East-in-SIG AGM Coming Soon

East-in-SIG AGM Coming Soon watch this space

LIANZA Governance Meeting with Heather Lamond

As I was on Holiday I am writing about what I have heard about the event and mostly from Paula's email. Last night’s session with Heather Lamond was well attended with about 15, including Heather and it stimulated some great discussion. Heather took away some great feeback and is very keen to receive feedback either directly at H.M.Lamond@massey.ac.nz or via the blog at http://ikaroalianza.blogspot.com/
please note that feedback is now being sought by LIANZA on the proposed governance structure until 6 July.
This is your chance to have your chance on how LIANZA might be governed etc. The LIANZA survey is at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=PNrl%2fTZb4MbfM43dQwYiZw%3d%3d

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
ormation

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

Hydestor Professional Development AWARD

HYDESTOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARD

· Looking to further develop the team dynamics in your library?
· Are you new to the libraries network and are wondering what LIANZA is all about?
· Would a grant of $750 incl GST, per LIANZA region, help further your Professional development?
Hydestor Shelving Systems are proud to sponsor a professional development award to LIANZA members. Its primary purpose is to assist LIANZA members to undertake various forms of professional development in the field of library management and operation. This annual award set at $4,500 inclusive of GST is divided equally over the six NZ regions.

Previously, Hydestor Manufacturing Ltd has sponsored hard copy newsletters for various regions of LIANZA and with these newsletters becoming electronic; it was proposed that the sponsorship be continued in a new format such as this Professional Development Award. This award is not limited to any specific activity and members should be encouraged to apply for assistance for any activity that will develop and enhance their professional skills. The applications and recipients of the award are to be administered by each regional chairperson and committee.

Hydestor Shelving Systems specialise in the design & manufacture of adjustable steel library shelving & resource storage systems for libraries through out NZ & Australia. We are proud to be a NZ manufacturer and look forward to our continuing service to the libraries network.

Check out our Photo gallery and current libraries newsletter

LIANZA CPD Wheel

The CPD wheel has been a year in development and is intended to be used primarily as a tool to help you easily identify and register for professional development courses to satisfy the requirements of revalidation for professional registration.

Even if you are not professionally registered, the wheel is intended to be a one-stop-shop for CPD events offered by LIANZA and ALIA (on-line courses).

Click on the link below and have a play - http://www.lianza.org.nz/development/CPD/index.html

How the wheel works -

The wheel is comprised of a four concentric circles.

At the centre of the wheel is the Body of Knowledge. This is the knowledge that every qualified librarian leaves library school with. If you click on the centre of the wheel you will be taken to the page on our website that details the Body of Knowledge.

The second circle, relating to professional development and in the shape of petals, is divided into the eleven areas of the Body of Knowledge with a short descriptor of each area.

Click on any one of the petals and you will be taken to a page that gives you an indication of the types of CPD relating to that BoK area.
If LIANZA or ALIA (on-line courses) are offering an event that fits into this area then it will display here and you will be able to register to attend.

If there is no event currently on offer within that area, you can always email me to request that LIANZA investigates doing so.

The third circle relates to personal development and operates in the same way as above. Although LIANZA's first priority is professional development to support librarians and information managers, we will aim to run one or two personal development courses each year.

Sometimes a CPD course will fit into both professional and personal development, for example a course on leadership.

The last circle relates to the intangible benefits that pervade any professional or personal development endeavour undertaken, for example networking opportunities.

We hope that the wheel will make your life easier and that you will come to rely on it as a useful tool to plan and organise your professional development.

I would be very interested in your feedback and thoughts.

With kind regards
Maree

Maree Kibblewhite
Professional Development Manager
Library & Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa Level 7, 69 Boulcott Street PO Box 12-212, Wellington 6144
Tel: 04 473 5834
Fax: 04 499 1480
Email: maree@lianza.org.nz

LIANZA Offering Free Conference Registration to a lucky new LIANZA member who joins this month...

The LIANZA 2009 Conference Committee is delighted to offer one FREE registration to the 2009 Conference to a new LIANZA member.

Simply join LIANZA and register for conference during the early bird registration period (1st June – 31st July) to be in a prize draw to win the conference registration. The winner will be contacted in first week of August 2009.

If you are already a LIANZA member this offer is not for you. However, it is a great opportunity for a non-LIANZA colleague or friend to join up, come to conference AND have their registration paid for, so please spread the word.

See the LIANZA website for more details:
http://www.lianza.org.nz/events/conference2009/Registration.html

LIANZA Discussion Document with Heather Lamond Ikaroa Regional Councillor

LIANZA Councillor for the Ikaroa Region, Heather Lamond, will be speaking about the recently-released discussion document on the reorganisation of the LIANZA Council at the:
Hastings Library
Wednesday 10 June at 6pm
Hastings Library.
Drinks and nibbles will be served from 5.30pm.

RSVP to: paulam@hdc.govt.nz

To read the discussion papers:
http://lianza.org.nz/news/newsroom/news1242008863.html

Welcome Back Diane Friis as our new Treasurer

Its with great pleasure we welcome Diane Friis back as our new Treasurer and Committee Member.

Revalidation of Professional Registration

How are we going with our revalidation Journals? If you would like any help you can ask via the IKAROA Blog or email Heather Lamond
Email: Heather Lamond - h.m.lamond@massey.ac.nz
Alternatively we could form RIG that is a Revalidation Interest Group. We could get together informally or formally.
Ideas feedback to: Kims@hdc.govt.nz

POSTING TO THE IKAROA BLOG

From Heather for those of you interesting in adding a post to the Ikaroa Blog

How to post to the blog
The easiest way to post to the blog is to send your post text to one of the following committee members:
Judi Kercher - j.y.kercher@massey.ac.nz
Jane Brooker - j.e.brooker@massey.ac.nz
Heather Lamond - h.m.lamond@massey.ac.nz
We will then place your post on the blog. Comments are open to all, you should not need to be logged in. Although anonymous comments will be fine, it is really nice to know who we're corresponding with :-)
http://ikaroalianza.blogspot.com/

LIANZA Conference 2009

The LIANZA 2009 Conference Committee invites the submission of abstracts for this year's conference at the Christchurch Convention Centre, October 12-14. Our theme this year is "he tangata, he tangata, he tangata", and we are looking for contributions that celebrate the importance of people, both within and outside our profession. The Conference will "Acknowledge the past, Embrace the present, and Advance the Future". In 2009 we are encouraging participation from all parts of our profession:debate, and contribute to our collective future.
Please visit the call for abstracts: http://www.lianza.org.nz/events/conference2009/abstracts.html for more detailsDeadline for abstract submission - 22 May 2009

Check out the Conference Blog
The 2009 Conference blog is chock full of interesting posts. This is your place to go for up to the minute information, and to get your thoughts out there!http://lianza2009.wordpress.com/

Facebook - Conference 2009 is also on Facebook – search for LIANZA Conference 2009 after signing up on http://www.facebook.com

LIANZA Governance Paper

Hi all Here are the links to these papers, one on LIANZA Governance, and one on LIANZA Institutional Membership http://www.lianza.org.nz/library/files/store_022/LIANZA_Governance_Proposal.pdf
http://www.lianza.org.nz/library/files/store_022/LIANZA_Institutional_Membership_Proposal.pdf
Each of the papers has a series of questions for you to consider and to which you may wish to contribute feedback. Lianza will be running a survey from the Monday 8th June to Tuesday 6th July using Survey Monkey and you will be sent the link to this survey on the 8th June. In the meantime Heather is planning for a series of meetings in the Region to discuss these proposals, so keep an eye out for the notices about the dates of meetings in your area.Once you have read the papers we would encourage you to attend your regional meeting for discussion and clarification of the proposals. We would appreciate any formal feedback you have on the proposals to be expressed using the survey to enable us to manage and analyse the responses.

Ikaroa Councillor Update

Hi all, As I have mentioned at various meetings, there is a discussion paper forthcoming around LIANZA's Governance structure (watch for it in the next couple of weeks). Councillors have been asked to attend meetings in their region to discuss the proposal and gather feedback. At this stage these meetings would need to be sometime between mid-May and the end of May. I am happy to come out to TIG-SIG and EastIn SIG for these meetings, and there will be a meeting in Palmerston North (details to follow). Those in Taranaki and Hawkes Bay, please give some thought to possible dates and venues for later in May and let me know.Also, the Remuneration Survey for 2008 was released sometime ago and I'd like to know if there is interest in having a presentation in Ikaroa on the Survey. Don't forget to register your interest for the Vince Collins Display Workshops, currently proposed for Palmerston North and New Plymouth. See the LIANZA website for details.
http://www.lianza.org.nz/news/newsroom/news1239828417.html
And check out the Ikaroa blog - http://ikaroalianza.blogspot.com/
Any questions? Please contact me.

Heather Lamond Ikaroa Councillor
Massey University Library, Te Putanga ki te Ao Matauranga
Private Bag 11054, Palmerston North 4442
T 64 6 350 5670 extn 7486
F 64 6 350 5645
h.m.lamond@massey.ac.nz
http://library.massey.ac.nz/

Ann Parker

We would like to express our deepest sympathy to Ann’s family and to the extended family as in this time of loss. Ann was a warm, friendly and charming woman who was always willing to go the extra mile. Ann was very knowledgeable and liked by all. She will be missed.We share the sadness on the loss of a colleague, a committee member and friend and we share your sadness at the loss of a wife and mother.
Kim Salamonson

Ikaroa Blog

Ikaroa blog address is:

http://www.ikaroalianza.blogspot.com/

Heather Lamond visit on Professional Registration.

Haether said she had a great time I had last night! Thanks to all the Hawkes Bay librarians for making me so welcome and engaging in the session. We had a good turnout of around 25 who came to hear about Professional registration and the revalidation process. A great time networking with other Librarians ina great atmosphere. Thanks to Sheryl & Her Team for all the help in Hosting this event, especially Sally.

Ikaroa Communique & coming events

Heather Lamond Ikaroa Councillor visit and Talk on Revaildation of Professional Registration

23 Librarians from Public Libraries and Academic Libraries attending the East-in-Sig visit by Ikaroa Regional Councillor (Our Region) and gave an enlightening talk on the revalidation process and the revalidation Journal. A brief guide to locating the Journal Template on the Lianza website and how to fill it out. The 11 BOKs or Body of Knowledge areas were discussed and then a brief discussion workshop on adding some of the activities we have been involved in recently were used as examples.

Points to remember:
*Documents training and development
*Focuses training and development efforts
*Helps assess what you learn.

Read requirements first – give yourself an hour to check out the great info on the LIANZA website at:http://www.lianza.org.nz
Focus on 11 Body of Knowledge elements

Requirements
1. 11 Body of Knowledge areas over 3 years
2. Cover 3/4 Domains of Prof Practice:
a) Currency of professional knowledge
b) Professional practice and responsibility
c) Communication and professional relationships
d0 Professional leadership
3. Assess each entry and reflect on it in your journal
4. Minimum 10 entries per annum

Steps
1. Start now
2. Download template http://www.lianza.org.nz/
3. Read Requirements
4. Start Journal - record daily or weekly the activities in you Journal
5. Check you are covering all areas
6. If know a bok area you have nothing in youcould read a journal article in the area concerned, summarize, reflect on how you can apply it.
7. Form a support Group. East-in-SIG and also Ikaroa and can use the Ikaroa Discussion board on the Ikaroa blog http://www.ikaroalianza.blogspot.com/

When submitting you revaildation you need to include:

*Revalidation Journal.

*Personal Statement summarizing your learning and where your at 1-2 pages.

*Signed stated from Manager / Supervisor that whats in your Journal is true and correct.

*Revalidation application form.

Revalidation

Hi All hows the new year going?
Have you started your journal yet for you revalidation?
At the end of the 3 year revalidation period, individuals seeking re-registration must forward their journal, together with:
a. a Journal Cover sheet - signed statement that information recorded in the journal is true and correct along with a brief self-assessment of their continuing professional development over the period, including any explanation for why the criteria above might not have been met, and
b. a Letter of Verification - signed statement from the applicant's employer (or another registered professional familiar with the applicant’s work and practice) verifying that the information recorded in the journal is to the best of their knowledge true and correct.

Revalidations will occur every three years
First revalidations from July 2010
Professional Development Activities to be entered into an online journal
Reviewed by peer or manager before journal is submitted to Registration Board

5. Organisation, retrieval, preservation and conservation of information

5.Organisation, retrieval, preservation, and conservation of information
Enable information access and use through application of systematic and user-centred description, categorisation, storage and retrieval.
Understand the principles of preservation and conservation, and when and how they are applied, including digital preservation.
Design systems which enable the storage, description and retrieval of information.

This can be achieved by:
Cataloguing; maintaining the databases; information files;
Accessing digital resources such as Time Frames, Papers Past, Matapihi etc.
Preserving and storing archival photographs manuscripts and other relevent material
digitising photographs, documents and other material.
Attending workshops, conferences etc will also count.