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Collections Projects Update

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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

 

 

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Open Access Week – Community over Commercialisation

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OA week this year (24-27th October) has a few fascinating sessions provided by OA Australsia, including:

27 October
2-4pm NZDT
Creating space for Indigenous and Pacific research
Part 1: Publishing avenues for Indigenous-led research

How do Indigenous academics share their research in a way that is meaningful to them and the communities they wish to serve? A number of Indigenous-led open access journals have been set up with the purpose of exploring Indigenous and Pacific issues and concerns, providing an opportunity to disseminate research. This session will explore the driving force behind the development of these journals, and the challenges in getting Indigenous research out into the scholarly community.

Part 2: Engagement with indigenous knowledge

How do Indigenous communities share their knowledge in a way that aligns with their community rules and protocols? How can we ensure Indigenous knowledge is treated respectfully when it is in the public domain? This session will explore some of the recent initiatives seeking to tackle these questions.

Register here:  https://oaaustralasia.org/events/open-access-week-2023/

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Disaster scenario exercise tomorrow

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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

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Springer single eBook purchase available via Springer Librarian Portal

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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

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Digital Scholarship Has Released the Artificial Intelligence and Libraries Bibliography

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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

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ACCT texts

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Kia ora koutou,
ACCT211
ACCT212
ACCT312
ACCT624
These courses share the same textbook: two of these papers have open book tests next week.
There are 400 students vying for 9 electronic and 4 paper copies, the latter now hidden around the Library unissued.
I have spoken to Rob Vosslamber from ACIS, who agrees this isn’t ideal and will not happen next year.
He further suggested it had been clearly indicated students purchase their own textbook as it was used across 3 undergrad papers.
He will advise his classes that students cannot rely on Library copies for use during the test.
What can we do?
–ELS folk: please keep eagle eyes on the PJH High Demand collection (especially HF) until the end of next week
–Everyone: as you move around PJH, please keep an eye out for them and return copies to HD immediately
I can only apologise for this: despite my very clear annual requests, we have had issues with open book tests in the Business School for the last 3 years: let’s hope this is the end of it.
Ngā mihi
Kim

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