LIANZA Office has been watching all the interesting summer reading programmes popping up around the country. For instance, Buller District Library has some really fun things planned!
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in the May/June issue of Library Life we interviewed Rachel Williamson about the Summer Learning Journey, which is designed to address the ‘summer slide’ in literacy skills for students in years 4-8. The ReadNZ also recently interviewed Rachel about the project, which is now in its sixth cycle. Originally designed for students attending the English medium Manaiakalani Cluster schools in east Auckland, the Summer Learning Journey is now undertaken by students in other regions of Aotearoa.

Every year libraries around New Zealand run summer reading programmes in a bid to help reduce the ‘summer slide’. This is when students go backwards in their reading levels if they are not practising their reading during the school holidays.

Emma Sherie, District Librarian, says, when I took over my role 15 months ago. Summer reading had come to a bit of a stand still. Children had disengaged from it for various reasons. I wasn’t made aware of this until it was too late to look for funding. So, last year our fabulous librarian in Reefton saved the day by putting together a programme last minute. Turnout was not high due to not having time to market it. I think we had approximately 12 children complete it. This year we had time to prepare and we are pretty pleased with our efforts.

Thanks to the Grey and Westland District Libraries, who made me aware of the Pub Charity fund that they apply to, and provided me with some of the documentation for the application. Our team attend LIANZA weekend school this year in Christchurch. We heard from Rosamund at the Nelson Libraries who educated us about their summer reading programme. This introduced us to a reading map concept and Rosamund provided us with her templates to work from.

The passion I am asking for from teachers is a passion beyond the pay cheque. It's a passion for children's books, as well as for their own reading, for if teachers don't love to read, why on earth should children?— Mem Fox

Special summer reading fiction loans for school staff
This summer National Library Auckland and Christchurch centres will open every day from 10-5:00 pm, from Monday 18 November until Friday 13 of December to allow school loan coordinators to select summer reading loans of junior and YA fiction. They can select the items on behalf of staff at their school (ALL staff are encouraged to read), bring staff with them to select their own books or staff may come on their own if unable to accompany their loan coordinator.
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Summer reading distance offer
If school staff are based at a location other than Auckland and Christchurch and would like books to read over the summer, you can either place a whole-school loan request, OR staff can send an email to [email protected] with Summer reading in the subject line. Our librarians will select a range of junior and YA fiction. Please also provide:
·         your name
·         the name of the school
·         the number of school staff you would like books for, and
·         the maximum number of books you would like.
 
Summer reading loans can be returned at the same time as term 1 whole school loans – 9 April 2020, but feel free to return them before then. And remember you can use our special courier deal for schools.

Kiwi kids can read their local cricket team to victory this summer

The Super Smash Reading Challenge brings together two favourite Kiwi summer pastimes: cricket and reading. 
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Read NZ Te Pou Muramura (formerly NZ Book Council) has joined forces with New Zealand Cricket’s T20 summer tournament to get kids reading more books over the holidays.

The Super Smash Reading Challenge is a new interactive website. Primary and intermediate-aged children are invited to register for free and choose their local cricket team to ‘play’ for.

Players log the books they read over the summer, along with a star rating and short review. A leader board keeps track of the Super Smash teams as they move up and down the rankings accordingly.

The Super Smash Reading Challenge will run until the final T20 cricket game on 19 January. 

Sign up for the Super Smash Reading Challenge by registering at reading-challenge.org.nz .

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"Words play such an important role in our well being. As collectors of stories libraries play an important part in community well-being." said the Hon Tracey Martin as she opened the #LIANZA19 Conference.

"As the Minister whose portfolios include Children, Education, Internal Affairs and Seniors, I am greatly vested in what happens at this conference that will benefit the welfare of our families and communities." the minister continued.

​"The future for the well-being of our people and our communities lies in greater collaboration – between families and communities, with cultural institutions, across government agencies, with private sector and with other governments. And in doing so, we all can, through every gain we make, play a small part in a much bigger assignment: to make life better for all New Zealanders. You all have a role to play in this!"
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You can watch the whole speech, along with other conference presentations and performances, on the LIANZA YouTube Channel. 

Read more about the ‘Pacific Virtual Museum’ Pilot Program mentioned in the minister's speech.

DO YOU HAVE A PROJECT THAT WITH SOME FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE COULD BE OF WIDER BENEFIT TO NEW ZEALAND ARCHIVISTS, RECORDS MANAGERS OR LIBRARIANS?

The Ian McLean Wards Scholarship seeks to assist researchers and practitioners in the librarianship, archives and records management fields to undertake a specific project advancing knowledge or improving practice relating to the recording, care, or conservation, of historical research materials. The primary purpose of the scholarship is to defray research expenses. In general, it is not intended to support post-graduate study, although particularly appropriate proposals may be considered.

The general terms under which the scholarship will be awarded are set out in this PDF, and are also available from the Secretary of the Ian McLean Wards Memorial Trust ([email protected]).
The value of the scholarship in 2019 (to be taken in 2020) is likely to be $10,000.
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2018 recipient
Read about the 2018 recipient Cameron Curd here. Cameron is a Taranaki-born curator and Kaitiaki Pukapuka-a-Rohe/District Archivist at Aotea Utanganui Museum of South Taranaki.
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The LIANZA Standing Committee on Freedom of Information has begun to review and update position statements to support LIANZA and its members to be knowledgeable and confident regarding freedom of information issues. 
 
LIANZA Council just approved a new draft statement on Freedom of Information to be circulated for final feedback from members and other interested parties.
 
LIANZA’s regional and special interest committees have been asked to discuss and comment, as have PLNZ, NZLLA and Te Rōpu Whakahau.  Individual members are also encouraged to send comments to [email protected] before 10 January 2020 and the statement will then be finalised and published.

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression: this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart Information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) Article 19
 
In accord with the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, LIANZA holds that all people have a fundamental right to creative thought and intellectual activity and to the freedom of expression of their views, and that all people have a fundamental right of access to expressions of knowledge.
 
LIANZA holds that a commitment to intellectual freedom is a core responsibility for the library and information profession. Libraries should be a vital force for intellectual freedom in their communities.  
Libraries should be a dynamic part of community life, not telling people what to think but throwing a spotlight on significant issues to stimulate learning and the exchange of information. 
LIANZA therefore calls upon libraries and library staff to adhere to the principles of intellectual freedom: uninhibited access to information; freedom of expression; and, their users’ privacy. 
 
To these ends libraries should:

• Acquire, preserve and make available the widest variety of materials, reflecting the plurality and diversity of their communities. 
• Ensure that the selection and availability of library materials and services is governed by professional considerations and not by political, moral and religious views.
• Make materials, facilities and services equally accessible to all lawful users, not discriminating due to ethnicity, religious affiliation, gender, age or for any other reason
• Adhere to the law regarding restricted materials, including via the Internet, but also engage with appropriate processes to challenge such restrictions when they believe freedom of expression is being unduly constrained. 
• Support their users to effectively access and evaluate information.
• Protect the personal information of their users and the confidentiality of their use of the library.
• Where relevant in your library service, make space available for and arrange displays and talks in the library to stimulate learning and the exchange of information, while ensuring all in the community feel welcomed and safe in the library.

 
This is a high-level statement which will be supported by more detailed guidelines on specific topics such as censorship, privacy and indigenous knowledge. These are yet to be completed or in some cases started.  The LIANZA Standing Committee on Freedom of Information need some more help to keep working on these, so…..

If your professional development budget didn’t extend to getting you to the LIANZA conference, or you couldn’t be in two places at once, here’s the next best thing!

We’re repeating some of the sessions relevant to tertiary libraries over two nights.  No cost or registration required.
Zoom in for one night or two, or for a session or two. We will also be recording the sessions and making them available on the LIANZA YouTube channel. There’ll be time for the odd question after the sessions. You can also follow along on Twitter with the hashtag #telsig19. 

LIANZA is delighted tertiary presentations from the recent #LIANZA19 conference will be shared via Zoom, and thank LIANZA TELSIG for organising these ‘unconference’ events.

Each unconference will begin at 5pm with a karakia whakatuwhera and a brief conversation with LIANZA Executive Director, Ana Pickering. “One of the challenges for future LIANZA conferences is meet the professional needs of tertiary librarians and library staff. I am interested to begin a discussion about how this can be achieved for 2021” says Ana.  LIANZA also thanks all the presenters who are reprising their conference presentation at these online events.

Tuesday 26th November https://vuw.zoom.us/j/327738343
5.00-5.05pm Ana Pickering, LIANZA Executive Director, talks about the importance of special interest groups and highlights the importance of tertiary library involvement in LIANZA.
5.05-5.20pm Iva Matagi (Manukau Institute of Technology) Holistic approaches to the reference interview
5.25-5.40pm Joanna Wenman  (Massey University) It’s party time! Social research consultations for postgraduates
5.45-6.00pm Mojgan Sadighi (Massey University) Connect, collaborate and cultivate: An example of community collaboration
 
Wednesday 27th November https://vuw.zoom.us/j/483251497
5.00-5.05pm Ana Pickering, LIANZA Executive Director, talks about the importance of special interest groups and highlights the importance of tertiary library involvement in LIANZA.
5.05-5.20pm Jo Simons (University of Auckland) Having a look-see: EBP by stealth
5.25-5.40pm Anne Ferrier-Watson (University of Waikato) Traditional metrics, altmetrics, and researcher profiles: Faculty perceptions and us
5.45-6.00pm Anais Saysell (Victoria University of Wellington) Navigating teaching from face-to-face to online library tutorials
 
We look forward to you joining us!
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MBIE paper responding to submissions on objectives now online
Thank you again to those who took the time earlier this year to provide feedback on the five objectives for copyright that were proposed in our Issues Paper. We have been using these submissions to rethink our objectives, contextualise them and assess how we intend to use them to develop advice in the review.
As a result of this work, we have revised our objectives. This new framework lays the foundation for the rest of our advice in the review of the Copyright Act 1994. To ensure ongoing openness and transparency in the review, we have now published a paper that sets out this new framework. It’s called Copyright Act Review 1994: MBIE’s approach to policy development, and you can read it on the MBIE website.

What next?
For the rest of the year, we will focus on using the information we have available to evaluate current copyright law against our revised objectives and analyse the issues raised in submissions. This will enable us to advise the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs on which issues to prioritise for the ‘options’ stage of the review. We hope to consult publicly on an options paper next year.
If you have any questions in the meantime, or want to catch up with us, you can contact the team at [email protected].

Ngā mihi nui
The Copyright Act Review team

What strategic leadership do LIANZA members want? What best practice models exist to guide the evolution of LIANZA strategic leadership? How can our leadership structure strengthen LIANZA as it reaches its 110th birthday in 2020? 

LIANZA made the decision in 2017 to repeal the current 1939 New Zealand Library Association Act and incorporate under the new Incorporated Societies Act that was due to be passed in 2018. This required an update to the LIANZA rules or constitution to comply with the new legislation. In 2017 LIANZA consulted with members and three motions were passed at the 2017 AGM including that the proposed new rules adopted were subject to screening and vetting by LIANZA’s legal counsel. This legal advice has now been sought from Mahony Horner Lawyers on the proposed rules in light of the anticipated Incorporated Societies Bill. A draft constitution has been developed that will meet the association's legal obligations when the new Incorporated Societies Bill passes into law. The Incorporated Societies Bill is now expected to be introduced to Parliament ‘later this year’. 
In 2017 there was also some consultation around the LIANZA governance structure. Members were asked to consider how they felt the current governance structure was working, whether regional representation was effective and if it allowed LIANZA to access to the expertise it needs to operate effectively. These governance questions have remained largely unanswered. Mahony Horner have recommended that LIANZA further consider its desired governance structure.

The current LIANZA Council is now calling for a working group to look at the question of LIANZA strategic leadership and governance. This will enable the new LIANZA constitution to include the leadership structure that meets the future needs of the association as it transitions to the new incorporated status. 

Expressions of interest are called for from LIANZA members. We are seeking people from diverse roles from across the library and information sector who are interested in making a contribution.

Whatever your title ... library assistant, team leader, service, digital or programming lead, a branch or library manager; whatever sector you work in ... public, special, school, tertiary, prison or law libraries or another part of the GLAMMI sector; whether you are a new professional or an “old hand’ ... if you are interested and think you can make a contribution to this work, we want to hear from you.

The working group will be formed by early February, 2020. The terms of reference can be found here

To express your interest, simply tell us why you are interested in being involved and what you think you can bring to this work by emailing [email protected] by Friday December 13, 2019 (aka just before the summer 'holidays'!)

LIANZA Council will consider the expressions of interest next week, advise the applicants and make an announcement by Friday Dec 20 ... just prior to everyone leaving their desks for last minute Xmas shopping, followed by cream whipping, pavlova making, champagne cork popping and well-earned summer breaks. 

Last week a fire broke out at the New Zealand International Convention Centre (NZICC). Sky City and the NZICC teams are now working closely with their building partner, Fletcher Building Ltd, and the NZ Fire Service to gather as much information as possible to assess the situation and the damage, and what this means for the opening time-frame of this new convention centre.

Our partners at NZICC, Tourism New Zealand and Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED) were immediately in touch with the WLIC 2022 national committee and have stayed in touch constantly to provide as much information as possible.

At this stage the NZICC team is awaiting updates about investigations that need to be conducted before the damage to the building can be fully assessed and timeframes for repairs and building completion can be made.
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Planning for the WLIC 2022 event in Auckland is continuing, and a full national committee meeting is being held at the National Library of New Zealand on Thursday 5 December. We continue to be strongly supported by teams from the NZICC, ATEED and Tourism New Zealand to achieve the goal of delivering a successful WLIC in New Zealand.

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