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Have you seen the LIANZA Communications plan on the website? http://www.lianza.org.nz/resources/lianza-documents/lianza-communications-plan

The LIANZA Council has developed this plan which provides principles and policies for how the Association communicates issues of the day, deals with media enquiries and engages with members. It is in the Resources section of the website.

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Editorial

Teachers are fabulous

I've got a bit of a mind blank.  My mind is as far from what's happening back home as could be right now.

See, I'm in San Francisco on holiday!

However, before I left I compiled a nice issue of LibraryLife for you :)

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News and Events

LIANZA Remuneration Survey

2013 LIANZA Conference

Virtual Bouquet Nomination

Paul Reynolds Scholarship 'No Numpties Award' - WINNER

2011 Joint Letter of Recognition for Bicultural Development Announcement

LIANZA Conference 2011 - Keynote & Abstract Announcement

Puke Ariki Is Soon To Get A New Manager

Reminder - Win A Trip To VALA2012 Courtesy Of 3M

Community news

• Changes are afoot at the Palmerston North City Library including photos of the Roslyn Branch refurbishment
  
  Hikuwai try Blogging during July
  
  East-in-SIG host a technology playground event
   
• Deacidification: Kim highlights a section of a report on Book Preservation Technologies for us from the Office of Technology Assessment Archive, part of the Federation of American Scientists. [thanks Kim!]
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Community events coming up

Otago/Southland: Journal Club breakfast Thursday 4 August 2011
Ikaroa: AGM Friday 12 August 2011

Feature Articles

Rob Stevens
Construction ramping up at the National Library’s Molesworth Street Building

Jenny McDonald
Maximising the value of Te Puna Services

Sean Murgatroyd
Good news for Digital Wallflowers

Donna Watt
Multiliteracy and transliteracy

Lai Lam
A “special” system for a “special” library

Claire Stent
Gaming: What Does That Have To Do With My Library?

Of interest (Internets - local)

- Orewa College: It’s not actually about the technology: a blog post by a New Zealander studying teaching, highlighting two very good points about this story in the traditional media recently

- Gap Filler Book Exchange, a project by Sarah Gallagher to bring life back to spaces created by demolished buildings in Christchurch

- Details of infringing file sharing sharing regulations revealed [from Creative Freedom Foundation NZ. Note: an artists perspective]

- 15 subsidised registrations available for the National Digital Forum 2011 being held at Te Papa Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 November. Applications close 10pm Monday 8 August

- Dollars, sense and public libraries : a landmark study of the socio-economic value of Victorian public libraries

- An influential figure in the revival of te reo Māori Dame Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira has died at the age of 79.  Read about her life over at Storylines

- Walker Books Australia acquires award-winning children’s publisher Black Dog Books

- Parliamentary Counsel Office announces a preview website for the redevelopment of the New Zealand Legislation website.

Of interest (Internets - wider)

- Library Day in the Life Round 7 is running this week, a biannual event giving you a chance to share your day, or week, with other librarians and hopefully the public at large.

- A useful List of 23 Things for Professional Development, a free self-directed continuing professional development programme running at the moment until October.  Participating in “things” is not limited to the calendar, so join in if you like!

- The single most important 2-page opinion piece every academic librarian should read “The crisis in Research Librarianship” [according to Roy Tennant and a few more people..]

Librarylife #363

27 July 2011

ISSN# 1176-8088
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Hana
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