EAST-IN SIG (East Coast Special Interest Group)

PURPOSE
To form a focus group for information specialists in the East Coast/Hawkes Bay Region.
To conduct continuing education for information professionals.

Membership

Membership is open to all Librarians in the East Coast Region of the North Island.
Membership is $10 per annum.
LIANZ Membership is not a requirement, but desirable.

Membership application can be obtained from treasurer Diane Friis dfriis at eit.ac.nz
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Committee 2009-10

The current comittee is:

Convenor: Jenny Cutting
Secretary: Jeannie Wright
Treasurer: Diane Friis
Blog: Kim Salamonson

Committee: Sheryl Reed, Sue Fargher, Kim Salamonson, Paula Murdoch, Jennifer Cutting, Diana Cram, Pat Money, Karen Tobin, Rae Jones, Maureen Roache,

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Open Polytechnic Library and Information Courses

Open Polytechnic courses are open for enrolment until 10 July 2009. You can enrol in undergraduate degrees, diplomas, or certificates. You can also take 'one-off' courses for continuing professional development. All study is by distance, using print and electronic resources, supported by online forums. The semester begins on 20 July and runs for 17 weeks.
The following information and library studies courses are offered in semester 2:

72142 Information Access - information literacy 72170 The Information Industry - an introduction to libraries and other information providers
72171 Library Systems and Processes
72175 Principles of Records Management
72176 Managing Archives
72271 User Education and Reference Skills
72272 Cataloguing and Classification
72277 Library Services for Children and Young People
72371 Policy and Planning for Information Services
72373 Knowledge Management

Courses are also offered in communication, humanities, information systems and technology, and business. Some courses have pre-requisites.

We offer two undergraduate diplomas in information and library studies, as well as a Bachelor of Applied Science and a Bachelor of Arts. For advice about any of these, please contact Mary Innes (freephone) 0508 650 200 ext 5665.

Other qualifications include:
Certificate in Literature and Library Services for Children and Young People (Level 6). Contact Jan Irvine (freephone) 0508 650 200 ext 5594.
Certificate in Cataloguing (Level 5). Contact Amanda Cossham (freephone)
0508 650 200 ext 5518.
Diploma in Records and Information Management (Level 6). Contact Mary Innes or Sandie Smith (freephone) 0508 650 200 ext 5479.

For more information about information and library studies courses and for enrolment forms, please go to: http://tinyurl.com/yr9gc4 or http://www.openpolytechnic.ac.nz/programmesandcourses/subjectareas/pcinf
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Mary InnesProgramme Leader, Information and Library Studies School of Information and Social Sciences Open Polytechnic Kuratini Tuwhera phone 0508 650 200 ext 5665 or (04) 913 5665 direct email:mary.innes@openpolytechnic.ac.nz

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