From the President: "Everyone Is An Advocate"

Kia Ora Kotou Katoa

Recently we have had a number of inquiries about what LIANZA is doing as an organisation in the advocacy space.

First, what do I mean by advocacy? Today’s libraries are consistently being challenged to do more with less – less money, less staff and less time. Advocacy is about making sure that libraries are valued, supported and connected to their stakeholders and communities because libraries can be taken for granted.

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From the Editor: Collaboration Round 2 (ready?)

I very recently spent a week in Perth Western Australia attending back to back ALIA conferences - the National Library and Information Technicians Conference: Back 2 Basics and NLS5, the New Librarians Symposium: Metamorphosis.  Both biennial conferences.

Attending these conferences opened my eyes to the opportunity they present to us, right on our doorstep.

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Latest from LIANZA's Blog

Why I Belong To LIANZA – What’s In It For Me? A Personal Narrative…
I absolutely endorse everything Heather has said in her blog, and in addition I’d like to tell you a  story.
LIANZA has given me a lot over the years. I’d been a member for quite a long time before I got involved with the wider Waikato/Bay of Plenty region, but it all started like this…  Stef Clark
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Revalidation – Collaborative And Personal Strategies
Librarians at the University of Auckland are using different strategies and tools to keep their revalidation journals up to date.  We have wonderful opportunities for professional development at our institution – the challenge is to be selective to ensure we record those that we have benefitted from the most.  Hester Mountifield
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Special Librarians - What's In The Conference Programme For You
The 2011 LIANZA Conference has plenty to offer for Special Librarians, as this is just my personal opinion on what could be fascinating; it’s definitely worth checking out the programme and seeing what appeals to you.  Christine Busby
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What's On In Wellington During LIANZA Conference 2011
Kia ora, kia ora, kia ora! Ko Kris Wehipeihana toku ingoa. You may remember me from previous conferences in Auckland (blogging), Christchurch (presenting), and Dunedin (presenting), now I’m working in Poneke at the Nola Millar Library. I’m on the #LIANZA11 communications team as the “What’s on in Wellington?” promoter. Kris Wehipeihana
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Canterbury Gathering Thursday 8th September
Last Thursday I was delighted to be able to attend a meeting in Christchurch at the CPIT to which LIANZA, TRW and SLANZA members were invited to.  Over 50 people attended and we had the opportunity to mix and mingle before Carolyn Robertson, Jane Hill and Bill Macnaught spoke.   Alli Smith
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News and Events

LIANZA Strategic Plan 2011-2014

New Database For LIANZA May Result In Some Delays For Members

LIANZA Conference 2011: Blog Posts And Reminders

Hydestor Professional Development Award Winners 2011

REMINDER: Nominations are being sought and accepted for LIANZA's Volunteer Award

Win A Trip To VALA2012 Courtesy Of 3M

Professional Development – What’s New

LIANZA Face-to-face workshops
Marketing the Library

• Wellington - Thursday 17 November and Friday 18 November

• Palmerston North – Wednesday 23 November

• Auckland – Tuesday 29 November

• Hamilton - Wednesday 30 November

• Christchurch – Thursday 8 December

• Dunedin – Friday 9 December
 

Other Courses

Mātauranga Māori within New Zealand libraries workshop
Christchurch - Tuesday 4 October 2011

Online courses

Free online cataloguing course BOK 5

Additional resources

• Video of SLIS Wellington event: Open sourcing and Māori consultation BOK 1

• Creative Commons video BOK 8

• The E-Resources Management Handbook (UK Serials Group)BOK 8

• Māori Law and Māori Lore: online tertiary seminars BOK 11

Community events coming up

Otago/Southland: Journal Club Thursday 6 October 2011

Waikato/BOP: "Steaming hot in Rotorua" Thursday 13 October

Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui: Welcome drinks for the International Network Of Emerging Library Innovators Friday 28 October 2011

Feature Articles

Sean Murgatroyd
A game for Librarians

Claire Stent
Looking past your nose: being future-ready

Of interest (Internets - local)

- School Libraries: the poor relation: published in the Sunday Star Times 11 September 2011 [from Stuff.co.nz]

- Australian Literary Review Shuts up Shop

Of interest (Internets - wider)

- Internet Ruffles Pricey Scholarly Journals: an article from the New York Times [thanks Lynette]

- 4 rules of Library advocacy: a blog post from Doug Johnson in the US.

- A virtual library of useful URL's arranged by DDC - I thought this was an interesting idea

- The Atlas of New Librarianship: a map infographic <--- this is pretty awesome!

- A lot of books at bedtime - a feelgood story from The Guardian.co.uk

- How to start a movement: a TED talk [video] by Derek Sivers from 2010 <-- a pretty inspirational talk, I highly recommend listening to it

Crown Records Management Scholarship

We are delighted to announce this year’s winners of the Crown Records Management Scholarship.  Congratulations to Pamela McKirdy from Wellington East Girls’ College and Amanda-Jane McFadden from Tauranga City Libraries.

The Crown Records Management scholarship is intended as a professional development opportunity for new professionals who have not attended a LIANZA conference before and provides each of the winners with a full conference registration, a conference dinner ticket and money towards conference travel and accommodation.

We trust Pamela and Amanda-Jane will enjoy their first LIANZA Conference experience.

Pamela and Amanda-Jane will each write an article about their conference experience for Library Life in February 2012.

Librarylife #367

22nd September 2011

ISSN# 1176-8088
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