I am pleased to share that Yang Song will continue for a wee while longer in the Team Leader role, to Friday 30 July 2021. We appreciate the support and flexibility from Christchurch City Libraries who have made this possible.

A water leak has been located outside EPS library, so the water needs to be turned off. The plumber has advised the water be turned off for 2 hours to be on the safe side. This will be from 11am to 1pm today.

Temporary signage advising the water is off will be placed in the toilets and water fountain during this time.

Kia ora koutou

Please join me in extending best wishes to Jack, who has decided to leave UC and take voluntary redundancy. Jack’s last working day at UC will be Friday 11 June 2021.

We are very appreciative for Jack’s contribution to UC libraries, students and staff over the years. Jack’s leaving marks the end of 25 years at UC, a huge milestone in anyone’s estimation. All the best Jack!

E kai ō mata, e areare o taringa. Tēnei te reo karanga ki ngā hau e whā. Nau mai ngā tono ki tēnei tūranga kei Ngā Puna Mātauraka o Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha.

Are you keen to engage with students and lead the delivery and success of the library Te Rua Makerspace?

Customer Services is recruiting for a Kairuruku Wāhi-auaha | Engagement and Learning Librarian

This is a continuing, full-time opportunity advertised on UC Jobs. Applications close 19 May 2021.

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This is a great opportunity! If you are interested, please have a chat with your manager.

Inclusivity: LIANZA Aoraki Weekend School 2021
Saturday 15th – 16th May
Weekend School hosted by NMIT, Nelson and Tūranga Library, Christchurch

Your LIANZA Aoraki committee presents Inclusivity: LIANZA Aoraki Weekend School 2021. This weekend is about celebrating the diversity of our communities and sharing how to reflect this in our roles as information professionals to create more inclusive libraries, particularly as we navigate our changing role post COVID19.

The two day event will consist of a range of speakers from library assistants to managers, all of whom have hands-on experience in creating collections, services, or programmes for individuals from all walks of life. They will share their knowledge of recognising and connecting to individuals and their uniqueness while providing you with the skills to do the same.

Further information is available at: INCLUSIVITY: LIANZA AORAKI WEEKEND SCHOOL 2021 – Libraries Aotearoa

2021-March-Snapshot

Attached is a snapshot of statistics (Library visits, Info desk –on campus enquiries and AskLIVE online enquiries). It provides some useful data and emerging trends for information, conversation and reflection.

We are pleased to welcome Yang Song who has been appointed as Team Leader Customer Services, covering for Rā while she is at MB. Yang (pronounced Young) starts on Monday 15 March 2021. This is a secondment agreement between Christchurch City Council and UC till June 2021. Yang is a library professional, and brings a wealth of leadership and engagement experience having been responsible for:

• Leading a large team;
• Interagency Network of Refugees and Migrants (INFoRM) for continuous library advocacy and community development information sharing;
• Leading library multicultural events and programmes such as Lunar New Year, Chinese Language Week in collaboration with external agencies;
• Programmes Events and Learning team to deliver quality programmes to the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and wider communities;
• Leading Makerspace operation through research, collaborative strategic planning with specialists, trial and error. Confident with creative suite software such as Adobe, Premiere Pro, and emerging technologies such as laser and vinyl cutters, 3D printers, sewing machines and overlocker, T-shirt press, vacuum former, virtual reality units, digital cameras, PA systems, AV studio equipment.

Please note, the level 3 toilets by Academic Skills Centre are designated Gender Neutral and they can be used by students, staff and visitors.  These are the only Gender Neutral toilets in PJH.

From Tuesday 9 February 2021, the IT Helpdesk will be operating from the ground floor of Matariki, with other Student Services staff. IT will move the two IT Self-Service Kiosks over to Matariki. The IT Direct Dial Phone will be moved to the stand-alone PC at the Pillar with the Tower Race Trophy.

This is a trial, as they try a different way to provide a Monday to Friday drop in service. IT will still keep the 214 PJH offices, as they intend to establish an online bookings ‘by appointment’ service and they will use these rooms for that work. The new service model separates ‘drop in – quick fix issues’ and ‘by appointment – complex consults’.

Next week, from Wednesday 10 to Friday 12 February 2021, Tony McEwan and his team will be carrying out electrical work that prohibits access to North/North West corner on level 4 in PJH.

The NO ACCESS zone is indicated by the red shaded area in the attached floor plan PJH_l04-no-access-area-FEB-21. Approximately from PS 3537.T262mi to PS 3565.A864, then PR 6005.U5 to PR 6023.A7, then PQ 2493.P253 to PQ 2623.E6, then finishing around the corner by the staff stairwell at approximately PN 56.552 to PN 92.N714.

• As you exit the East and West Lifts on level 4, you can detour and walk around to access the Te Puna Ako collection, or 360 Video Production Suite.
• Shelving and Retrievals will be deferred to the following week.PJH_l04-cordoned-off-area-FEB-21