete run of serials/cases in one location.
2. We are working on a Pacific Law Subject Guide to highlight the depth of the MB print collection and provide links to online resources to support Pacific legal research.

The Pacific Law Subject guide is located here: https://canterbury.libguides.com/pacificlaw 

It is currently set to private (you need to use the link to view it) and is very much a work in progress.

We’d love your feedback or suggestions on resources or topics you would like us to add to this Subject Guide.

I will let you know once the Subject Guide is live and accessible to students/staff outside the Library.

Theresa 🙂