LIANZA is thrilled to announce the successful applicants for the LIANZA 2021 Regional Community Conference Grants. The grant will provide $500 towards the costs of attending the bi-ennial LIANZA conference for each of the successful candidates.
These conference grants are funded through the LIANZA Community Contestable Fund established in 2019. All applications were assessed by a LIANZA regional selection panel and the five successful applications approved by LIANZA Council.
Congratulations to all our successful applicants. You can read why they applied for a grant and what they are looking forward to attending at the conference in November.
These conference grants are funded through the LIANZA Community Contestable Fund established in 2019. All applications were assessed by a LIANZA regional selection panel and the five successful applications approved by LIANZA Council.
Congratulations to all our successful applicants. You can read why they applied for a grant and what they are looking forward to attending at the conference in November.
 | LIANZA Hikuwai Megan Hindmarsh Far North District Libraries Attending the LIANZA conference 2021 will be an awesome professional development opportunity to keep current with the services I deliver so I can continue positively enhancing community interactions at our new Library. I am currently completing my LIANZA Professional Registration application and attending LIANZA conference will greatly assist in supporting this step in my professional development. |
Kawakawa has a high Maori population demographic with Te Reo Maori fluency, living in some of New Zealand's lowest socio-economic rural communities. 90 percent of the children and youth who attend our programmes are Maori and I want to deliver tailored services that help get them on the literacy ladder early and foster a life-long love of learning. I want to attend Decolonising our Libraries and Communities: Ma to rourou, Community engagement through a Maori lens - To gain understanding of the unique lens of Te Ao Maori. Maori story telling and the history of NZ - I am currently working on bilingual storytimes and culture of normalised daily Te Reo usage. Responding to the call of whanau Maori, indigenising library practice - we have made a commitment to operate using Te Ao Maori principles but have more to learn in this area. Indigenous identity and sovereignty in the digital space - We are moving from a show and tell toward an exploratory digital creation model in our robotics programs and indigenous identity and sovereignty in this space. Future reading - Decolonising the pacific library - rethinking the library of the future - We are on a journey of future-thinking, which includes working towards de-colonial thinking in our policies and planning. Cultural reciprocity - Organisational accountability - Te Tiriti O Waitangi in practice - organisational accountability is something we've had to work through with our Ngati Hine partners on the Te Hononga project. Growing a nation of readers in Aotearoa - Working with tamariki and rangatahi in libraries to meet our literacy-ladder and lifelong learning goals. Spilling the tea on getting library teens in the library.
 | LIANZA Te Whakakitenga aa Kaimai Sandra Quinn RLIANZA Taupo District Libraries I have never been to a LIANZA conference. I have been relishing the increase in availability of training webinars provided by LIANZA and “virtually” attending this year's conference is an opportunity I am excited about. I have worked in numerous roles in public libraries and have been lucky enough to secure a secondment role this year through the New Zealand Libraries Partnership Programme. |
My secondment role as Engagement and Outreach Co-ordinator is allowing me to step “outside” the library far more and consider how we can better connect to contribute to a community wellbeing. Engaging with our community is key to this role and I would particularly like to attend the following sessions:
- Engaging Libraries - Jenny Peachey, Georgina Bowyer & Rachel Heydecker
- The Public Library Will Never Die - Jane Stratton
- User unknown: Where are the uncounted? - Workshop
- Decolonising our libraries and communities - Glenis Philip-Barbara
 | LIANZA Ikaroa Fionna Campbell RLIANZA Eastern Institute of Technology I have worked in library and information professions for many years but have never quite managed to make it to a LIANZA conference - this was going to be the year for me to finally get there after spending many years completing my Masters in Information Studies and gaining registration earlier this year. I foremost see this professional development opportunity as a great space to meet, engage, get inspiration, and share ideas with colleagues across different areas of the library sector. I currently work for an academic library in collections, which I very much enjoy. |
I have also worked in public and special libraries (with also a long stint in publishing). After looking through the conference schedule, I found it filled with a plethora of papers, lightening talks, keynote speakers and workshops that I would wish to attend - very hard to choose! Of particular interest to my current work are the sessions on information and digital literacy as enabling solid information literacy skills to our students is crucial. This is where the sessions on textbooks, resource sharing models, being future ready, square peg solutions, Open up! and the workshop on digital dexterity would be pertinent. I'm also keen to check out the book launch - very applicable to my work!
The sessions on decolonising the library and pacific library, indigenising library practice and maintaining the momentum with diversity are also of particular relevance to my workplace, where we are endeavouring to make the library and learning area a welcoming space for all learners. Diversity, equity and inclusion are key to the library where I work so I am keen to hear speakers in this area and take new ideas and inspiration back to my workspace.
The sessions on decolonising the library and pacific library, indigenising library practice and maintaining the momentum with diversity are also of particular relevance to my workplace, where we are endeavouring to make the library and learning area a welcoming space for all learners. Diversity, equity and inclusion are key to the library where I work so I am keen to hear speakers in this area and take new ideas and inspiration back to my workspace.
 | LIANZA Aoraki Bernadette Cassidy RLIANZA New Zealand Spinal Trust I manage a small specialist health library and have very few opportunities to network with my peers, in addition, the isolated nature of my work environment makes professional development challenging. However, professional development events and conferences where most of my peers are gathered in one place, helps to break the isolation as well as assist me with the continuing development of my library service. |
Attending the LIANZA 2021 conference is an important part of my professional development and will provide a valuable opportunity for me to network with other colleagues from all over New Zealand and internationally. As a consequence, this conference is a great opportunity for me to learn of new connections and developments in the library sector.
The LIANZA 2021 conference theme 'Thriving together” in particular the sub themes: community support, engagement and transformation; enabling literacies and innovation are specifically relevant. For example I am very interested in the keynotes which focus on: the future of health libraries; health literacy for thriving communities, Future ready: equipping information professionals for the digital age. I am also interested in a number of workshops e.g. Dementia friendly book groups; Marketing the library; Building inclusivity with Universal Deign; Smell of an oily rag: innovation in a special library.
The LIANZA 2021 conference theme 'Thriving together” in particular the sub themes: community support, engagement and transformation; enabling literacies and innovation are specifically relevant. For example I am very interested in the keynotes which focus on: the future of health libraries; health literacy for thriving communities, Future ready: equipping information professionals for the digital age. I am also interested in a number of workshops e.g. Dementia friendly book groups; Marketing the library; Building inclusivity with Universal Deign; Smell of an oily rag: innovation in a special library.
 | LIANZA Murihiku Abigail Tarbotton RLIANZA The last LIANZA Conference I attended was the one in Auckland in 2014. I am particularly interested in the following themes in the conference – diversity, equity, and inclusion and enabling literacies. My main interests are around research, social media, literacies and community engagement – and there are plenty of sessions that cater for these! There are a few virtual sessions I am very excited to attend. One of these is “Audience #engagement: Creating communities of practice on social media” by Rida Malik. |
I am passionate about using social media to connect and engage with communities (both library users, but also librarians) and have written and presented on the use of Twitter numerous times at library conferences and in a workplace setting for my (non-library) colleagues. I am also looking forward to “A triple blended e-learning model” by Dahlia Han, as it relates to the work I do with marking and encouraging students engaged in online Library & Information Studies courses. The keynotes and speakers sound fascinating, but I am particularly looking forward to the first keynote by Glenis Philip Barbara on decolonising libraries – this is a topic I have heard a bit around, but very keen to learn more.
NB: No applications were received for LIANZA Te Upoko te Ika a Maui.
If a LIANZA Conference Grant is not granted in a particular region for a specific year, it is not be transferred to another regional community and remains in the LIANZA Community Contestable fund.
If a LIANZA Conference Grant is not granted in a particular region for a specific year, it is not be transferred to another regional community and remains in the LIANZA Community Contestable fund.
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