Kia ora koutou,

Just a wee reminder – We are having an afternoon tea and baby shower for Rā, so come on over and join in the well wishes and fun.   We welcome scrumptious contributions to the afternoon tea.  Please drop off any gifts for Rā and pepi to Te Paea in the Central Library before the day.

Date:  Friday 31 March 2017
Time:  From 3.30pm onwards
Venue:  Education Library
Afternoon tea:  Bring something to share
Baby gender:  To be a surprise
Gift drop off:  To Te Paea in Central Library before 31 March

Paul Cooper has confirmed Easter 2017 to start fumigating EPS, EDU and CEN libraries.  All going well, work is likely to start after closing on Thursday (13 April 2017) so please enjoy your weekend and keep the space clear to allow fumigation to go uninterrupted.

The space will be safe to use when the libraries reopen on Wednesday 19 April 2017.

Occupants of Puaka James Hight building from level 2 to 5 have been notified.  The Undercroft is not included in this fumigation exercise.

If there are any issues please contact Paul Cooper, Site Operations Supervisor, Property & Vehicle Services on 027 2469683.

CCL will have a pop up booth, on level 2 in Central Library, 12-2pm on Wednesday and Thursday this week.  Feel free to share this with students who may be interested in joining up and seeing what CCL has to offer.

Kia ora tatou,

We are trialling a different way of organising the training programme so that there are more options of what, when and where courses are held.

Why change?

• People are on leave (both potential instructors and staff)
• Huge competition for venue bookings and resources
• February is a very busy time for a full block course
• We need more flexibility

What’s changed?

• Moving from a block course occurring in Feb and mid-year to an annual (continuous) calendar
• Instructors will need to book the venue, date and time for their course and edit/fill out the Staff Development Training Calendar saved in SharePoint (follow the instructions in the spreadsheet)
• All types of staff development training can be included in the spreadsheet, so people can see what is going on and when (e.g. LIANZA social media or other training external to the library such as Academic Development Workshops for Staff)
• Anyone can add content to the SharePoint calendar, just click open in Excel and Edit. Remember to click Save when finished

What’s staying the same?

• Coordination and administration support continues with Customer Services
• Online registration
• Notification of courses shared via counterculture

Please check out the calendar and add course info as needed.

If you are wondering about a topic and have the following knowledge, we are keen to hear from you!  This is a great opportunity to share knowledge, work updates, practice presentation skills and much more. Please take the opportunity to give it a go.

Some suggested topics in need of an instructor:

1. Creative Commons Licences: how they work/what it means
2. Copyright: things every librarian should know and why
3. Digital literacy: what library staff need to know when students ask
4. LCC and Dewey: shelving rules that you may not have heard of
5. The anatomy of the book
6. Pronunciation of Aotearoa/New Zealand place names, greetings and library roles/facilities
7. Microsoft software suite applications: basics to advanced in word, excel, publisher etc

Kia ora koutou,

We are delighted to share that Lisa Davies has been appointed to the Library Assistant, full-time, fixed term role based at Education Library.  Lisa started in this role yesterday.

We also welcome, Marc Swain-Rogatski who has been appointed to the Library Assistant, part-time, fixed term role based at Education Library.  Marc will start in the latter half of February.

Kia pai to rangi,
Te Paea

Kia ora ano tatou,

Thanks so much for your excellent advice and help!  Attached is a copy of the updated list for your information.

2017-CS-list-welcome-multilingual

Kia ora koutou,

Over the year’s, the library has provided a ‘welcome/hello’ in many languages for students.  This is usually printed out and placed like a banner at the information desk.

The list is current as of January 2017.  It contains formal, informal and dialectal variations as suggested by students.  We like to keep it meaningful and students provide us with feedback and suggestions on a regular basis.  We update the list regularly.

If you speak another language other than English, would you please have a look at the list and let me know of any corrections needed.

2017-CS-list-welcome-multilingual

Thanks in advance,

Te Paea

We have a fixed term opportunity available for a Library Assistant (pd-library-assistant-2017-01), based in the Education Library with one day at EPS Library. This fixed term position is full-time (37.5 hours per week), to Friday 15 December 2017.  The days/hours of work are:

To register your interest in this role, please provide a brief expression of interest that outlines:

• Why you are interested in this position;
• What skills and personal qualities you will bring to the position;
• What knowledge and experience you will bring to the position, and how you demonstrate bicultural competency;
• Indicate your ability and flexibility to work at different library locations, evenings and weekends as may be required from time to time.

Please email your expressions of interest to me at tepaea.taiuru@canterbury.ac.nz by 12 noon, Friday 21 January 2017.

Kia ora koutou,

We are gearing up for the next instalment of staff development sessions and looking for ideas and presenters.  The dates for training will be:

• Monday 24 April
• Thursday 27 April
• Friday 28 April

Sessions will be held between 10am-12noon and 2-4.30pm in Rm 210, PJH, L207 EDU, or PS208 MB.

If you are unable to make it due to the timing of the training during mid-semester break, we can look at hosting an alternative session during the term.  This is subject to numbers and availability.

Please email me before Friday 3 March 2017 if you would like to present or facilitate, or have ideas for topics.

Mauri tu, mauri ora,
Te Paea