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TEL-SIG Journal Discussion Group - call for interest AND November article (BoK Cluster 2 or 6)

30/10/2019

What is TEL-SIG?

Tertiary Libraries special interest group of LIANZA exists to promote the interests of librarians and libraries associated with tertiary education. We aim to foster discussion and information sharing, encourage co-operation and collaboration, and provide professional development opportunities.
TELSIG Journal Discussion Groups meet on a monthly basis to discuss articles relevant to tertiary institutions. Each article is connected to a LIANZA Body of Knowledge (BoK).

There are four groups:

Manukau: meets on the third Wednesday of the month at the Manukau Institute of Technology Library at 5.30 pm.
Auckland CBD: meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 6 pm at Galbraiths.
Wellington: meets on the last Monday of the month at 5.30 pm at Avida.
Virtual group: meets on the last Thursday of the month at 5 pm.

To join a group, please contact: Marisa King – marisa.king@vuw.ac.nz & Natalie Smith – natalie.smith@vuw.ac.nz
We also have a TELSIG Journal Discussion Group Facebook forum.
(You do not have to be a registered librarian to participate in a TELSIG Journal Discussion Group).

General BoK Discussion Group: focus is on articles relevant to tertiary institutions. Each article is connected to a LIANZA Body of Knowledge (BoK).

To subscribe to the TELSIG list serve, send a message to telsig-request@list.auckland.ac.nz
Put Subscribe TELSIG in the subject field of your message.
General BoK Discussion Group: focus is on articles relevant to tertiary institutions. Each article is connected to a LIANZA Body of Knowledge (BoK).
TELSIG JDG Facebook page
TEL-SIG Public Facebook Page

Call for Interest

A big thank-you to Catherine Doughty and Valerie Moss-Green for organising the November article and questions.
But before we look at the article, I’d like to seek your interest to help organising the articles and questions for 2020. Please feel free to forward this to anyone who might be interested to join the group.

We are planning to reduce the article’s frequency from monthly to bimonthly and select one article for each BOK Cluster each time. This is not an arduous task, if we all take a turn! And you can include it as an activity in your revalidation journal.

You can find LIANZA BoKs from the link below:
https://lianza.org.nz/professional-development/professional-registration/bodies-of-knowledge-bok/

We will take a short break for December and start fresh from 2020. I am happy to take BoK Cluster 1 for February if no one else is keen. Please contact me by end of November if you can take one of the other BoK Clusters for the group.

Tena koe!
Ivy Guo

Journal Article for November's Discussion

Here is the article for November (BOK Clusters: Cluster 2: Understanding information needs, generation and access OR Cluster 6: Understanding Māori knowledge paradigms)

To follow is the reference and link to the article about this first indigenous NZ evaluation framework.

Journal Article
Feekery, A., & Jeffrey, C. (2019). A uniquely Aotearoa informed approach to evaluating information: Using the Rauru Whakarare Evaluation Framework. Set, 2, 3-10.
doi:https://doi.org/10.18296/set.0138

Here are the descriptors that have been written for use for teaching and learning the framework:
https://informationliteracyspaces.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/rauru-whakarare-framework-and-descriptors_final.pdf

Discussion Questions

How would you present the framework to teachers/tutors/academics at tertiary institutions we work at?
What teaching strategies would you consider using with classes and students?
What other resource evaluation tools have you used? Do you see any direct correlations or differences?
How would traditional knowledge fare being evaluated under this framework?
In her blogpost, Angela Feekery mentions bringing “research and practice together” by encouraging students to engage with other sources beyond academic journal articles. Do you see any value or difficulties with this?

Contact
Angela Feekery, researcher and co-author of this article is keen to be contacted by librarians who have experience with teaching with the framework. Please do contact Angela to share your experiences this year or in 2020: a.j.feekery@massey.ac.nz

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LIANZA Professional Recognition Awards & LIANZA Grants

19/10/2019

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LIANZA Fellowships 2018-2019 - National Librarian Awarded Top Professional Recognition

19/10/2019

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Bill Macnaught, National Librarian, is one of a select few to be awarded a 2019 LIANZA Fellowship. The Fellowships provide a way for the library sector to thank and congratulate those who have served their communities. At the heart of the list are dedicated librarians doing great mahi to bring about positive change. This year, LIANZA, the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa, is delighted to announce the following members have been awarded fellowships:

William (Bill) Macnaught, National Librarian; Rachel Esson, Director Content Services at National Library and LIANZA President; Moira Fraser, Project Lead at University of Canterbury Library; Jane Gilbert, recently retired Library Director of the Rotorua Public Library; and Pamela Jones, District Children’s and Young Adults librarian for South Taranaki Libraries.

A LIANZA fellowship is the highest level of professional attainment awarded by the Library and Information Association of New Zealand, Aotearoa. Fellowships are awarded to those who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, teaching or research qualities and as a result, has made a significant contribution to the advancement of librarianship and/or information management.

The selection committee says “Bill is a strong, visionary leader who works at political and macro levels to ensure an understanding of the strategic and critical importance of libraries in modern society.

Bill has achieved significant successes for the National Library: completing the $65 million refit of the National Library, initiating the idea for the He Tohu exhibition providing public access to three key documents that shaped New Zealand, creating the Te Puna Foundation connecting more children and young people to reading.

His support for LIANZA has been significant including advice and support for various Executive Officers and more recently with office space after earthquake issues. Bill ensures the National Library and LIANZA work in partnership.

Bill’s international work includes continuing links libraries in Singapore, China and Australasia. He worked with the IFLA World Library and Information Congress bid to host WLIC 2022 in Auckland. He is currently Co-Chair of the WLIC 2022 Governing Group. Bill has made a very strong and lasting contribution to New Zealand library service.”

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Books for Dementia-friendly Libraries

14/10/2019

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Dovetale Press want to give people living with dementia the pleasure of sharing a great read at the public library, improving social connection and confidence. If successful, their kickstarter campaign will provide 6 sets of five Dovetale Press dementia-friendly books to 20 New Zealand public libraries. That's 600 books in all, or a set of books for shared reading in a group of six people at 20 public libraries across New Zealand. If pledging meets 200% success, then 40 libraries will benefit with 1200 books shared in groups, and so forth. Participating libraries also receive a digital resource with suggestions on how to run a dementia-friendly book group. The Dovetale Press series has been produced after years of research into reading and dementia, through the University of Otago and with support from Bupa NZ.

Every 3 seconds, someone in the world develops dementia. Alzheimers New Zealand estimates that 80% of New Zealanders are affected by dementia in some way, and that by 2050, more than 170,000 Kiwis will be living with dementia. The Alzheimers NZ Dementia Declaration states: ‘Our Lives Matter. We ALL want to be seen, valued, appreciated and loved for who we are.’

Despite strong efforts to reduce the stigma around dementia, many people still encounter misunderstanding, disrespect and dismissal because of their condition. They may even be treated as children, considered unable to make any decisions for themselves. Philip has been one of these people. Philip is a New Zealander living with dementia, and sometimes he feels that he is excluded from life as he used to know it. People often think that he is incapable of pursuing ordinary hobbies, such as reading.

But the reality is quite different. Since he joined a book group at his local library, specially set up for people living with dementia, Philip has found that reading is not just a pastime but a lifeline. Through sharing discussions evoked by reading adapted literary classics such as the stories of Charles Dickens or Katherine Mansfield, he’s been able to talk about incidents buried in his own past, as well as articulating interesting ideas arising from the story. He considers that the book group has helped him to become much more confident and open in his connection with others. He even feels that his memory has improved. His friends and relatives have noticed this too.

Where did Philip’s adapted books come from? Well, in order to support people like Philip, in 2015, we, Gill and Sally, joined skills as a psycho-geriatrician and an applied linguist to set up Dovetale Press to adapt classical literature for people living with dementia and other disabilities. With the generous help of grants from Bupa Care and Ryman, we were able to publish adaptations of four novels and a collection of poetry. The Dovetale Press series includes adaptations of:
o   Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
o   Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
o   Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, Arthur Conan Doyle
o   The Garden Party & The Doll's House, Katherine Mansfield and
o   Poetry for the Restless Heart, editors' selection

While Philip’s lived experience of participating in his book club is striking, he is not alone. Dementia Auckland was approached by the Takapuna Library to help them develop a book group for people living with any cognitive impairment, including dementia. Brenda, the Dementia Key Worker for that area of Auckland, immediately set out to gather lovers of books who are also living with dementia. Through cooperation between the two organizations, the Takapuna Library now has a thriving book group that is open to all.

Dementia Auckland GM of Operations, Barbara Fox, deeply believes that reconnecting people living with dementia with their beloved books in their own community library will motivate people to build connections that will flourish as the numbers of people living with dementia increases. Barbara states ‘Libraries are the centers of our communities, and books that are accessible to people living with dementia deepens that sense of community. I encourage all libraries to reach out to the dementia provider in their area for education and support to build these book groups across New Zealand.’

People living with dementia may have difficulties reading standard texts because of problems with memory, which can be particularly frustrating if reading was a favourite pastime for them. Specific challenges that they face in reading are daunting amounts of text, fonts which are too small or not distinct enough, insufficient white space on a page, and difficulty in following the thread of a plot. It can be challenging to understand a story if sentences are very long, if there is a lot of descriptive ‘padding’, or if pronouns are separated from the nouns to which they refer by a lengthy sentence or a page turn.

However, Dovetale Press holds the philosophy that people living with dementia do not need to be deprived of the joy of reading simply because they can no longer tackle standard books. Making New Zealand libraries more dementia-friendly is also a focus for local Alzheimers and Dementia organisations across the country, who are coordinating programmes to make these spaces as accessible as possible for people living with dementia.

In the Dovetale Press series, we have addressed these challenges for readers with memory impairment. We have created versions of the classics in which text not essential to the stories has been removed, shortening them considerably and clarifying the plot. The books are lighter than standard novels and thus easier to hold. The referents in the stories have been made very clear, and the pages are designed so that each double page can be read as a single entity, which means that if a person cannot remember what happened on the previous pages, the reading can still be a pleasurable experience. In order to prompt imperfect memories, there are ‘cast lists’ for each novel, and where appropriate a summary is provided after each chapter.

Although parts of the texts have been cut, this has in no way dumbed down the rich, vibrant language of the novels, and they retain as far as possible the authors’ original language. The poems in the poetry collection are not adapted, but have been selected from poetry likely to be known to the intended audience, or to appeal to them. All the books are enhanced by beautiful illustrations, some of which were included in the original publications. Each book is 64 pages, with large print and white contrast paper.

Using the Dovetale Press series, we have initiated an international study on dementia-friendly book groups in collaboration with Bupa Care and the Universities of Otago (Wellington), La Trobe (Melbourne) and Liverpool (UK). Dementia-friendly book groups using the Dovetale Press series are being set up in communities globally, and there have been many positive reports, like the account of Philip.

On October 1st Dovetale Press launched a Kickstarter campaign to strengthen New Zealand’s dementia-friendly stance using an exciting new initiative: by creating dementia-friendly book groups at public libraries throughout New Zealand. We are working hand in hand with LIANZA, Alzheimers NZ and Dementia NZ and local associations, to ensure that when the book groups are set up, community support is offered to ensure success for the readers with dementia.

Our goal is to bring back the joy of reading to those who, because of dementia and its stigma, have been deprived of a good read. Our Kickstarter campaign promises, if it reaches its target goal, to supply 20 libraries in New Zealand each with 6 sets of 5 beautifully produced and illustrated books, to support communities in setting up their own book groups for people living with dementia. That’s 600 books given to NZ libraries in all. If the campaign reaches 200% of the target goal, then 1200 books will be given away. The campaign also allows other public libraries and NGOs to access a set of books, for setting up a book group, at a subsidized cost.

If the Kickstarter campaign is successful, the books will be in libraries by Christmas. People like Philip, living with dementia, will get pleasure out of joining a shared reading group, and because this will take place in the public library, libraries will take centre stage in creating dementia friendly communities: the best possible outcome.

About the editors of Dovetale Press:
Gill currently lectures part-time in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) at a tertiary institute in New Zealand, where her research focus is on reading. She has taught and learned languages for many years, and is an IELTS examiner, an APTIS examiner and also a moderator for Trinity College London's Certificate of TESOL qualification.
She has a Masters degree in Russian Language and Literature from St Andrews University, Scotland, a post-graduate Certificate of Education specializing in language teaching from St Martin's College, Lancaster, UK, and a Doctorate in Applied Linguistics from the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, where she won the Victoria University English Speaking Union Award in 2011. She spent 5 years as a Dean of the Faculty of International Studies at the International Pacific College in Palmerston North, New Zealand, before retiring from that post to spend more time with her grand-children, and on her work with Sally, producing books adapted for people living with dementia.

Sally is a Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist working at the Mental Health of Older Persons Service (MHSOP) at Capital and Coast District Health Board. She is a co-convenor of the Stage 1 Psychiatric Training Programme for the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP), through University of Otago, Wellington campus. As a Senior Research Fellow, she is clinical lead for an international programme on the value of facilitated book groups for people living with dementia. She and linguist Dr Gillian Claridge have published five dementia-friendly books, adapted from classic literature for use in this programme and for individual sale. After completing a qualitative study on how people living with younger onset dementia view facing aged care, she is the founding Board Member of the Younger Onset Dementia Australasian Trust (YODAT), a charitable trust developing age appropriate services for people living with younger onset dementia. She contributed to a late-life suicide research project, through University of Auckland, with results published with merit in the International Psychogeriatric Association Journal. She too enjoys family and grandchildren, who live near her in the Wellington area.

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Social Media Cheat Sheet – LIANZA Conference 2019

14/10/2019

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Tēnā koe, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Kia orana, Ko na mauri, Mālō e lelei, Mālō ni, Ni sa bula, Tālofa, Talofa lava, Warm greetings to you.

Wondering how to make the most of social media while at LIANZA 2019 Conference?
Never fear, you can follow the tips on this handy cheat sheet!

Conference Hashtags

We encourage people to use conference hashtags so others can follow what’s happening on social media and connect with others.

You can use these on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
They are:

#LIANZA19 – use this for all conference tweets

#LibraryKnowledge #MafanaWarmth #OfaLove #MalieHumour – use these as appropriate.

How to create twitter threads

If you are making multiple tweets from one conference presentation you can create a ‘thread’ of tweets by replying to each of your previous tweets. This means people can click on ‘show this thread’ and then read all the tweets in chronological order. We will also be able to ‘unroll’ the threads using https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp and use them a bit like blog posts summarising parts of the conference.

Networking

Conference is a great time to meet people in real life that you follow on social media. Definitely go and say hello to people and create connections. The LIANZA Conference Code of Conduct is an easy way to make sure you keep networking productive and fun.

Promote free speech and open access
Support others to be safe
Offer to help
Tell people what you like
Respect people’s space
Remember no means no
Honour all perspectives
Treat everyone with kindness and respect

Conference Selfies

You will have many opportunities to meet up with your crew and get some fabulous selfies, practice your pout and chose your favourite filters. There are four:

@NZMS1990 #NZMSsmiles
@lianzaoffice #WeAreLIANZA
@lianzaoffice #LIANZACrew
@lianzaoffice #GLAMfash

NZMS

Visit the NZMS Lounge and take a selfie next to the lively NZMS feature wall.

Share your NZMS selfie on Twitter or Instagram tagging @NZMS1990 #NZMSsmiles #LIANZA19

Post your selfie before Wednesday 23rd October at 2pm to enter the competition to become the ‘Ultimate Selfie of the Conference’ winner.

Bragging rights and a beautiful trophy will be awarded to the winner by Andy Fenton at 3:35pm on Wednesday 23rd October before the closing of the conference.

Special mention prizes are up for grabs too for the most creative and engaging selfies taken against the NZMS feature wall. We look forward to seeing your smiling faces in the NZMS Lounge soon!

We Are LIANZA

While you’re at the LIANZA Lounge why not take a selfie with a friend in front of our ‘We Are LIANZA’ map of the Pacific?

Post on social media with the hashtag #WeAreLIANZA or tag us in so we all get to see your lovely faces.

Find Your Crew!

You will be encouraged to add stickers to your conference name-tag when you register - identifying all the LIANZA communities and library sectors you are part of.

This is to help you find your crew!

While you are all under one roof, why not take a mob-selfie with your LIANZA crew?

Share your epic selfies on social with the hashtag #LIANZACrew and revel in the glory.

GLAMfash

Do you work in the GLAM sector?

Feeling good about your outfit of the day?

Let's put the GLAM back in GLAM!

Post on Instagram (or your social media of choice) using the hashtag #GLAMfash

Especially good for the conference dinner!

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Gareth Seymour, recipient of the 2019 Paul Reynolds ‘No Numpties’ Grant

6/10/2019

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Gareth at the 2019 Te Wiki o te Reo Māori hīkoi

LIANZA is delighted to announce that the Paul Reynolds ‘No Numpties’ Grant for 2019 has been awarded to Gareth Seymour, from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, enabling him to discuss Indigenous archiving with key groups in Saskatchewan and North West Territories, Canada.

The grant was established in 2010 from donations made by the National Library of New Zealand, Internet NZ and friends of Paul Reynolds, which are held in trust by LIANZA. The selection panel is made up of representatives from National Library of New Zealand, National Digital Forum and LIANZA.

Courtney Johnston, Director of Audience and Insights at Te Papa, was a former colleague of Paul Reynolds and spoke about Paul at the presentation. You can read Courtney's speech notes here.

Photos from the presentation celebration

The selection panel agreed on the impact of Gareth taking his mahi over to Canada, and the lessons he will bring back to Aotearoa . In particular:

Language revitalisation and maintenance.
Digital preservation and sharing of resources.
Determining tikanga relevant to the digital sharing of taonga.
Enhancing metadata through cataloguing content in several indigenous languages.

They thought these will be widely beneficial to the sector and will support the continued and increased use of te Reo in Aotearoa.

The panel also felt that there is more for the sector to learn in relation to increasing access to our digital collections, and dealing with language diversity (i.e. dialect or mita in the Māori context) and our contribution to the revitalisation of Te Reo through digital collections and discovery.

We are sure that Paul Reynolds would have agreed that this is an area that our sector needs to make a step change in.

Paul Reynolds

In his acceptance speech Gareth said:

Paul Reynolds was a Scot who found a home in Aotearoa. In his work Paul challenged the digital GLAM community to bring value to the citizens of the internet.

To help this community to meet this challenge I hope to bring together information about how indigenous communities overseas are sharing digital taonga, and the way that they do this differs or is similar to how we share taonga in Aotearoa.

As with other projects funded under the Paul Reynolds Scholarship – The No Numpties Award, we celebrate how valuable it is to share taonga in contemporary times, in a way our tūpuna probably never imagined – I say probably because one thing we learn from our collections is that the kaumātua didn’t talk about limits, but about what was possible.

Our collections have kōrero about matakite and ngā tāngata ka mate, ā ka ora ake anō one week later – in short our collections talk about mātauranga and Māori knowledge. When we share them digitally we help to revive them, and sharing is an important function we have as an AV archive. 

You can read an interview with Gareth about his plans in the October issue of Library Life magazine.

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TEL-SIG Journal Discussion Group - call for interest AND November article (BoK Cluster 2 or 6)

What is TEL-SIG?

Call for Interest

Journal Article for November's Discussion

LIANZA Professional Recognition Awards & LIANZA Grants

LIANZA Fellowships 2018-2019 - National Librarian Awarded Top Professional Recognition

Books for Dementia-friendly Libraries

Social Media Cheat Sheet – LIANZA Conference 2019

Gareth Seymour, recipient of the 2019 Paul Reynolds ‘No Numpties’ Grant

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