From the Editor

In case you didn't know, I'm all for collaboration. Hence being offered the role of Editor! Every day I find myself collaborating with people on the social interwebs (tool of choice - Twitter), with the community I serve at work, and unsurprisingly this all includes interaction in real life too.

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From the President

Kia ora koutou katoa

Well, it’s that time in the Presidential year when all of a sudden you realise your term is coming to an end and you still have so much you want to achieve.  The Christchurch earthquakes have disrupted my intention to get out and about to meet as many members as possible,

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From the returning Communications Manager

After taking 12 months maternity leave to have my little boy Archie I’m back as LIANZA’s Communication Manager working part-time. Thanks to LIANZA who have been very supportive allowing me flexibility with my role.

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Conference 2011 Passion, People and Power : Te ihi, te wehi, te wana

Just in case you hadn't heard, Conference 2011 has opened it's call for abstracts!
Will you be putting your hat in the ring?  If so, tell us about it by clicking on that link!
 

LIANZA Activity and News

LIANZA Council Elections for 2011/12
The call for nominations for President Elect, Aoraki, Hikuwai and Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui regional councillors closed on Thursday 28th April.

I am delighted to advise the following members have been nominated unopposed and therefore appointed to the following positions:
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REMINDERS

* Awards - you like financial help right?  
Apply for one (or more) of the four available sponsorship awards going before it's too late!  Applications close 31st of May.

* Paul Reynolds Scholarship
We have extended the timeframe for the GLAM sector to make contributions to the Paul Reynolds Scholarship to 31st May and also strongly encourage applications for the Award which close 31st of May

To view links to all the relevant documents read more here...

* CatSIG sponsorship opportunity
Are you thinking about studying in 2011? You may be currently completing a library qualification or looking for professional development opportunities.
Applications close this Thursday
Read more here about how to apply...

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* Free collection of online crisis counselling therapy videos
available from Alexander Street Press.  Read more here...

* PRESS RELEASE from the National Library (with inside info not on nz-libs!)
Vendor selected to develop Kōtui, a new Naitonal Shared Library System
[thank you Sue Sutherland]

Feature Articles

Robert Baigent
AnyQuestions: a demo

Sean the Storyteller
Gazing into the silicon crystal ball

Sally Pewhairangi
A book in every backpack

Regional news and events

Don't forget you can view events that are happening around the country on LIANZA's website.

Here's a selection of some coming up:

Waikato/Bay of Plenty
2011 Weekend School 6-8 May at Waitomo

Otago/Southland
Strategic Planning - 6 May, Dunedin.  A LIANZA CPD full day, hands-on practical course

Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui
Get help with your revalidation journal! - 18 May, Te Puni Kokiri, Wellington.

News from the School of Information Management, VUW

There have been some staff changes in the School of Information Management.

Gary Gorman has left the University.  He first joined VUW in 1999 as a Senior Lecturer and was promoted to full Professor in 2001.

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Of interest (internets - local)

* Review of the TransTasman ANZAC Day blog challenge - a challenge to get people to share their stories of their loved ones and their sacrifices
[thank you Seonaid!]

* Remoting it - a collection of posts about working remotely since the February 2011 Earthquake in Christchurch, by Sarah Gallagher.

* XXX in the library - a post by Tom Avery (aka wifilibrarian), 3 letters from finishing off the AtoZ Blogging Challenge! - Congratulations Tom!

Now there's a few call for abstracts going out at the moment.  Here I have highlighted just a couple for you.  Oh yes, and not forgetting LIANZA's 2011 Conference in Wellington too of course...

CONFERENCES

* PHANZA Conference 2011: "Getting the public into public history" 1-2 July 2011, Massey University Palmerston North.  Call for papers close Tues 10 May
[thank you Janine via nz-libs]

 * VALA2012 "eM-powering eFutures" 6-9 February 2012, Melbourne convention and exhibition centre. Call for papers deadline extended to Mon 9 May

GRANTS

* Digging into Data - grants for projects available.  Applications close Thu 16 June

"The idea behind the Digging into Data Challenge is to address how "big
data" changes the research landscape for the humanities and social sciences.
Now that we have massive databases of materials used by scholars in the
humanities and social sciences -- ranging from digitized books, newspapers,
and music to transactional data like web searches, sensor data or cell phone
records -- what new, computationally-based research methods might we apply?
As the world becomes increasingly digital, new techniques will be needed to
search, analyze, and understand these everyday materials. Digging into Data
challenges the research community to help create the new research
infrastructure for 21st century scholarship..."

Would be nice to get some Southern Hemisphere applicants :)
[thanks Kirsten]

Of interest (internets - wider)

* What are libraries for? - an interesting article by the founder of the Librivox.org service - Hugh McGuire.
[thanks Paul Hayton via nz-libs]

* Anatomy of a Librarian - an infographic.
[thanks Sarah Gallagher]

Vacancies

As always, a number of vacancies in Libraries around the country.
Check them out here - on LIANZA's vacancies page of course!

A final giggle

Didn't have any entries for a final giggle this fortnight so this one's from me.

An English friend in Perth sent this to me on Sunday, after the Royal Wedding.  In case you didn't see the coverage, she said, "Saves you having to watch it this afternoon".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY0OHQwhiq8

Enjoy :)

Librarylife #357

03 May 2011

ISSN# 1176-8088

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Hana
Librarylife Editor :)