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Mid-winter fun, a caption competition

Picture this…

A stern fellow sits in fine academic regalia, staring out at all who pass on level 2 of the Central Library. Who is he, what is he thinking and what is he up to? As you are all sitting most precariously on the edges of your seats, breaching many health and safety regulations, I feel I must share.

The ‘Who’ can be answered easily; the stern fellow in question is none other than the esteemed Cantabrian, James Hight. Okay, not him exactly, I’m talking about his portrait.

But as for the ‘Thinking’ and the ‘Up to’, well, those are harder questions.

Here is your challenge, should you choose to accept it. Write a caption that might go beneath James Hight’s portrait and enter it in one of the following categories below.

Category 1: Library Loveliness – any caption library-related.

Category 2: Te Reo Mâori – any caption accepted as long as it’s in Te Reo Mâori.

Category 3: Realms of Randomness – any content accepted whatsoever

And if you needed a sweetener, there will be prizes of such amazing awesomeness they would cause your knees to quiver if I was to divulge what they were. So I won’t. Not now. Maybe later.

Entries can be submitted now until 30th August and our panel of judges will decide on the winner of each category in 1st week September.

Good luck and have fun!

Click here to enter the competition and study the portrait at your leisure!

PS: competition organizer is Isabel. Usernames will only be used to identify the winner of riches and glory.

Changes to Library hours due to power outages 4-5 July

Hi all

I’m sure you will have read the email outlining power outages on Ilam campus this weekend. Library managers have considered the implications of this and have decided:

Saturday 4th July: Central and EPS Libraries will close at 4pm.
Sunday 5th July: Central and EPS Libraries will be closed all day; Education Library will open 10am-5pm.

I have been in touch with staff working on a Saturday and Sunday, and am working with our Co-ordinators on the finer details of the planning.

Please let me know if you have any questions, or would like to make any suggestions.

Kind regards
Isabel

ICTS maintenance to myUC

FYI: ICTS have advised us that on Tuesday 30th June 2015, between 7.30am and 8.00am there will be planned maintenance done on myUC. Hopefully this won’t affect us as we open in the morning, and students will resume full access to myUC promptly. Anyone trying to use myUC during this time see a maintenance error message.

Regards
Isabel

Message for all staff from ICTS

Greetings,

A message for all staff from ICTS below:

A large number of outstanding Windows patches have been released to all Windows Desktop PCs this week, and the installation time for these patches is 1-2 hours – instead of about 30 minutes. In order to ensure Windows computers patch smoothly over the weekend, we are requesting staff log out of their computers on Friday when they finish work.

Many thanks
Isabel

2015 Campus Master Plan display boards

Hi

Central Library and Education Library are hosting the 2015 Campus Master Plan information boards until approx. 10th July. At Education Library these are just inside the main doors, and at Central Library they are between the lifts. The University community and local community may be interested in these, so please assist them locate this information if they need assistance.

Thanks
Isabel