Nau mai, haere mai, please join us for afternoon tea on Isabel’s last day of work with UC. Bring your recollections and tidbits of shared adventures; your songs, smiles and accolades… We look forward to seeing you there!
Date: Friday 20 November 2015
Time: 3.00 – 4.00pm
Venue: Puaka-James Hight Level 5 staff room
Please RSVP for catering purposes to janette.winks@canterbury.ac.nz by 12.00 noon, Thursday 12 November 2015.
Nga manaakitanga,
Te Paea
Mauri ora!
Yesterday National Library had Paul Diamond give a talk at the Auckland centre about his current Turnbull Gallery exhibition ‘Not one more acre: The Maori Land march 40 years on’ – Te Karere sent a reporter down and there was a story on last night’s episode about finding more information about the people in the photographs if you are interested.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3i8jm1qaw4
Nga mihi i roto i te wa o Koanga,
Spring 2015 heralds the return of the “Library Awards”. A huge thanks to those of you who expressed a passion to get on board and help shape the awards for 2015/2016. We’ve got a small, talented working group established (Dave Clemens, Rebecca Fisher, Hugh Joughin, Fiona Wilson, Catherine Pope and myself) to get the planning underway.
There will be opportunity for others to join the working group in the future, with a mix of old and new hands to keep the energy, enthusiasm and new ideas at optimum.
More information about the awards and categories will be coming, so watch this space!
Te Paea
ICYMI: Decision is out – Into the River declared unclassified. No restriction.
Isabel Milward has accepted a role with Selwyn District Council in their library service managing Darfield Library and also developing their customer services team and professional development and training. This is an exciting opportunity and we wish her every success.
Isabel’s last day in the office will be Friday, 20 November 2015. We will also be planning an afternoon tea farewell on her last day, so please keep your eyes peeled for more information on Counter Culture.
Kei te mihi,
Te Paea
We are seeking two savvy, energetic people to join the Education Library team, based in the Dovedale campus. These roles are fixed term to 26 February 2016 to provide additional cover to support the Education Library Relocation Project. The successful applicants will be required to work one of either:
Position 1: Mon 8.30 – 4pm, Thurs 10 – 5pm, Fri 9 – 5pm (21 hours)
Position 2: Wed 9 – 5pm, Fri 9 – 5pm (15 hours)
Experience in the use of library resources and an automated library system within the tertiary sector is desirable.
Applications close Monday 20 October 2015 and interviews for this role will be held 22-23 October 2015.
Further information about the role and a copy of the position description is available on UC Vacancies.
My work mobile phone is operational. Email signature has been updated accordingly.
M: 0274 040 834
Thanks to everyone who had a hand in getting this sorted/unlocked.
Te Paea
One of the topics from the library forum today. Keen to know more? Want to have your say? Read on…
On July 31st 2015 the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa and Te Rōpū Whakahau co-hosted Taking Libraries to 2025: The Future of Libraries Summit at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington.
Aimed at driving greater collaboration in the sector this future focused summit was looking for concrete actions to cement the integral role that libraries play in their communities, whether those communities are made up of academics, students, employees, or general public.
The summit highlighted the fact that it is essential for the sector to plan, implement, monitor and evaluate changes to secure the future of the profession for mutual benefit, as individuals and the communities we serve. We left the summit inspired to tackle the priority issues we identified together.
The report is the first piece of work to come from the Summit – we’ll be continuing to act on the suggestions made in this report to realise our shared future vision.
The report is available online at www.lianza.recollect.co.nz
Recollect is a web based tool produced by NZMS. Recollect allows you to comment on the various parts of the report, tag people, add actions, and help us hone what we’ve developed out of the Summit feedback. We wanted to create a living report that is agile and able to adapt as our future evolves. There is also the ability for you to share the great stuff you are doing at your library and in your region to take the sector forward.
You can view the site without logging in but in order to comment and tag data you will need to log in.
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You’ve probably guessed what the heading means, and just in case it was a bit tricky. I’m happy to share that I have a “working” phone number ext 6958. I’m based in Puaka-James Hight, level 5, room 522 (open plan area). A big thank you to the team for your warm welcome and helping with my first week at UC.
Nga manaakitanga, Te Paea