Uncategorized audio 12:21 pm
For those interested in converting their sound recordings (oral histories, etc) from cassette tape to digital file there is an interesting post on DigitalNZ telling you how to do it.
http://makeit.digitalnz.org/askaquestion/questions/16
Just make sure it meets NZ Copyright law first!
Louise
library news Motueka, Add new tag, Young Adults 9:50 am
Over the last three weeks Motueka ran a competition for 12 – 18 year olds. The aim was to highlight the Young Adult collection and do something fun for the teens. Entry into the draw was by issuing an item from the YA collection. We had a display featuring images from the film Under the Mountain and YA books that had been made into movies. Local newspaper the Guardian published article and photo promoting the competition and the special pre-screening of the film which was held at Motueka State Cinema on Wednesday night.
Major prize winners Emma Patrick and Danielle Derrett were very happy with their prizes of 2 movie passes, a copy of the movie edition of the Under the Mountain book and a UtM movie poster signed by Director Jonathan King. Four other winners won a movie poster.
By the way, my family and I enjoyed the movie. Great effects from Weta studios, the teens in the movie do a really good job and Sam Neil makes a creepy Mr. Jones.
A little bit of trivia; Maurice Gee’s novel Under the Mountain was first published in 1979 and has never been out of print. Winner of Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much – Loved Book 2004.
Mary
Richmond Library richmond building project 9:24 am
Exterior
The exterior of the building is quickly metamorphosing to look like the architect’s concept drawing. The Painters have coated most of the roof and east side of the building (facing the Miles of Food Café) in tones of grey, which have given it a much more modern and attractive appearance. Most of the new downstairs windows have been glazed and the new sliding doors opening into the Petrie car park have been installed. The scaffolding is coming down from the back of the building next Tuesday and the concrete work for the new Petrie Car park entrance is due to begin soon as well.
On the west side of the building facing the courtyard the steel framework has gone up. This is where the first floor emergency exit stairs will be located. The stairs are due to be installed next week as well.
The upstairs area is changing quickly as well. Richmond library staff had a sneak preview at lunchtime yesterday and everyone is excited about the new workroom area. It’s bright and spacious, very unlike its previous incarnation.
The ceiling lights and some of the ceiling panels have been put in and the painters have almost completed painting the office walls.
Downstairs the wall linings have been put up, as have the interior walls around the new Research Room and Parents Room/Children’s Toilet. The wall between the new downstairs staff area and the public areas has also gone up and the sliding door is already in place.
The builders & contractors will be having a break from the 22nd of December and will return to work on 6th January, so there will be a bit of peace and quiet over the Christmas/New Year period – just in time for the school holiday rush!
Keep an eye on the library Flickr account to see what’s happening!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38556618@N03/
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Catherine's new office
New windows in the Children's area
library news 7:26 pm
Google plans to launch an online store to deliver electronic books to any device with a web browser, threatening to upset a burgeoning market for dedicated e-readers dominated by Amazon’s Kindle. More here.
And now for the bit I originally meant to mention before I got waylaid by the Technology news 
If anyone missed last night’s item about the burgeoning popularity of libraries on TVOne News last night, it is still available to watch online from the TVNZ website
Anne M
LIANZA 10:04 am
A while ago I emailed Maree Kibblewhite asking if LIANZA could facilitate professional development training for our region, specifically in Mātauranga Māori. I mentioned concerns which people in our region have in relation to meeting the professional registration revalidation criteria in this area (BoK 11)
Te Rōpū Whakahau are delivering workshops in 2010, but the course will only be held in the major city centres. Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, so it won’t be coming to our region.
Maree has spoken to Allison Dobbie who is the chair of the Registration Board, about our concerns and they have a few comments and suggestions:
People are accumulating the learning they need as part of their normal working/living environments and the trick is to remember that this on-the-job learning is valid and record it in your journal. You get into the habit of recording every opportunity for learning (through reading/networking/work experiences/attendance at meetings or courses and conferences) and how that impacts on your professional life.
There are also a number of things that people can do to satisfy the requirements of revalidation:
For example, in relation to Mātauranga Māori (BoK 11):
there are always a significant number of Mātauranga Māori related keynote and other relevant papers at our annual conferences and referring back to read these from the LIANZA website link can be useful.
There are papers about the Māori subject headings project and the specific Māori knowledge systems that are the basis of this.
There is material published regularly about these issues although not necessarily specifically library related.
There are also reading lists on the Te Wānanga-o-Raukawa website and other places.
Some of the librarians in your region might like to invite someone from the local iwi to come and speak at a regional meeting. That person may not be able to speak about Māori knowledge paradigms, however they could choose to speak about Māori tikanga or something that relates specifically to Māori in your region.
She also mentioned that the new LIANZA website (which is currently under construction) will make it easier for members to contribute content and share pooled resources.
Haki Tahana has pointed out that just turning up for a lecture, workshop, training session, reading a book or website alone isn’t enough, but that you have to record how it has made a difference to the way you work within your library and what the learning outcomes are, ie. what learning experience you got and how you are they going to use that learning.
Haki has also given us advice that someone with a library qualification from Te Wananga o Raukawa (Dip MIM) or a member of Te Roopu Whakahau with equivalent skills and knowledge would be competent in Matauranga Maori concepts & librarianship - so we now know what to look for when organising our own professional development sessions.
Louise
LIANZA and conference and library news LIANZA Conference 2009 4:08 pm
I have finally got my notes from Conference into a somewhat readable form and they are available for anyone who wants to browse them at G/takaka/conference 2009/conference 2009 notes – Diane. They are just notes of what seemed important to me at the time and still run to 8 pages. Most of the interesting stuff is at the end, Wednesday was a very interesting day for me.
Thanks for waiting for this. I had a great time at Conference but came away too exhausted to do much extra for a couple of weeks!! All the same if you get the chance to go take it!!
Diane L
Takaka 3:50 pm
On Monday Tish, Doris & Margie attended this course. It was run by Brenton Rice who is a training manager for New Zealand Training Institute.
It was a visual presentation & we were given a comprehensive manual complete with colour pictures. My copy now lies on the coffee table at home, open at random pages in the hope that the resident teenager will be appalled & never go down that path.
We learnt some dreadful statistics, saw some horrific before & after photos of ’P’ users & got quite an insight into the long term effects of the regular use of drugs/alcohol.
We were expecting more content from the point of view of dealing with drug users as customers. However we did pick up a few tips :-
The presenter was an ex-policeman & we all felt that he down played(laughed off) the effects of alcohol & there were also some poor taste visuals.
The course included NZQA unit standards which we completed by filling in a workbook from visuals on the wall, the manual & under instruction from the trainer. It seems a bit of a sham really!
The course should be compulsory for all Year 11 -13 students. I would not recommend it as a training course for library staff in a District the size of Tasman.
Tish
PS If you want to have a look at the manual send me an email.
library news 12:44 pm
library news 4:32 pm
November has already been a big month here at the library with lots of changes happening before our eyes.
Although behind schedule, due to taking longer then expected the rear extension part of the library (by Petrie car park) is really taking shape now. No longer looking like a ’shell’ of a building, with the external linings being fixed into position. This should be completed by the 27th November.
The main priority, the builders are saying is to close the building in by continuing with the wall framing, linings, windows and roof repairs. Internal cladding will start to be installed from next week.
The upper level work is on schedule with linings being fixed and the ceiling installation about to commence. The concrete has also been poured for the first floor stairs
It is amazing how quickly things are happening and how we all have learnt to adapt to the different working conditions. Here is a picture of Lucy in her new office which was once where the Waimea South Collection was housed. 
This space is so much smaller then what Lucy had in the children’s area, but she has managed to adapt and make room for everything she needs.
With work continuing upstairs and no upstairs staff room, a tea room has been set up downstairs, although much smaller then upstairs it still has everything we need with an urn, table and chairs and a microwave. Next to the tea area, the server room lino is due to be installed either Monday 30th November or Tuesday 1st December, this will require the comms cabinet to be moved to where the tea trolley is. This means we will have nowhere to sit while this is done. So there may be a few trips to the local cafe that day!Here is a picture of Marinda and Catherine having a lunch break in the new space. 
The biggest change this month is the new Queen street entrance, which was open for the first time today, Tuesday 17th November. Getting this ready has taken much preparation, with moving books and shelves to make a clear walkway from and to the entrance. Here is a picture of staff working hard at moving the books and shelves before opening.
The first customer through the door, pictured below was awarded a gift for being the first through the new doors. Her and her daughter are regulars to the library and used to attend Tiny Tots before the renovations began. She was so pleased to receive a gift and her daughter was delighted to be chosen!
As can be seen in the above photograph, there clearly is some more work to be done, as the wooden beams are still exposed. The steel cladding has been ordered and will take a few weeks to arrive.
So we are all getting used to the new doors now. It is amazing how much lighter it is in the library, with the glass door design. However we did have some comments from customers about the noise of the new doors and so the drivechain has been replaced with a quieter one, so we will see how this one goes.
Work has now also began in the old entrance way, with the concrete already being removed with the help of a little yellow digger!
At this point the builders are still confirming end of May for completion.
Remember to check out the new photos in Flickr and the G Drive
Chrissy
Kete and library news apnk, Kete 5:19 pm
Ssome of the uses for Community Kete
History & research
Adopt an Anzac
‘Adopt an Anzac’ is an ongoing project to find information on the WW1 men whose names appear on the Memorials, Honours Boards, Rolls of Honour etc in the Horowhenua District.. http://horowhenua.kete.net.nz/en/adopt_an_anzac
Kete Horowhenua: http://horowhenua.kete.net.nz/
Culture
Indian Cultural Society Waikato Inc celebrate Diwali.
Kete Hamilton: http://ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info/
Events
Matariki Programme of Events 2009
Kete New Plymouth/Puke Ariki: http://ketenewplymouth.peoplesnetworknz.info
Louise
