Kia ora tātou,
Echo is currently inaccessible
There is currently an ANZ wide issue with Echo.
Folk are working on it so hopefully it will be fixed soon

Ngā mihi

Kim

A reminder that next Thursday 21st September we are gathering for the Rosalind Patrick and Long Service Awards at 10am in Undercroft 101.

Please come and join us for some kai and celebration 🙂

A couple of updates to share.

Henry Field building is now empty of Library material and has been handed over to the Digital Screen campus for remediation.

Books in the Dovedale Annex up to the end of the PR sequence are now available for retrieval. There is still a small amount of material yet to be unpacked in the Annex and put onto shelves, which still shows as temporarily unavailable on the catalogue.

The Library now has a new storage area in the Law Basement with library shelves in place. This will be called Basement Area 2 and is located in the Northwest corner of the basement. There is a key required to open the gate to this area, which is kept in ELS key cupboard and LAC.

The Education Stack collection is now unpacked and available for retrieval from Area 2 in the basement.

Ngā mihi,
Jenny

REMINDER

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori Quiz!

When: Thursday 14th September 1pm-3pm

Where: 224 Level 2 PJH (Central Library)

Bring some kai and bring your “A” game

Check out the poster to get some hints for the quiz

See you there and Goodluck!

Kia ora koutou,

The management team are going through a disaster scenario exercise tomorrow morning (Tuesday 12 September) from 9.00 – 11.00am.  We will be based in the breakout room next to the staffroom on level 5 of Puaka James Hight.  It is a paper-based exercise, so we will not be running around with our first aid kits, but instead we will be testing the Business Continuity Plan in theory to make sure we are all familiar and comfortable with the processes.

If you have any questions, please get in touch with me or Helen.

ngā mihi,

Sara

Springer can now offer more flexibility with the single title model, no minimum order values and volumes are required.

Subject librarians and academics need to send your orders to LAC at acquisitions@libr.canterbury.ac.nz, as Springer single eBook purchase is available via Springer Librarian portal only, not through Gobi currently.

Please contact Wendy Wu (wendy.wu@canterbury.ac.nz) if you have further questions.

Thanks

Ngā mihi

Wendy

The Artificial Intelligence and Libraries Bibliography includes over 125 selected English-language articles and books that are useful in understanding how libraries are exploring and adopting modern artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. It covers works from January 2018 through August 2023. It includes a Google Translate link. The bibliography is available as a website and a website PDF with live links.

Libraries have been exploring AI technology for a long time.
In particular, there was an active period of experimentation from the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s that primarily focused on the use of expert systems. Many projects used expert system shells, which simplified development; however, some projects also used AI languages, such as Prolog. This period produced a significant number of library-related AI papers.

Subsequently, library interest in AI diminished until around 2018, when research activity increased.

The public release of generative AI systems in late 2022, such as ChatGPT, sparked a strong upsurge of interest in them and a rush to utilize their capabilities. Since these systems are relatively easy to use, this development may result in a significant new wave of library-oriented AI activity.

https://digital-scholarship.org/ai/ai-libraries.htm

Kia ora koutou,

Just a reminder that we are having morning tea in EPS tomorrow at 10.30 to farewell Brian.   It would be great if some of you bought a plate, and do bring a cup as there are many people coming!

We look forward to seeing you there,

Sara

Kia ora koutou

Some calendars mark today as the first day of spring. Be that the case or not, the weather is certainly behaving as if spring is truly here. It’s so uplifting to see big doses of sunshine! And here’s hoping the weather plays ball in similar fashion next Friday, when UC celebrates Rā Tōmene and welcomes prospective 2024 students and their whānau to our campus and community. Thanks to all in the team for great ideas and initiatives in the pipeline for this special day!

Thanks also to all who came along and participated in the Staff Forum (held twice) this week. The buzz and enthusiasm in the room was palpable, and I know Tracey, our Wellbeing Lead and guest facilitator, appreciated all the great thinking on staff benefits and what we’d like to see in this space. Tracey will be collating the feedback and sharing it back with us in the next few days.

I personally found it a really valuable chance to take some time out together, to catch up, share kai, and consider how best to support each other and ourselves, as we navigate exciting and transformational changes ahead.

On which note, we are now officially moving into “Execution Phase” on our Modern Library Management Project. While this may sound slightly ominous, Execution Phase in fact means we are now formally working with EBSCO to kick off proceedings and rip into the mahi!  A few of us will be meeting with our EBSCO Implementation Manager next Monday, to start this ball rolling and get our project planning, style, tools and comms channels shaped up and confirmed.

What does this mean for you?
We’ll be taking the opportunity in upcoming weeks to review a number of aspects, from the way we use Horizon currently to the user experience of our discovery services. You may find that you are called on to provide insight/advice on certain topics from time to time over the coming few weeks.
For our Functional Co-Leads they will become busier as they represent the different aspects of the UC Library in workshops with EBSCO and work through solution design.

How do I find out more?
We will continue to use the MLM Project Teams & Sharepoint site to capture and circulate information. You can find all you need to know in these pages. If you have any questions or feedback, log it here by clicking on the “New” button and we will endeavour to get back to you within the week.

Mā te wā,
Kat