Nethui. You should have been there. No really, you should have.

Webstock used to be my no-miss conference until this week. It’s like a combined rock festival and party for geeks – the learning and fun are intense and amazing. If Webstock was a keyword it would be “awesome”. Nethui was not a rock festival, and less of a party in terms of headiness. Yes, there were [...]

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A Merger, A Response, Deep Thought And A Response

Last week Jim Traue had this opinion piece published in the Otago Daily Times about the merger, I mean integration, of The national Library, New Zealand Archives and the Department of Internal affairs.  When I read it I had a curmudgeonly response, mostly because the article got me angry. It wasn’t a full response and [...]

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Jim Traue On That Merger

Sigh. Jim Traue weighs in on THAT merger.  There are a number of aspects of his opinion piece that I can agree with, and there are a number of aspects of that I disagree with. I am however finding it difficult to formulate a proper response, because it has got me angry. Why am I [...]

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Merger? No Integration!

The process by which Archives New Zealand and The National Library are subsumed into the Department of Internal Affairs continues at full pace, with the release of the Integration Plan.  You sometimes have to quietly appreciate management speak. Calling the process an integration seems less ominous than a merger. Maybe there is less baggage with [...]

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Details, Details, It’s All In The Details

Yesterday the government made it’s announcement of the various proposed restructurings that were rumoured last week, including the merging of National Library and Archives into the Department of Internal Affairs. Like most Government documents the “Cabinet Paper” detailing the rational and the proposed actions is a longish, dry paper, full of management and political speak. [...]

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Merging The National Library of New Zealand and Archives New Zealand Within the Department of Internal Affairs?

It was announced, or was it rumoured but not denied, earlier on in the week that the National Library and Archives New Zealand were possibly to be taken into the Department of Internal Affairs, and not have there own stand alone agencies. I have been waiting for more details to come out on this, but [...]

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