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Reminder CatSIG lunchtime session on Bibframe with Kevin Ford live stream
by Joanne Rowan 14 Feb '16

14 Feb '16

If you can't make the session in Wellington, remember you can view a live stream of the event at your computer from the link below. The link will be put on the CatSIG section of the LIANZA website after the event, so you can view the session at a later date, if you are unable to make today's session. There is no need to register, but we would be interested in your feedback on the live stream if you do attend. http://webcast.gigtv.com.au/Mediasite/Catalog/catalogs/lianza-catsig CatSIG in conjunction with the National Library of New Zealand is pleased to offer the following session. Kevin Ford will be in Wellington on Monday 15th February after his presentation at VALA, to present a similar session at the National Library of New Zealand from 12-2pm. For those people who cannot attend the session in person, CatSIG will also be running a live stream of the session. It will be also be available for people to listen to later if they are unable to attend. Kevin Ford is a Senior Consultant at AVPreserve, which is a data management consulting and software development firm that helps cultural heritage organizations, higher-education institutions, and businesses leverage technology, information, and people to advance the ways in which data will work for them. Prior to joining AVP, Kevin was a NoSQL semantics specialist at MarkLogic and, before that, Kevin was at the Library of Congress where he worked in the Network Development and MARC Standards Office. He was key member of the LC group shepherding the Library's Bibliographic Framework Initiative, which will ultimately replace the MARC Communication Formats with a semantic model. Kevin was also the project manager for the Library of Congress's Linked Data service, http://id.loc.gov. Below is an abstract for Kevin's presentation at VALA There's An Ambiguous Road Sign that Reads 'bibframe' and a Fork in the Road. Do You Take It? The Bibframe ontology contains minimally 3 forks, independent projects begun with a copy of an existing project and no assumption that changes in the new fork can be merged with its root. What produced this fragmentation? Are differences reconcilable? If so, by what means? If not, what are the alternatives? Is Bibframe's stricture to produce a single RDF model causing more problems than it solves? This talk will explore these questions, discussing how this fragmented reality emerged when the primary - if not singular - objective is to create a data model and format the library community could embrace with the same fidelity MARC has enjoyed for nearly 50 years. There will be time for questions and answers at the end of the session. If you are listening to the live stream can you please forward any questions you want to ask beforehand. To register please go here<https://lianza.memnet.com.au/MemberSelfService/EventBooking.aspx?selectedEv…> There is no charge for this session but you need to register. Wellington Monday 15th February from 12-2pm The National Library of New Zealand Co-Create space Thanks Joanne Rowan CatSIG Convenor c/o Serials Unit Libraries and Learning Services University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland Mail Centre Auckland 1142 New Zealand Phone: 649 3737 599 extn 87725 Fax: 649 3737 401 Email: jf.rowan(a)auckland.ac.nz<mailto:jf.rowan@auckland.ac.nz> Joanne Rowan Serials extn 87725

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Reminder: CatSIG lunchtime session on Bibframe with Kevin Ford
by Joanne Rowan 09 Feb '16

09 Feb '16

CatSIG in conjunction with the National Library of New Zealand is pleased to offer the following session. Kevin Ford will be in Wellington on Monday 15th February after his presentation at VALA, to present a similar session at the National Library of New Zealand from 12-2pm. For those people who cannot attend the session in person, CatSIG will also be running a live stream of the session. It will be also be available for people to listen to later if they are unable to attend. Kevin Ford is a Senior Consultant at AVPreserve, which is a data management consulting and software development firm that helps cultural heritage organizations, higher-education institutions, and businesses leverage technology, information, and people to advance the ways in which data will work for them. Prior to joining AVP, Kevin was a NoSQL semantics specialist at MarkLogic and, before that, Kevin was at the Library of Congress where he worked in the Network Development and MARC Standards Office. He was key member of the LC group shepherding the Library's Bibliographic Framework Initiative, which will ultimately replace the MARC Communication Formats with a semantic model. Kevin was also the project manager for the Library of Congress's Linked Data service, http://id.loc.gov. Below is an abstract for Kevin's presentation at VALA There's An Ambiguous Road Sign that Reads 'bibframe' and a Fork in the Road. Do You Take It? The Bibframe ontology contains minimally 3 forks, independent projects begun with a copy of an existing project and no assumption that changes in the new fork can be merged with its root. What produced this fragmentation? Are differences reconcilable? If so, by what means? If not, what are the alternatives? Is Bibframe's stricture to produce a single RDF model causing more problems than it solves? This talk will explore these questions, discussing how this fragmented reality emerged when the primary - if not singular - objective is to create a data model and format the library community could embrace with the same fidelity MARC has enjoyed for nearly 50 years. There will be time for questions and answers at the end of the session. If you are listening to the live stream can you please forward any questions you want to ask beforehand. To register please go here<https://lianza.memnet.com.au/MemberSelfService/EventBooking.aspx?selectedEv…> There is no charge for this session but you need to register. Wellington Monday 15th February from 12-2pm The National Library of New Zealand Co-Create space Thanks Joanne Rowan CatSIG Convenor c/o Serials Unit Libraries and Learning Services University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland Mail Centre Auckland 1142 New Zealand Phone: 649 3737 599 extn 87725 Fax: 649 3737 401 Email: jf.rowan(a)auckland.ac.nz<mailto:jf.rowan@auckland.ac.nz> Joanne Rowan Serials extn 87725

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CatSIG lunchtime session on Bibframe with Kevin Ford
by Joanne Rowan 01 Feb '16

01 Feb '16

CatSIG in conjunction with the National Library of New Zealand is pleased to offer the following session. Kevin Ford will be in Wellington on Monday 15th February after his presentation at VALA, to present a similar session at the National Library of New Zealand from 12-2pm. For those people who cannot attend the session in person, CatSIG will also be running a live stream of the session. It will be also be available for people to listen to later if they are unable to attend. Kevin Ford is a Senior Consultant at AVPreserve, which is a data management consulting and software development firm that helps cultural heritage organizations, higher-education institutions, and businesses leverage technology, information, and people to advance the ways in which data will work for them. Prior to joining AVP, Kevin was a NoSQL semantics specialist at MarkLogic and, before that, Kevin was at the Library of Congress where he worked in the Network Development and MARC Standards Office. He was key member of the LC group shepherding the Library's Bibliographic Framework Initiative, which will ultimately replace the MARC Communication Formats with a semantic model. Kevin was also the project manager for the Library of Congress's Linked Data service, http://id.loc.gov. Below is an abstract for Kevin's presentation at VALA There's An Ambiguous Road Sign that Reads 'bibframe' and a Fork in the Road. Do You Take It? The Bibframe ontology contains minimally 3 forks, independent projects begun with a copy of an existing project and no assumption that changes in the new fork can be merged with its root. What produced this fragmentation? Are differences reconcilable? If so, by what means? If not, what are the alternatives? Is Bibframe's stricture to produce a single RDF model causing more problems than it solves? This talk will explore these questions, discussing how this fragmented reality emerged when the primary - if not singular - objective is to create a data model and format the library community could embrace with the same fidelity MARC has enjoyed for nearly 50 years. There will be time for questions and answers at the end of the session. If you are listening to the live stream can you please forward any questions you want to ask beforehand. To register please go here<https://lianza.memnet.com.au/MemberSelfService/EventBooking.aspx?selectedEv…> There is no charge for this session but you need to register. Wellington Monday 15th February from 12-2pm The National Library of New Zealand Co-Create space Thanks Joanne Rowan CatSIG Convenor c/o Serials Unit Libraries and Learning Services University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland Mail Centre Auckland 1142 New Zealand Phone: 649 3737 599 extn 87725 Fax: 649 3737 401 Email: jf.rowan(a)auckland.ac.nz<mailto:jf.rowan@auckland.ac.nz> Joanne Rowan Serials extn 87725

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Ngā Upoko Tukutuku, the Māori Subject Headings project Kohitātea / January 2016 update
by Catherine Amey 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

Tēnā tātou katoa We are pleased to announce that Ngā Upoko Tukutuku, the Maori Subject Headings project has completed another upload of new kaupapa/terms. These terms came from the work of Te Whakakaokao, the Māori Subject Headings Working Group, at a hui held in December 2015. There are 31 new terms that have been added to Ngā Upoko Tukutuku and are ready for use in library catalogues, and a number of changed terms. We welcome requests for new terms. Please don’t hesitate to send in requests, queries and suggestions to reo(a)dia.govt.nz<mailto:reo@dia.govt.nz%3cmailto:reo@dia.govt.nz> - Te Whakakaokao would love to hear from you. Ngā kaupapa hou / New terms • Āhua = Shapes • Ākau pōhatuhatu = Rocky shore • Ako-ā-matihiko = Digital learning • Ako-ā-rorohiko = Computer assisted instruction • Ārai i te ahi = Fire prevention • Haumaru ahi = Fire safety • Haumaru wai = Water safety • Kaikuti hipi = Shearers • Kaitākaro whutupōro = Rugby players • Kāri poutāpeta = Postcards • Kōrero pono mā te pakeke = Adult non-fiction • Kōrero pono mā te tamariki = Children’s non-fiction • Kounga o te wai = Water quality • Kuti hipi = Shearing • Māra = Gardens • Mātauranga taupuhi kaiao wai = Aquatic ecology • Ōpango = All Blacks • Pae pāpāho pāpori = Social media • Pātengi raraunga = Databases • Patu ahi = Fire fighting • Pū wairākau = Composting • Rangitaki = Blogs • Rapuara = Career guidance • Ringawera = Kitchen volunteer • Tarutaru = Weeds • Tātari raraunga = Data analysis • Te Pakanga Tuatahi o Te Ao = First World War • Tuakoka = Poverty • Tuhinga nā te hunga tamariki = Children’s writings • Tūponotanga = Probability • Wahapū = Estuaries • Waiata tohutohu = Instructional songs Te mahi whakahou / Changes to existing terms • The scope of the term Toki has been redefined to encompass different types of adzes used for gardening, carving, warfare and other ceremonial purposes • The terms relating to fiction and non-fiction have been expanded. New terms include Kōrero pono mā te pakeke (adult non-fiction), Kōrero pono mā te tamariki (children's non-fiction), and Tuhinga nā te hunga tamariki, which is used to identify writings by children. • Several new terms relating to safety have been created. These include Haumaru wai, or water safety, and Haumaru ahi, the term for fire safety. Also in the area of fire services and fire safety, terms have been added for fire fighting, Patu ahi, and fire prevention, Ārai i te ahi. • A range of terms have been added in response to requests relating to educational resources. New terms in the area of Pangarau (mathematics) include Pātengi raraunga (databases), Āhua (shapes), Tūponotanga (probability) and Tātari raraunga, or data analysis. New terms in the area of environmental studies include Ākau pōhatuhatu (the rocky shore), Mātauranga taupuhi kaiao wai (aquatic ecology), and Kounga o te wai, or water quality. • Reflecting changes in technology, two new terms have been added to describe blogs, Rangitaki and social media, Pae pāpāho pāpori. Terms have also been created to encompass digital learning, Ako-ā-matihiko, and computer-assisted instruction, Ako-ā-rorohiko. • New terms relating to roles or occupations have been added, such as Kaikuti hipi (shearers), Kaitākaro whutupōro (rugby players), Ringawera (kitchen volunteers) and Ōpango, the term for All Blacks. • A new term has been added for Tuakoka, or poverty. • A new term has been added for Te Pakanga Tuatahi o Te Ao, the First World War. If you have any questions, or potential terms you want to suggest, please email reo(a)dia.govt.nz<mailto:reo@dia.govt.nz> Nā ngā kaimahi o Te Whakakaokao

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CILIP CIG Conference 2016: Call for papers
by Tamsyn Bayliss 26 Jan '16

26 Jan '16

Forwarded from the Mailing list for rare books and Special Collections librarians <LIS-RAREBOOKS(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> *with apologies for cross posting* CIG Call for Papers Proposals for papers are invited for the Cataloguing and Indexing Group (CIG) Biennial Conference 2016 "Innovation and discovery" to be held from 31 Aug - 2 Sept 2016 at Swansea University. Moving from local to global, our audience's thirst for discovery is prompting a whole raft of innovations. In this era of convergence, libraries, archives and museums are all striving to improve resource discovery in order to meet user expectations. International committees are expanding and refining new bibliographic standards; libraries are adopting (and adapting) these standards, e.g. FRBRising their catalogue records; as a result, librarians are acquiring new skills in metadata creation and manipulation; and, in this ever changing environment, vendors of library management and discovery systems are under pressure to evolve their offer. Hidden from public view, library metadata policies, cataloguing workflows and practices, together with the systems we choose, ultimately determine the user experience. The 2016 conference aims to bring together the metadata community in order to debate systems and processes, shine a light on best practice and explore the unknown. Themes: CIG welcomes proposals that cover, but are not confined to, the following topics: - metadata for discoverability - linked data - controlled vocabularies - data manipulation - authority control - discovery systems - impact of changes to scholarly communication And - as always - we'd like presentations about current practice, recent research, as well as ideas for the future. Formats: We are eager to hear from information professionals and those engaged in metadata research and practice. We also encourage submissions from current and recently graduated LIS students who would like to take this opportunity to present their research to the cataloguing community. We welcome proposals in the following formats: - Conference papers (30 mins). An opportunity to present how your work, project or research innovates discovery. - Lightening talk (10 mins). Shorter presentations on the above topics and themes. Please consider this if you have something to share but do not have a full conference paper. - Interactive sessions (up to 30 mins). With the venue offering breakout rooms, we particularly encourage presentations with interactive elements. - Posters. An opportunity to present your work/project/research in visual form. Time will be included during the conference to allow poster presenters to engage directly with delegates and discuss the contents of their poster. Please consider this if you would prefer to present in a less formal way. Submissions: Proposals should be submitted to Robin Armstrong Viner (r.armstrong-viner(a)kent.ac.uk<https://3c.gmx.net/mail/client/mail/mailto;jsessionid=BC610CD88D4E1F4CD5881…>). Please include your preferred format, a working title and short outline (no more than 300 words) of your presentation. Proposals are due by 31st March 2016 and presenters will be notified by 30th April 2016 if their submission is successful. Speakers will be able to claim for travel and accommodation (if required) in line with the CILIP expenses policy (seehttp://www.cilip.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Expenses_policy.pdf). Any presenters wishing to attend the full conference in addition to the day they are presenting, as well as those intending to travel from outside the UK are advised to contact Robin Armstrong-Viner (r.armstrong-viner(a)kent.ac.uk<https://3c.gmx.net/mail/client/mail/mailto;jsessionid=BC610CD88D4E1F4CD5881…>) before booking or making travel arrangements. Presenters will have the option of publishing their paper in a future edition of "Catalogue and Index", the journal of CIG (see http://www.cilip.org.uk/cataloguing-indexing-group/catalogue-index<https://3c.gmx.net/mail/client/dereferrer?redirectUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cili…>). 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Required Reading
by Tamsyn Bayliss 26 Jan '16

26 Jan '16

Forwarded on behalf of Ines Almeida Dear Friends and Colleagues, Our latest version of the New Zealand Library and Information Management Journal is up and ready for you to read! Fashionably late, yes, but an excellent and informative read nonetheless. Here's the link: http://www.lianza.org.nz/nzlimj-volume-55-no-3-october-2015 A big thank you to Brenda Chawner for making this journal happen. Happy reading! Ines Almeida Marketing and Communications Manager LIANZA, 'Supporting Libraries Aotearoa' http://www.lianza.org.nz<http://www.lianza.org.nz/> | @LIANZAOffice +64 4 801 5542 | +64 27 284 3733 Level 4, 156 - 158 Victoria Street, PO Box 12212, Wellington 6144 [LIANZA Full Logo 72dpi] Tamsyn Bayliss | Cataloguing Librarian | Auckland War Memorial Museum | Tamaki Paenga Hira | The Domain, Private Bag 92018, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142, New Zealand | www.aucklandmuseum.com<http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/> | M | P +64 9 309 0443 ext 7258 | F +64 9 379 9956 | E tbayliss(a)aucklandmuseum.com [cid:image002.jpg@01D158E5.B1371FF0]<http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/>[cid:image003.jpg@01D158E5.B1371FF0]<http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/whats-on/exhibitions/air-new-zealand-75-years> [cid:image004.jpg@01D158E5.B1371FF0]<https://www.facebook.com/AucklandMuseum?ref=hl>[cid:image005.jpg@01D158E5.B1371FF0]<https://instagram.com/aucklandmuseum/>[cid:image006.jpg@01D158E5.B1371FF0]<https://twitter.com/aucklandmuseum/>[cid:image007.jpg@01D158E5.B1371FF0]<https://www.youtube.com/user/aucklandmuseum>[cid:image008.jpg@01D158E5.B1371FF0]<http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph>[cid:image009.jpg@01D158E5.B1371FF0]<http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections>[cid:image010.jpg@01D158E5.B1371FF0]<http://store.aucklandmuseum.com/>[cid:image011.jpg@01D158E5.B1371FF0]<http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/venue-hire>[cid:image012.jpg@01D158E5.B1371FF0]<http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/get-involved/donate-sponsor-support/make-a-do…> Auckland Museum Trust Board ("Auckland Museum") accepts no liability for any opinion contained in this email. The material in this email is confidential to the recipient named above. If you are not the intended recipient: please do not copy, use or disclose this communication; please notify us immediately by email or by telephone (64 9 309 0443) and then delete this email. Where this is a communication unrelated to the business of Auckland Museum, Auckland Museum does not accept any responsibility for its contents. ##################################################################################### This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared by MailMarshal #####################################################################################

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palmerston North Book Tree
by Tamsyn Bayliss 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

*Forwarded on behalf of Trudy Murcott* -----Original Message----- From: Trudy Murcott [mailto:trudy.murcott@pncc.govt.nz] Sent: Wednesday, 20 January 2016 12:44 PM To: catsig(a)ecs.vuw.ac.nz Subject: FW: palmerston North Book Tree We also did a Christmas Tree with deleted CDs. I'll try to send you a pic of that Loved the look of your tree : __________________________________________________________________________________________ Caution: The content of this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. If it is not intended for you, please email the sender immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy, disclose or use the contents in any way. The sender's email address in this message may constitute a designation of an information system for the purposes of section 11(a) of the Electronic Transactions Act 2002 (New Zealand). You agree that, in sending an email message to that address, the time of receipt will be when the message actually comes to the attention of the addressee, not the time the message enters the designated information system. Thank You. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Auckland Museum Trust Board ("Auckland Museum") accepts no liability for any opinion contained in this email. The material in this email is confidential to the recipient named above. If you are not the intended recipient: please do not copy, use or disclose this communication; please notify us immediately by email or by telephone (64 9 309 0443) and then delete this email. Where this is a communication unrelated to the business of Auckland Museum, Auckland Museum does not accept any responsibility for its contents. ##################################################################################### This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared by MailMarshal #####################################################################################

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Call for Proposals - IFLA Classification & Indexing Section's satellite meeting in Columbus
by Anoushka McGuire 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

with apologies for cross posting. Call for Paper Proposals IFLA Classification & Indexing Section Satellite Meeting 2016 Subject Access: Unlimited Opportunities August 11 (afternoon) - August 12 (full day) Location: State Library of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio https://sites.google.com/a/kent.edu/ifla2016-classification-indexing/projec… Join colleagues from around the world in the exchange of new ideas for providing subject access. This one and one-half day Satellite Conference will explore new services, new roles, and new partners that support subject searching. Investigate implementations, use, and reuse of traditional methods, such as classification, controlled vocabularies, and mapping; newer methods; and the connections between them. Discuss how we can take advantage of new opportunities and how we can meet the challenges. Examples of possible topics are: * Traditional and new methods of providing subject access: connections, competition, or co-existence? * Semantic Web technologies and tools for subject access * Use of library subject metadata by other communities * Cooperation of libraries with other partners in creation and reuse of subject metadata and knowledge organisation systems (KOS) to support discovery. Possible examples include museums, archives, publishers, and providers of index-based discovery services. * User needs and subject access behaviour * Users as creators of subject metadata through, such as crowdsourcing, folksonomies, social tagging, etc. To submit a proposal, please provide the following in English: * Name(s) and affiliation(s) of author(s)/presenter(s) * Proposed title of the paper * Detailed abstract (500-1500 words) * Brief biographical information of all author(s)/presenter(s) * Contact information, including email, of all author(s)/presenter(s) The deadline for proposals is 15 February 2016. Email proposals in .docx or .pdf format to Sandy Roe, Program Chair, skroe(a)ilstu.edu<mailto:skroe@ilstu.edu>. All proposals will be reviewed by members of the IFLA Classification & Indexing Section Satellite Conference Program Committee. Selection will be based on proposal content and fit to the conference theme. Proposal authors will be notified via email on March 15, 2016. The deadline for final papers is 30 May 2016. Papers should be original work written in English, not published elsewhere, and should be no longer than 15 double-spaced pages using a standard 12-point font. Authors will be required to present their papers at the IFLA C&I Satellite Conference. Presentations should last about 15-20 minutes and time will be allotted afterwards for questions and discussion. Presentations should be engaging, interactive, and designed to elicit thoughtful discussion from the audience. Use of PowerPoint or other visual program is encouraged for the benefit of the entire audience. The official language of the Satellite Conference is English. Important Dates: 15 February 2016 Deadline for submission of paper proposals 15 March 2016 Notification to authors by email 30 May 2016 Deadline for submission of final papers (No papers can be accepted after this date!) 5 August 2016 Deadline for sending presentation slides 11-12 August 2016 Satellite Conference in Columbus, OH, USA 13 August 2016 IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) begins in Columbus, OH, USA Please note: At least one of the paper's authors must be present to deliver a summary of the paper during the program of the Satellite Meeting. All papers that are presented at the WLIC 2016 will be made available online via the IFLA Library<http://library.ifla.org/> under the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 license<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/>. Authors of accepted papers must complete the IFLA Authors' Permission Form<http://forms.ifla.org/node/add/wlic-authors-permission-form>. All expenses for attending the satellite meeting (travel, accommodation, etc.) are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA. Registration and other information will be made available on the Satellite conference's website<https://sites.google.com/a/kent.edu/ifla2016-classification-indexing/>. Sandy Roe Editor, Cataloging & Classification Quarterly Head, Cataloging & Metadata Services Milner Library, Illinois State University Normal, IL 61790-8900

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Call for Presentations for LIANZA Hikuwai Region Weekend School 28-29 May 2016
by Joanne Rowan 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

Apologies for cross posting The Hikuwai Region is delighted to announce that they are once again holding a Weekend School on the 28th and 29th May 2016 at the fabulous Kingsgate Hotel, Whangarei in Northland. Please note these dates in your calendars. We will be developing a relevant programme for all library sectors that is based on the Bodies of Knowledge required for Professional Registration and with this in mind we would like to open the call for presenters. What are we looking for? Presentations, workshops, panel discussions or posters. Either a 20 minute presentation for the half hour sessions or a 45 minute presentation for the one hour sessions. We welcome proposals covering all professional sectors on a range of topics including but not limited to: ● Community connections - outreach and offsite activities, pop-up libraries ● Digital - Bringing digital experiences to our users, and becoming confident in the digital world. ● Collaborating about stack collections ● Future of libraries ● Writing and presenting for conference ● Mentoring ● Leadership - Kotuku Leadership programme ● Children’s literature and holiday programmes ● Research in libraries ● Any other ideas Presenters are expected to register and participate in the whole of the Weekend School. The formal programme will run from Saturday morning through to Sunday lunch time with plenty of informal networking time. On Friday evening there will be a welcoming function. We ask that your proposals directly relate to one or more BOKs, please identify this in your proposal / abstract. If you would like to discuss your idea before submitting your proposal, Lisa Salter 021 116 1080. Please submit your proposals / abstracts to hikuwaiweekendschool(a)gmail.com by Friday 26th February 2016. We will advise you of the outcome of your proposal by Friday 11th March. Regards Joanne Rowan Serials Unit Libraries and Learning Services University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland Mail Centre Auckland 1142 New Zealand Phone: 649 3737 599 extn 87725 Fax: 649 3737 401 Email: jf.rowan(a)auckland.ac.nz<mailto:jf.rowan@auckland.ac.nz>

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Christmas in January
by Dames, Rebecca 18 Jan '16

18 Jan '16

Kia ora koutou At Lincoln University, our Library Christmas tree has finally been taken down, but I grabbed a quick snap before the demolition. [cid:image001.png@01D151FA.3B36B550] Made by Sarah Fraser and me. From >500 weeded books, standing ~175m (190 including star). 1 hour building time, 1.5 hours to dismantle (just me). Next year we want to go higher, and we will actually count the books. Anyway because it’s so hard to get back into work in January, I wondered if anyone else wanted to procrastinate and share some pics of how their libraries (or other) celebrated the silly season? Anything and everything you wanted to share would be awesome! Mere (belated) Kirihimete! Becky Dames Library Assistant, Content and Service Delivery Library, Teaching & Learning P O Box 85064 Lincoln University Lincoln 7647 New Zealand p +64 3 4230353 e Rebecca.Dames(a)lincoln.ac.nz<mailto:Rebecca.Dames@lincoln.ac.nz> | w www.lincoln.ac.nz<http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/> Lincoln University, Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki New Zealand's Specialist Land-Based University ________________________________ P Please consider the environment before you print this email. "The contents of this e-mail (including any attachments) may be confidential and/or subject to copyright. Any unauthorised use, distribution, or copying of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by return e-mail or telephone and then delete this e-mail together with all attachments from your system."

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