Good news, it’s Friday, it’s the first day of the month, and for some, the first day of Spring. But better than that, it’s time for your latest issue of Pānui. Joy unbounded!

You can find the finished PDF copy here at K:\Management\Communications\LTR-Newsletters\Pānui 2.0\2023\2023-08-LTR-Pānui.pdf

Kathryn, Hugh and Simon

Kia ora koutou,

The Engagement and Learning Support team in the library has a fixed term secondment opportunity available from now until 3 March 2024 for a Kaiāwhina | Library Assistant to join our team.

Library Assistant PD 2022

The purpose of this 30 hpw (0.8 EFT), Band 2 role is to:

• Enhance student retention and success strategies and activities primarily through the provision of professional culturally responsive library engagement services, support and advice to students, staff, and community.
• Support the use of systems and technology in compliance with current policies and procedures and manage and undertake the general maintenance of library learning spaces.

The hours are as follows (please note these will be subject to change over the summer period).

Tuesday: 7:45am-4:15pm (7.5)

Wednesday: 1-9pm (7.5)

Friday: 7:45am-4pm (7.25)

Saturday: 1-9:15pm (7.75)

We are looking for someone with the following skills and attributes:

• A minimum of two years’ work experience in a Library, office, or customer service environment.
• Time management and organisational skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, ensuring communications are clear, accurate and concise.
• Knowledge of methods of organising and finding information in libraries.
• Knowledge of administrative procedures and systems such as managing files and records.
• Research skills including computer and internet searching skills.
• Excellent computer literacy skills, with proven ability to learn and grow knowledge for relevant software and technology.
• Able to work collaboratively and independently and demonstrate a high level of initiative.
• Sound understanding of health and safety in the workplace.
• Active commitment to upholding the values, tikanga (protocols and processes), kawa (rules) of cultural practice and traditions as guided by mana whenua, Ngāi Tūāhuriri, and valuing te reo Māori.
• Competency in te reo Māori me ōna tikanga is an advantage

If you are interested in engaging with our fabulous students to ensure they know all about the wonderful services we can offer them whilst developing your skills and experience in a fun, values driven team, we’d love to hear from you. Please submit your Expression of Interest, attaching your CV and send it to me by 5:00 p.m., Friday 8 September.  Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a short interview.

Any questions, sing out!

Isabella

Kia ora koutou,

I am very sad to announce that Brian will be leaving us to take up a new position as Research Excellence and Impact Team Leader in R&I.  This is such a great opportunity for Brian, yet such a loss for us. We will miss his expertise, professionalism and willingness to take on a multitude of tasks with enthusiasm and goodwill.  One silver lining is that we will have a Library ally in R&I and we will be working closely with him in his new role.  Brian’s last day with us will be Friday 8 September.  We are planning a morning tea on Thursday 7 September at 10.30am in EPS.  Please do come along and wish Brian well.

ngā mihi,

Sara

Toby Green will be interviewing Dr Amanda Lawrence, Research Fellow from RMIT regarding the uplift in publishing outside of formal publication channels and what it means for discovery, collection development and the scholarly record, as well as what Amanda’s research tell us about the needs of researchers and practitioners outside academia, especially policy makers.

I know it’s here somewhere… Exposing grey literature for the greater good

Kia ora whānau!

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori is just around the corner, and to celebrate we will be hosting a staff quiz! 

Whether you’re a beginner or an expert, you’re guaranteed to have a good time! Join in the fun and get your teams of 2-4 people together – you can register here! There will be cool prizes up for grabs including a unique 1-of-a-kind trophy for first place…which will of course accompany obligatory bragging rights for the winning team!

Where: Room 224, Central Library

When: Thursday 14 September, 1-3pm

Bring: Plate of kai to share (and your enthusiasm!)

We’ll see you there!

Ngā mihi,

Isabella, Aurelia and Lani

The 2023 UCSA Winter Wellness Expo was held in Haere-roa, on Thursday 27 July, 10am-2pm. Overall, it was a great day, and we managed to engage with 228 students (slightly fewer than the 315 in 2022), but they were fruitful engagements nonetheless! 

Te Rua Makerspace was the main focus of the library stall at this year’s Winter Wellness Expo. The expo aligns with Te Rua’s goals to enable students to positively impact their wellbeing through creativity and relaxation. The welcoming and engaging energy of Te Rua was well represented by multiple makerspace-made items as well as friendly and knowledgeable library staff. The new knitting machine was on display which was very popular indeed, with students showing keen interest in how it worked and what else could be made with it. We also had a small stash of pre-made knitted hats, and badges made in Te Rua for people to take away with them. 

Overall, it was a resounding success and hopefully will see some new faces in the library (and in Te Rua), as well as the return of our regular Te Rua aficionados!

Ngā mihi,

Isabella and Ryan

Kia ora Library Staff Team

Some updates from the Library Managers amid a very full August. You can read the latest University Librarian’s Report for an overview of the wide range of projects happening around the Library Team

Quick Communications Poll – Link to 2 question poll

We have a lot of different ways of sharing information and we want to make sure we are getting the important info out to you in the best way. Which communication channels do you rely on or focus on the most? Please use the link above to let us know 😊

Mental Health First Aid course dates:

• Mondays – 2^nd & 9^th October 9-4pm (8 spaces left)
• Tuesday and Thursday – 21, 23, 28, 30 November 9.00-12.30pm (15 spaces left)

Please chat to you manager/team leader, and let me know which session you are interested in. If you have already expressed interest for a particular cohort, I will be in touch to confirm shortly.

Staff Forum

A reminder we will be gathering later this month for two sessions of staff forum. We will repeat the same content at each session so we can have as many staff attend as possible. We will be joined by Tracey Robinson from P&C Wellbeing as well as our MLM Project Change Manager, Nicola Adams, from Digital Services.

We will have some group activities, some kai and some time for Q&A. Session information:

• • Monday 28^th August 1-3pm
  • Wednesday 30^th August 10am-12pm

Digital Information Project Update

The gradual transition from P Drive to One Drive is in progress. We are compiling any issues that arise with this – such as issues with Endnote library when cloud based, and syncing default save locations – and feeding them back to the Change Manager.

There was a recent announcement on the intranet that one remote access method is being retired at the end of this month – however there are other ways to do this and this access method is rarely used. If you access the network drives remotely when working from home and are concerned you may lose access, please get in touch and I can help you troubleshoot. You can read the article here.

Please get in touch if you have any questions or issues – I am happy to jump on teams and give you a quick run through if you feel unfamiliar with the OneDrive Environment.

Rosalind Patrick Awards – Applications open

We are gathering next month for the Annual Rosalind Patrick Awards on the 21^st September at 10:30am. The Rosalind Patrick Award for funding professional development opportunities is still open – please chat with your manager if you need any support for professional development opportunities. Application here: https://forms.office.com/r/ckB4gvqnxm

Take care and enjoy the sunshine today!

Kia ora Koutou,

Until next Friday, you may enter the fish naming competition here: https://canterbury.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9zuQOXx7SLvB5u6

Enter as many times as you wish 🙂

Ngā Mihi,
Dale