Pasifika Values meet COVID-19
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.
This issue of Library Life comes at a very rare and unique time in our history. We sincerely hope you and your whanau/kainga/aiga are well during these unprecedented and uncertain times of COVID-19. As we stay in our bubbles we are reminded of our LIANZA 2019 theme – ‘Our families, our communities, our libraries, nāu te rourou nāku te rourou’ – which this issue draws on.
Our 2019 conference theme focused on the wellbeing and success of our people and invited us to examine our current practices, approaches and services to our families and communities. During Lockdown we are reminded to be kind, or kinder, to share our resources and look after each other in our families, our communities, our profession and wider sector.
In 2019, LIANZA Conference was held in South Auckland for the first time and was convened by the Pasifika Information Management Network (PIMN) SIG. Our theme drove every aspect of the conference powerfully. From its planning to its programme, the keynote speakers, the performances – everything converged on this theme. The content that has been curated for this issue draws on learnings from LIANZA19 six months later and relates them to this strange new way of being in our COVID-19 rāhui.
Ngā mihi nui ki a kōutou, Soifua ma ia manuia.
Umumaluolelagi Judy McFall-McCaffery & Richy Misilei
This issue of Library Life comes at a very rare and unique time in our history. We sincerely hope you and your whanau/kainga/aiga are well during these unprecedented and uncertain times of COVID-19. As we stay in our bubbles we are reminded of our LIANZA 2019 theme – ‘Our families, our communities, our libraries, nāu te rourou nāku te rourou’ – which this issue draws on.
Our 2019 conference theme focused on the wellbeing and success of our people and invited us to examine our current practices, approaches and services to our families and communities. During Lockdown we are reminded to be kind, or kinder, to share our resources and look after each other in our families, our communities, our profession and wider sector.
In 2019, LIANZA Conference was held in South Auckland for the first time and was convened by the Pasifika Information Management Network (PIMN) SIG. Our theme drove every aspect of the conference powerfully. From its planning to its programme, the keynote speakers, the performances – everything converged on this theme. The content that has been curated for this issue draws on learnings from LIANZA19 six months later and relates them to this strange new way of being in our COVID-19 rāhui.
Ngā mihi nui ki a kōutou, Soifua ma ia manuia.
Umumaluolelagi Judy McFall-McCaffery & Richy Misilei
Libraries in the time of COVID-19 – our stories
Here in the LIANZA Office, we have been collecting stories from librarians around the country about their responses and adaptations to COVID-19 challenges. Once again, librarians have shown themselves to be resourceful, imaginative and caring.
Read what public librarians, tertiary librarians, special librarians and law librarians have been doing over during lockdown.
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Read what public librarians, tertiary librarians, special librarians and law librarians have been doing over during lockdown.
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TIVAEVAE VALUES & KNOWLEDGE ONLINE |
LOCKDOWN LOW-DOWN |
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Maryanne Marsters and Judy McFall-McCaffery see this time as an opportunity to replicate a tivaevae space online as we seek to indigenise our virtual spaces and articulate tivaevae values.
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Dave Tucker writes: Looking back on this enforced isolation period, I contemplate the various meanings of connection and explore their meaning to myself, my team and the diverse communities of people that we as a team of librarians reach out to understand their needs and serve.
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GARETH SEYMOUR ON INDIGENOUS ARCHIVING |
WE ARE LIANZA |
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Gareth Seymour reports back from his recent meetings with indigenous whānau in northern Canada: The best way to describe my recent meetings with indigenous whānau in northern Canada is ‘unexpected.’...
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We interview Trina Roycroft for our We Are LIANZA column this issue.
In this new column we talk to members from all walks of life, and stages of their careers, to see who and what makes up LIANZA. Read More |
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