An End To An Era: Penny Carnaby Stepping Down As National Librarian And Chief Executive Of The National Library

Coming through the email inbox today was an email from Penny Carnaby to the NZ-Libs list informing us that she is stepping down as National Librarian and Chief Executive of the National Library. I would just like to send out a thank you to Penny, as she has been a tireless advocate for libraries over [...]

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Its The Great Kiwi Mix And Mash Competition

DigitalNZ, part of The National Library of New Zealand, are part of those bring this exciting competition! It’s on now, so have a go! The Great Kiwi Mix And Mash! Great Prizes: Cash, prizes, and glory, including the $10,000 award for the supreme mashup (thanks to InternetNZ), the $5,000 award for an outstanding mashup (thanks [...]

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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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Penny Carnaby On The Proposed Merger of The National Library and Archives

In case you missed it, here is an open letter Penny Carnaby has sent around regarding the proposed merger of the National Library and Archives into the Department of Internal Affairs. Open letter to the library sector from Penny Carnaby, National Librarian Kia ora colleagues I thought it useful if I updated everyone on the recent [...]

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New Zealand Web Harvest 2010

The good people at the National Library are conducting another Web Harvest. It is good to see that they learnt from the last one, and this time have a comprehensive policy for dealing with robots.txt rules. If you have a site that doesn’t fall under the .nz pre-selection criteria don’t forget to nominate it. New [...]

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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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Happy New Year Library Land

It’s New Years Day, the sun is shining, everyone’s on holiday, and nobodies hanging around here or reading library related stuff. Except for those poor people who are working over the break. For those who need something of a library fix you could reading the following: National Library Customer Survey Results The National Library of [...]

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