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IFLA Governance Draft Proposal

30/6/2020

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LIANZA is delighted to invite the library and information sector in New Zealand to learn more about the IFLA Governance Draft Proposal. This proposal is built on the development of the Global Vision and IFLA Strategy 2019-2024  and centres on the priorities identified by the field, and built on suggestions and ideas from around the globe. IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner explains, ‘It is essential to our transformation into the inclusive and effective organisation we want and need to be.’ LIANZA is encouraged to see the proposal to create a regional council to support the development of regional strategies and provide a strong voice for the integration of regional priorities in all IFLA work.
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Jane Hill with Gerald Leitner and Gloria Salmeron Perez during their visit in 2019.
Throughout the process, IFLA has made an exceptional effort to ensure that the voices of its members and volunteers were heard. In 2017-18 IFLA engaged thousands of librarians in IFLA’s Global Vision discussion. LIANZA contributed to this work by contributing ideas to enable a united library field to tackle the challenges of the future. LIANZA Executive Director, Ana Pickering joined representatives from across Asia Oceania at the Global Vision workshop in Hanoi in May 2018 and in 2019 LIANZA had multiple opportunities to understand the global vision for libraries contributing to, and enabling the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. LIANZA’s strategic plan reflects our commitment to mahi in this space. IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner and IFLA President Gloria Salmeron Perez also shared this global strategic work with our professional community when they visited Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch in February 2019. LIANZA has a strategic goal is to link LIANZA members with IFLA initiatives and we invite you to take time to engage by reading the proposal, viewing IFLA President Christine Mackenzie’s short presentation.
LIANZA is keen to support creation of an IFLA regional council and to leverage this to build capability and connections across the Pacific.
 
IFLA will hold a series of online forums in August, open to all, in order to offer further opportunities to share ideas and views. On this basis, the IFLA Governing Board will revise and improve the proposal, in order to present this to its members at the 2020 General Assembly in late October or November.
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Happy Retirement to Anne Buck!

23/6/2020

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This month Anne Buck is retiring from both Dunedin Public Libraries and LIANZA Council. LIANZA Executive Director, Ana Pickering says:
“I have enjoyed working with Anne on LIANZA Council for the last couple of years. She has brought a wealth of knowledge from her career in libraries and useful perspectives from her involvement as a LIANZA regional councillor and member of the LIANZA Rules Committee. Anne can be relied on to respond quickly to questions and I have appreciated her commitment to our professional association. We wish her the very best for her retirement…”

We caught up with Anne before she left to ask her a few questions and thank her for her time.
Kia ora Anne and firstly, thank you so much for all the time and hard work you have put into LIANZA!
​You have just retired from your role of Information Services Supervisor and Team Leader at Dunedin Public Libraries. Can you tell us how long you worked at DPL and a little about your day-to-day work?
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I have worked at Dunedin Public Libraries for nearly 39 years having held many roles both in Customer Services and in Collection Services.  Once I decided that I loved working in libraries I took up as many opportunities that I could and as libraries developed, luckily so did I.  

My first permanent role was cleaning LPs, rewinding cassettes and processing them ready for loan as well as helping the customers to find and discover information in the Literature, Arts and Music Section. 

I then moved to be a cataloguer (both copy and original) on NZBN at the start of this part of my journey moving into the heritage collection (with a side trip or two) and then into serials work. I was the possibly the first serials librarian at DPL  and then combined this role with the acquisitions of new and sometimes old material for all the collections until my final position of Information Services Supervisor from which I have recently retired.

​I have been through local government amalgamation  and what seems like a lot of big and small restructures at DPL.
I have seen the library go from only having one computer – a very clunky paper tape issuing system – to every staff member having a computer on their desk that can access the internet and even having computers for the public. From card catalogues to microfiche and then real time access to holdings via the internet.

​In my final role I oversaw the adult reference service and APNK computers for the city library as well as helping to provide digital classes via Stepping Up and giving modems via the Spark/Skinny Jump to those who did not have access to the internet in their homes.  All in all great to end on a high with working with the customers and meeting their needs and expectations. 
What brought you to a career in libraries?
I fell into library work. I was technically unemployed ( I worked in my parents dairy) and the labour department sent me for an interview at the library. I was hired for 4 months to put red dots onto the spines of youth books for +10s. I finished that task in one week and so then graduated to putting the three call letters onto the spines of the youth fiction for the remaining time.  At the end of it I was offered a permanent job and then went on to study for and gain the New Zealand Library Studies Certificate. ​
​What has been your biggest challenge while working in the LIS sector?
​There have been two big challenges.  The first is managing the customer expectation of the librarian when they expect us to know everything about a topic so we can help them.  The second is dealing with the ever changing technology in the library environment. When I first started in the library we had the issue system but no other computers at all. Everything was manual and look at us now.
You’ve been a LIANZA regional councillor for Otago/Southland and part of CAT SIG for some time now, do you have any highlights from the time you’ve spent volunteering for LIANZA?
The  highlights of my time working for LIANZA at a local and national level has been the networking and seeing what other libraries are up to.  The ability to support librarians in their professional development and to recognise their  achievements. And not forgetting the influence on the wider community in promoting librarianship as a career and the opportunities that it brings.
Why do you think it is important to have a national professional membership organisation such as LIANZA?
​What would you like to see LIANZA do more of?
​I think it is very important to have a national organisation that is professional and capable of responding to issues quickly but with considered thought. Librarians are the gateway to knowledge and as we cut across all sectors of the community, be it school, tertiary, special and public we need an organisation that can keep its finger on the pulse of the profession as a whole and support the library world to continue to be of service to our communities.
Tēnā rawa atu koe Anne, we wish you all the very best with your retirement!
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Happy National Volunteer Week!

22/6/2020

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LIANZA wouldn't be the strong organisation it is today without the hard work from volunteers on our standing committees, advisory groups, project working groups and various other volunteer roles.

We caught up with a few of our volunteer workers, asking them to introduce themselves, describe their work for LIANZA and tell us about why they feel it is important to do this work. 
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We know that these members profiled below are just the tip of the iceberg, there are many more of you doing great work – for that, we thank you!​ This week we celebrate their contributions and raise awareness of their work as a way to celebrate all our volunteers. ​ 

​Ma tini ma mano ka rapa te whai. By many, by thousands, the work will be accomplished. Unity is strength.

Catherine Doughty

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Tena koutou katoa. Nau mai, haere mai. Ko Ngati Pākehā te iwi. Ko Wainuiomata te hau kāinga. Ko Catherine Doughty tōku ingoa.
I am a professionally qualified and registered librarian. Throughout my library career I have worked in public, college and tertiary libraries and currently I am a subject librarian in the Law Library at Victoria University of Wellington: Te Herenga Waka. ​

​I have a passion for personal and professional learning and seeking evidence-based practice to apply to my work. My strong commitment to professional development is evident through my professional registration status with LIANZA since 2008.
I was invited to join the LIANZA Professional Registration Board in 2017 and since then I have reviewed many members’ journals. I have also supported and mentored new library graduates into professional registration. I really enjoy this part of the work when it is required.
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Although my presence on the LIANZA registration board is a small contribution, I feel that I am giving back to the profession that has sustained me well over my 30 year career. I feel much gratitude for being able to work in my chosen profession and to have had the opportunities that LIANZA has afforded me.

Elaine Sides

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​Public libraries have played a huge role in my life. I acquired my first taste of what it was like to match community with libraries when I was employed by Waimairi District Council in a library assistant role at Redwood Library in Christchurch. Several years later I became Branch Librarian at Redwood. I then moved south to Balclutha and then to Dunedin where I spent nine of the next ten years as Mobile Librarian, responsible for two bookbuses, and several staff. In 1996 I moved back to Christchurch, and won the first of many positions I have held at Christchurch City Libraries – library assistant, Associate Team Leader, and Community Librarian in various libraries. In 2009, I moved into the world of collections when I became Selection and Access Team Leader, and then more recently Content Manager. Being awarded a LIANZA Fellowship in 2015 was definitely a high point in my career.
I have been a strong supporter of LIANZA ever since I returned to Christchurch. I have had two stints on the Aoraki committee – two years as Treasurer, and then up until recently two years as Chair. During this time we organised a Weekend School, and offered a programme of professional development opportunities for interested members. Nationally, I have spent 6 years on the Professional Registration Board, of which 3 of these were as Chair; and facilitated numerous workshops on Professional Registration both locally, and regionally. I have also had input into the Rules Committee. I have attended many local and national LIANZA events, delivered a number of papers at LIANZA Conference, and mentored various colleagues on an individual basis.
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Throughout my career, libraries have been very kind to me. I have met and worked with a huge number of talented and caring people who have willingly shared their knowledge and expertise with me; and helped me develop into the library professional I am today. Through LIANZA, I am able to pay some of that generosity back by sharing information, challenging people’s thinking, and promoting the value of networking with others outside of their own organisation. At the same time, I have increased my own networks, kept up to date with what is happening elsewhere, and gained personal satisfaction from the contributions I have made. 

Mark Hughes

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​Belonging to LIANZA, our professional association, has been an important component of my professional life. I was invited to attend Otago Southland regional events when I was a library assistant at the Dunedin Teachers College, and a result attended the region’s 50th anniversary event in November 1987.

I formerly joined shortly afterwards, while studying full time at Victoria University of Wellington. Upon completing my Diploma I was appointed as the Technical Services Librarian at the Hocken Library.

Within a short time, I was voted onto the regional committee, and ended up serving a term as Treasurer. I took a break from committee involvement due to additional work commitments.
I was fortunate enough to be part of the Hocken Library Design Group that oversaw the planning of the conversion of a former Dairy Factory into the splendid building that has housed the Hocken Collections in Anzac Avenue since December 1998.  I enjoyed working in a specialist library environment that I had helped design, for the next decade. In part, due to my experience with the Hocken, I moved on into a newly created role at the University of Otago Library, of Facilities Planning Co-ordinator. Over the last 12 years I have been very involved in the upgrading and consolidating of the University Library facilities, that coincidentally, includes the Hocken.
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Being an active member of LIANZA, I enjoy the professional contact with a wide range of LIANZA members, particularly in our region. I have been the Chair of our regional committee twice, this being my second stint since 2016. When not the Chair, I have been the Treasurer. Due to the consolidation and improved management of LIANZA’s resources in recent years, being a community of interest treasurer is now so much easier! I really appreciate the support and promotional role that LIANZA provides to us, the membership. I also appreciate the lobbying that goes on, to ensure those in key decision making positions are aware of the important role that the Library and Information sector provides to our communities of interest here in Aotearoa, New Zealand.

Natalie Smith

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Tēnā koe, I’m Natalie Smith, Subject Librarian at Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka. I’ve been a librarian for over 20 years, working in a few different types of libraries; parliamentary, school and academic. I’ve met some fantastic people who have helped me in my career and become lifelong friends. I particularly enjoy supporting students, whether it’s through a research consultation, information literacy workshop or connecting them to library resources.
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Over the last few years I’ve been a more active member of LIANZA, becoming professionally registered, attending the conference last year and becoming a co-convenor for TELSIG (Tertiary Library Special Interest Group). I’m also a member of the Strategic Leadership Working Group and the 2021 Conference Committee. So yes, I’m busy!
​But, why do I do it?
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I find this work rewarding, I like working alongside other inspiring people across the country. 

I feel it’s important to give back to the GLAMMI sector and if I can in some small way help to influence change, provide professional development opportunities and support LIANZA in being the best organisation it can be, then that’s great. I’m grateful we have such a wonderful community that connects us all.

​Ngā manaakitanga, Natalie.

Sarah Powell

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​Kia ora! I’m Sarah Powell. I have held numerous copyright related jobs in museums across New Zealand, including as Rights Specialist at Auckland Museum.  

​As a copyright practitioner I wear many hats including educator, open GLAM advocate, copyright law activist and sometimes even a private detective when I’m tracing living descendants of rights owners.

Key areas of copyright that I am interested in include copyright reform (particularly around balancing fair use with the rights of creators), remedies for orphan works and protection of traditional knowledge. 
Copyright can often be seen as dry and boring, but in reality it’s a kaleidoscope of pathways that enable access and distribution of information to support the creation of new knowledge.
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In my current role as Copyright and Open Access Advisor at Auckland University of Technology I am based within the AUT Library and I strive to make copyright legislation as easy as possible to navigate for Library staff, academics and students. I am also responsible for ensuring the University is copyright compliant and meeting our licence obligations.
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I am the current chair of the LIANZA Standing Committee on Copyright. Our key focus is advocating on behalf of the library profession for more flexible copyright legislation through submissions on the MBIE Copyright Act review. Currently we are developing guidelines for public libraries on the Marrakesh Treaty and more recently negotiated the virtual storytimes agreement with publishers to allow librarians to read books online during the COVID-19 lockdown. The committee is also working on refreshing copyright resources and collecting evidence to support the next round of the MBIE Copyright Act review.
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I am grateful to lead a committee made up of incredible people with a variety of skills and experience who contribute to our kaupapa.  I am proud of the work that we undertake as it is invaluable for increasing access to knowledge, building on LIANZA’s relationship with authors, publishers and government agencies, and ensuring copyright legislation is fit for purpose for libraries. I look forward to continuing our mahi in these areas and appreciate the ongoing support from the LIANZA council, Ana, Helen and Jess to help us achieve these goals. 

Sarah Tester

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​I’m Sarah and I’m the newly elected chair of the LIANZA Aoraki committee.
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I’m an Archivist by background and grew up in the North West of England not far from the city of Liverpool. I spent five years working as an Archivist in the UK on a range of archive cataloguing and community engagement projects. I’ve been in New Zealand for 4 years almost to the day, and now living and working in Christchurch.

​I’m a Resource Description and Access Librarian at Christchurch City Libraries, working to make digital heritage accessible via our new platform, Canterbury Stories, and engaging the public through the Discovery Wall.
I’ve been involved with LIANZA since I started at Christchurch City Libraries two years ago, as a member of the Aoraki committee. Moving into the role of Aoraki committee chair is a big step up for me but I’m looking forward to the challenge.

The Aoraki committee prides itself in being able to provide a range of professional development and social events throughout the year, from weekend schools to quizzes, walking tours and even a board games night! Over the coming year we want to keep the momentum going with hosting at least one event every couple of months for the region. Aoraki region covers a large area so we’re always trying to think creatively, consider what we can do digitally, and how we can support different regions to deliver their own events.

Joining the committee was a chance to learn about how the library and information sector works here in New Zealand, as well as network with colleagues from different institutions. There are so many varied roles in libraries, and the people I have met through LIANZA have taught me so much about the incredible work libraries do for our communities.
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To me, LIANZA is vital for connecting people together, as it’s so easy to get lost in your job role and not think about other ways of working; there’s always so much we can learn from each other. I look forward to meeting more of you at Aoraki events, digitally or in person, in the near future.

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LIANZA Meetup - Collecting in a time of COVID-19

11/6/2020

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This Meetup was made possible by LIANZA's partnership with Recollect.
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Victoria Passau, Collection Manager, Online Cenotaph,  Auckland War Memorial Museum reports back on our recent Meetup:
“History and the archival record is really  important to help us get perspective. To… realise it’s unprecedented in our lifetime, but not necessarily in human history. That’s what archives and records do. They give us perspective.” 

- Chief Archivist Richard Foy in K. Knight (9 May 2020). 
"Keeping track of history as we make". Canvas - Weekend Herald, pp. 6-7.
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On Wednesday 20 May 2020 about 75 members of New Zealand’s GLAM sector met to discuss contemporary collecting in the time of COVID-19. “Contemporary collecting is defined as the collecting of objects, stories and material culture that reflect the recent past and what is happening today.” - Contemporary Collecting Toolkit Museum Development North West and Jen Kavanagh [PDF] 

The aim of the session was to find out what New Zealand GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) are doing or planning to do to document the national and local response to the pandemic. The session was facilitated by me, Victoria Passau, Collection Manager Online Cenotaph at Auckland Museum.

While a number of institutions have undertaken contemporary collecting, over the past decade, in response to events such as the Christchurch mosque attacks, Tasman fires, the earthquakes in Canterbury and Kaikoura as well as the Women's March, it is still a relatively new practice for some in the New Zealand GLAM sector. This meetup was a great opportunity for the sector to share their experiences, during COVID and to consider the successes, failures and fish-hooks of rapid response collecting. The diversity of attendees and the level of engagement showed a real opportunity for creating a series of meetups that consider contemporary collecting across the GLAM sector. 

The topics people were most interested in discussing related to ensuring we collect the diversity of experiences, licensing and reuse, the ethics of collecting, how we better represent vulnerable populations in these projects, the challenges around collecting in a lockdown and the concept of after care both in relation it description and preservation but also in terms of donor relationships. As some of my Auckland Museum colleagues had written in their COVID-19 Collecting Plan we need “to ensure that any collecting is undertaken in a considered and ethical manner that safeguards the well-being of communities and… staff.”  Auckland Museum is happy to share their strategy. Please get in touch with me and I can send it to those interested.
In my introduction I also suggested that if we are telling stories of the now for our future generations how are we ensuring we are doing this well and with integrity. As Nina Finigan, Curator Manuscripts at Auckland Museum, had messaged me the day before the session, we want to source “the stories that aren’t just about Easter in lockdown and sourdough”. 

CASE STUDY

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The session started off with a great example of COVID-19 collecting from Reid Perkins, the Community Heritage Coordinator at Upper Hutt City Libraries: https://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/30557.

Upper Hutt City Libraries have utilised the Recollect platform, the sponsor for the meetup. This project included digital photos and oral history interviews via Zoom. The attendees commented how helpful it was to see a real life example.


Recollect have published a resource on contemporary collecting, which covers deciding how and what to collect and challenges for contemporary collecting. You might want to read more about how ​Recollect can help facilitate contemporary collecting.
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Collaboration

Collaboration was a key topic of discussion with Shae Trewin from Nelson Provincial Museum (NPM) outlining the “Life in the Bubble” project created in partnership with Nelson Public Libraries (NPL). The collaboration was then expanded to include Tasman District Libraries to assist with obtaining stories from beyond the Tasman region.They had found that the Covid-19 experience had helped to formalise the relationship between these organisations. A positive outcome was that each organisation was able to work to their strengths. For example the NPL had solid relationships with the more vulnerable groups in the Nelson community and were able to lead on collecting their experiences. NPM were more au fait, with contemporary collecting as a whole, as they had previously collected content relating to the 2019 Tasman Fires. In this case Trewin noted the limitations of collecting content more than six months after the event, a helpful insight. NPM also maintains a list of community “champions” to approach for content and material which helps guide and divide up the load of approaching people between collaborative partners. This list will be useful for ongoing contemporary collecting in the event of any further significant disasters occurring. NPM has existing policies and donation forms which sets boundaries for what to collect, how to collect and how to manage content that may be sensitive or graphic. 

Timing

The concept of timing was considered throughout the discussion especially in relation to the sensitive nature of collecting during a crisis. For example the National Library noted that they attempt to be as quick as possible with web collecting and the  legal deposit legislation of course helps them to be able to collect without seeking permission. However, in most cases organisations need to build personal relationships with the donors before content is provided and this can take time. Nina Finigan discussed the creation of a COVID-19 Collecting plan and emphasised the importance of being sensitive to the experience of the donors or communities you are asking to contribute. Attendees agreed you didn’t want to come off as opportunistic when collecting material that is associated with grief and hardship. ​

Collecting in crisis

Jo Condon from Canterbury suggested that collecting institutions may wish to seek advice from similar institutions in Canterbury, who have already gone through the process of contemporary collecting during the Canterbury earthquakes (and more recently the mosque terrorist attacks). Condon argued that the benefit of hindsight is often useful, and those institutions might be able to share good advice on what worked well and what they would do differently. Different institutions will collect/create content for different purposes, for example public libraries and museums can help to facilitate their local community’s sharing of a collective experience, whereas tertiary institutions may collect for the purposes of current and future academic research.  
She also reflected that the collecting undertaken during that time have had a real influence on the quakes stories now being told.

Web harvesting ​

The discussion moved to the National Library’s role in web harvesting. Attendees commended the work of the National Library in terms of harvesting websites, Twitter and Facebook for the National Digital Heritage Archive. The meetup was pleased to hear that the Alexander Turnbull Library is identifying memes across social media with 700 being identified so far.  ​

Collecting the mundane as well as the magnificent

Chris Szekely, Chief Librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library posited the importance of collecting the “mundane”. This was a good reminder for those creating collecting policies and plans to ensure they not only collect the high brow creations but the everyday experiences. This idea also linked into the consideration of size and scope with some organisations having no limit of how many items were being collected while others, like Auckland Museum, had limited the number to a finite number, in their case 100.

Chris also provided a very helpful statement that could be added to organisations websites to remind people to save realia from the lock down:
LOCKDOWN IS OVER, BUT DON’T PRESS DELETE JUST YET….​

Did you record your thoughts, experiences, activities during lockdown? New Zealanders found all sorts of ways to document their thoughts, experiences and activities of the COVID-19 alert level phenomenon. From videos to emails, diaries and letters, memes, tweets and artworks. In decades to come, researchers will be curious about this unique time in New Zealand’s history, and how we handled it as individuals, families, households and communities. Consider connecting with your local museum, library or community archive before you press delete or throw your creations away. We can help put you in touch.

Themes and threads ​

Other topics that were touched on included appraisal, description and cataloguing, Oral History initiatives and collecting conspiracy theories. The more significant discussion points can be seen below.
 
Collecting styles 
  • community led - i.e. a public call out 
  • through targeted collecting - i.e. shoulder tapping people in local communities
  • Digital platforms - the public can upload content directly into the collection
  • How many organisations were actively creating content vs collecting more passively (i.e. responding to offered content).
 
Rights and permissions
  • the process for getting interviewee permissions for open access online delivery. Reid noted an individual had asked for a video to be removed but was happy for the audio recording to be used instead.
  • Question how to collect digital material offered that has already been uploaded to YouTube? What rights does YouTube claim even though creators may have original data file?
    • YouTube users grant a non-exclusive licence to YouTube.
  • Implications of CC-BY
  • Nelson Provincial Museum had put in place a Graphic and Sensitive Objects policy to accommodate authors or individuals who wanted to share material but in a more controlled or restricted manner.
  • Jane Groufsky from Auckland Museum noted in the chat “with instagram you are giving Facebook a non-exclusive licence (meaning they can do what they like with what you upload) but you don’t lose copyright as the creator.  The problem is usually getting content off. For still images the owner is the only one able to properly get them out and instagram sends them all to you in a zip file with new filenames (you can also get comments etc in text files). Not sure how video works from it (as video will be larger files) but I imagine it is similar in that the owner has the right to make a download from it upon request. Direct from the donor would be easier, but if direct [on] Instagram we may need [them] to get them for us is all (but I’ve not tried with video). Because they (FB) have the licence they can alter/provide them in a different format than uploaded.
 
Replication of content being collected
  • How much have organisations considered what is being/will be collected by national institutions, in terms of not wanting to replicate material and keeping it regional and specific to your community?  
 
Private collecting
  • Are there opportunities for helping people create their own private collections, especially around traumatic events, with a view to them becoming public much later?

Next steps

A survey was sent out at the end of the session. While we didn't not receive a huge number of responses (18 out of 114 RSVPS), respondents felt it was a valuable discussion especially around ethics, timing and consideration of how to engage with vulnerable communities. They also highlighted the need for an ongoing conversation. 
 
Topics for follow up meetings could include writing collecting policies or plans, archiving social media file formats, storing and sharing content, outreach, collaborations between institutions and the opportunity to discuss real life examples including those from smaller institutions or communities.
 
Overall, the meetup showed a real commitment to collecting a diversity of voices and perspectives from across the GLAM sector. It identified the need to further build on a New Zealand community of practice for Contemporary Collecting. Participants were very appreciative of LIANZA leading this conversation and 90% of survey respondents said they would attend another similar event. Watch this space.

A huge thanks to Victoria for her write-up. You can follow Victoria on Twitter or email her:
@v_passau 
vpassau@aucklandmuseum.com
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NZ Libraries Partnership Announcement

3/6/2020

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National Librarian, Bill Mcnaught, said to LIANZA:
The New Zealand Government has invested an extraordinary amount of money in the National Library and Archives NZ, both in new infrastructure and ongoing service support. Our role in supporting public libraries through the COVID recovery period has also been acknowledged with unprecedented financial support announced last Friday by our Minister, Hon Tracey Martin. I am now working with partners including LIANZA to make sure we use this money to achieve the most positive impact as soon as possible.

Message from Bill Macnaught, National Librarian

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Last Friday, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon Tracey Martin announced details of Budget 2020 recovery package for New Zealand libraries. The funding will support librarians and library services to be retained in New Zealand libraries and assist them to support community recovery.
 
Demand for library services will be going up at a time when local authorities will be facing revenue challenges. Public libraries play an important role in addressing the digital divide and a reduction in library services would affect vulnerable communities.
The Government is entrusting the National Library to lead and support COVID-19 recovery work across New Zealand’s library system, especially in public libraries, with a funding package of $58.8 million, over two to four years.
 
This funding will provide the opportunity to improve reading, literacy and wellbeing outcomes in communities; support building digital literacy among those who have been most excluded from online services and information during the pandemic or have lost jobs consequently; and create new digital resources to support online learning for students.
 
This will primarily utilise and build skills and experience of librarians currently employed in the local government sector, particularly where they otherwise risk losing their own jobs.
 
The $58.8m of funding over four years includes:
  • $30 million over two years to fund and upskill librarians in public libraries so they can provide greater support for library users and help bolster reading and digital literacy.
  • $4 million over four years to extend the National Library’s Aotearoa Peoples’ Network Kaharoa (APNK) public internet service to all public libraries. This provides free access to the internet and devices for any member of the public.
  • $11.5m over two years to help maintain library services by waiving National Library subscription charges to libraries 
  • $13.3m over four years for specialist library services to help schools and young people with the greatest need during the recovery.
 
The package also includes a 20% increase to the Public Lending Right fund – the money that is paid to New Zealand authors that have books available through our public libraries. The $1.6 million extra over four years is the first increase to the fund since 2008.
 
We are working to start a rapid co-design process with key partners in the library sector to shape the implementation of the programme from July 2020. I want to ensure that we make the best use of this short-term investment to support jobs in libraries, recognising the work that librarians do to support job-seekers, learners and others during this time of economic hardship.
 
We can make a significant contribution to the continued wellbeing of communities by working more closely with libraries across New Zealand.
 
Friday’s announcement acknowledges the vital role of libraries in ensuring New Zealanders have the literacy skills to achieve social, educational and employment success and can easily access, share and use New Zealand’s knowledge resources.
 
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AWARDS SHORTLIST PACKED WITH BOOKS THAT OFFER KIWI CHILDREN THE ESCAPE OF STORIES

3/6/2020

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​If ever there was a time that children needed the escape of stories, 2020 is it.

​Today’s announcement of the finalists for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults reveals an abundance of incredible storytelling for Kiwi kids to immerse themselves in.


Four librarians were part of the judging panel.
The finalist books open their pages to make room for lots of much-needed joy, says convenor of judges Jane Arthur. “They offer children whole worlds to explore and lose themselves in, which is crucial when there is so much uncertainty in their own. There are ponies, spies, communities, myths and, always, a quest for identity – both our country’s and the characters’.”

The range of names on the shortlist speaks to the depth of talent in New Zealand, from debut writers through to superstars like Joy Cowley, Gavin Bishop, Donovan Bixley and Stacy Gregg. The shortlist also features authors better known as writers for adults, including director of the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University, Damien Wilkins and former Poet Laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh (an extremely popular speaker at LIANZA Conference 2019).
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Selina Tusitala Marsh with her book Mophead
Children are also well served by books that shine a light on the world around them and help them make sense of it.
“They might be creating books for children, but our authors and illustrators are unafraid to tackle difficult topics – big things like the unhappy impact of colonisation on tangata whenua and nature, New Zealand's place in the Pacific, puberty, racism and abuse,” says Jane.

Despite the challenging times, innovative approaches will connect children with the finalist books and authors – this year’s winners’ announcements will be streamed online, so anyone, anywhere will be able to enjoy the celebration.
The normal schedule of Books Alive events, which see finalists traverse the country talking to school children, will go mostly virtual, allowing even more children to interact with their favourite author or illustrator. The Award’s organisers will partner with the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) to present a series of virtual Books Alive storytimes and events. Plus, an activity booklet packed with fun resources to extend children’s interaction with the finalist titles will be released online.
There were a record 178 entries submitted for the Awards this year. The winners of each of the six main categories – Picture Book, Junior Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Non-Fiction, Illustration and te reo Māori – take home $7,500 and are then in the running to be named the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year, with a further $7,500 prize money. In addition, the judges will award a Best First Book prize of $2,000 to a previously unpublished author or illustrator. 

​The winners of the 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults will be announced in a virtual presentation, streamed online on the evening of Wednesday 12 August. 

We hope that your library will build on the experiences of offering virtual storytimes during the lockdown and apply to host a Books Alive event or register a virtual storytime for the 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults BY JUNE 12, engaging with new audiences and connecting with the wider community. This opportunity is being offered by LIANZA with funding support from Copyright Licensing NZ.

There are resources for libraries from posters to finalist books and activity suggestions designed to encourage children and students of all ages to become actively involved in reading, writing and illustrating.

​To find out more about hosting Books Alive online events and virtual storytimes go to the LIANZA website:
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The Finalists


The finalists for the 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are:
Picture Book Award
Abigail and the Birth of the Sun, Matthew Cunningham, illustrated by Sarah Wilkins (Penguin Random House)
How Māui Slowed the Sun, written and illustrated by Donovan Bixley (advised and translated by Dr Darryn Joseph and Keri Opai) (Upstart Press)
Mini Whinny: Goody Four Shoes, Stacy Gregg, illustrated by Ruth Paul (Scholastic NZ)
Santa's Worst Christmas, Pania Tahau-Hodges and Bryony Walker, illustrated by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White (Huia Publishers)
The Gobbledegook Book, Joy Cowley, illustrated by Giselle Clarkson (Gecko Press)
                                                                               
Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction
#Tumeke!, Michael Petherick (Massey University Press)
Lizard's Tale, Weng Wai Chan (Text Publishing)
Miniwings Book 6 Moonlight the Unicorn's High Tea Hiccup, Sally Sutton, illustrated by Kirsten Richards (Scholastic NZ)
Prince of Ponies, Stacy Gregg (HarperCollins Publishers)
Time Machine and other stories, Melinda Szymanik (The Cuba Press)
                                               
Young Adult Fiction Award
Afakasi woman, Lani Wendt Young (OneTree House)
Aspiring, Damien Wilkins (Massey University Press)
The History Speech, Mark Sweet (Huia Publishers)
Ursa, Tina Shaw (Walker Books Australia)
Wynter’s Thief, Sherryl Jordan (OneTree House)               

Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction
Kuwi & Friends Māori Picture Dictionary, written and illustrated by Kat Quin, translated by Pānia Papa (Illustrated Publishing)
Mophead, Selina Tusitala Marsh (Auckland University Press)
Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi, Ross Calman and Mark Derby, illustrated by Toby Morris, translated by Piripi Walker (Lift Education)
The Adventures of Tupaia, Courtney Sina Meredith, illustrated by Mat Tait (Allen & Unwin, in partnership with Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum)
Three Kiwi Tales, Janet Hunt (Massey University Press)

Russell Clark Award for Illustration
Dozer the Fire Cat, illustrated by Jenny Cooper, written by Robyn Prokop (Scholastic NZ)
Santa's Worst Christmas, illustrated by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White, written by Pania Tahau-Hodges and Bryony Walker (Huia Publishers)
Song of the River, illustrated by Kimberly Andrews, written by Joy Cowley (Gecko Press)
The Adventures of Tupaia, illustrated by Mat Tait, written by Courtney Sina Meredith (Allen & Unwin, in partnership with Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum)
Wildlife of Aotearoa, illustrated and written by Gavin Bishop (Penguin Random House)
                               
Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award for books written completely in te reo Māori
Arapū Toi, Moira Wairama, illustrated by Austin Whincup (Baggage Books)
Ko Flit, te Tīrairaka, me ngā Hēki Muna, written and illustrated by Kat Quin, translated by Ngaere Roberts (Scholastic NZ)
Ngā Hoa Hoihoi o Kuwi, written and illustrated by Kat Quin, translated by Pānia Papa (Illustrated Publishing)
Te Kirihimete i Whakakorea, Pania Tahau-Hodges  and Bryony Walker, illustrated by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White, translated by Kawata Teepa (Huia Publishers)
Tio Tiamu, Kurahau, illustrated by Laya Mutton-Rogers (Huia Publishers)

Best First Book Award
Michael Petherick for #Tumeke! (Massey University Press)
Weng Wai Chan for Lizard's Tale (Text Publishing)
Isobel Joy Te Aho-White (illustrator) for Santa's Worst Christmas, written by Pania Tahau-Hodges and Bryony Walker (Huia Publishers)
Belinda O'Keefe for The Day the Plants Fought Back, illustrated by Richard Hoit (Scholastic NZ)
Laya Mutton-Rogers (illustrator) for The Smelly Giant, written by Kurahau (Huia Publishers)  
 
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