From the Editor

That time of the year has come around for me. The time where I am to pay my fiscal dues to my professional association and to shake the collective teams' hand...

read on...

LIANZA activity

Aotearoa receives a new National Librarian - Congratulations to Bill Macnaught!

Judges have been announced for the 2011 Children's Book Awards

News from the recent LIANZA council meeting from the president, Carolyn Robertson.

Information about the LIANZA 2012 Conference is now available

And a request from the NZLIMJ Editor:

Do you have a piece of research or an article ready for inclusion in the next issue of NZLIMJ?
The deadline for copy for the April 2011 issue of the NZLIMJ is due at the end of March. Please contact the Editor to discuss timelines or ideas for this or future issues. All contributions should be submitted electronically to the Editor:

Alison Fields
Email: Alison.Fields@openpolytechnic.ac.nz
Editor of the New Zealand Library and Information Management Journal

Feature Articles

Sally Pewhairangi
Great Customer Service Requires Committed Library Staff

Sean the Storyteller
Hidden Agenda

Donna Watt
News from SLANZA

Robert Baigent
AnyQuestions
 

Tony Millett
Bibliographies on FindNZArticles

Of interest (internets - local)

Unitec Library in red and black -->
[thanks Penny Dugmore]
(Also posted at DiligentRoom)
 

From APLM (Association of Public Library Managers):

• Duffy books in home collaboration with NZ public libraries
   
• APLM chair appointed as National Librarian

From VUW School of Information Management

On Tuesday, 1 March, Bruce Kingma, the Associate Provost for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Syracuse University in New York State, gave a presentation at the School of Information Management on Syracuse University's model of experiential-based entrepreneurship education and its impact on Central New York the School of Information Management. Bruce is one of the founders of the Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) consortium of which Victoria University is a member.

Bruce's presentation was video-recorded and can be viewed online here.
[thanks to Dan Dorner]

Libraries and Learning Blog - National Library’s Services to School:

• "Thinking about e-books"
• "Texting improves spelling!"
• "Preparing students for their futures"

[thanks to Lisa Oldham via schoollib list-serv]

I was alerted to an ingenious new website recently - http://picturebooks.co.nz. Check it out please if you want read about some well respected New Zealand picture books and look at a very pretty website.

Fancy a change of scenery [and employment]?
There’s plenty of jobs going in the country for Library and information professionals. Check them out here.

Of interest (internets - wider)

Mike found this neat picture of the exterior wall of a public library in Kansas City. Check it out!

Reference:
http://www.homedit.com/kansas-city-public-library/

LibraryJournal.com’s Movers and Shakers for 2011 have been announced! Have a look at who’s making their mark this year here.

 And not that I support you leaving the country and consequently your colleagues here, but … Fancy a change of scenery [and employment] overseas?

* Vacancies in Australia
* Vacancies in the UK
* Directory of recommended job sites from ALA in the United States.

A final giggle

I couldn't find something worthy of a collective giggle from the library and information profession.  So I thought that it's about time we got some final giggle moments from you, the reader.

Tell me something that made you laugh this week, whether it be a good nerdy librarian joke or a link to a video.  I'm opening up this section of the floor to you guys.

Library Life #354

22 March 2011

ISSN#1176-8088

Please send any feedback to:
The Editor
hana.whaanga@gmail.com