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Services News Libraries and Learning Services News home Cultural Collections Libraries and Learning Services Select Page News home Cultural Collections Libraries and Learning Services Levels 1 and M are open! Feb 23, 2024 By Libraries and Learning Services We’re excited to announce that Te Herenga Mātauranga Whānui | General Library Levels 1 and M are open! With plenty of group and casual seating, group study spaces, multipurpose teaching space and a brand-new Accessible Lounge, the refurbished spaces provide great new Library study options. Read more… Feb 23, 2024 Libraries and Learning Services Broken links in your reading list? May 13, 2024 By Libraries and Learning Services The Library works hard to keep all the links in your Course Reading List working for you, but links are often updated, altered, or publicly removed without us knowing! This can affect all types of online resources in your reading list. If you find a broken link in your reading list, there are some things you can try that may fix the problem. Read more… May 13, 2024 Libraries and Learning Services 0 Comments ResBaz Aotearoa is coming soon! 8-12 July 2024 May 8, 2024 By Libraries and Learning Services Calling researchers of all levels! Develop fundamental digital literacy and online research skills at ResBaz Aotearoa 2024, a week-long online event. Read more… May 8, 2024 Libraries and Learning Services 0 Comments Rotuman Language Week 2024 May 5, 2024 By Libraries and Learning Services Rotuman (Fäeag Rotųam) Language Week 2024 takes place from Sunday 12 May to Saturday 18 May. The theme for Gasav Ne Fäeag Rotuạm Ta – Rotuman Language Week 2024 is Vetḁkia ‘os Fäega ma Ag fak hanua – Sustaining our Language and Culture. Read more… May 5, 2024 Libraries and Learning Services 0 Comments Welcome to the Junior Collection Apr 3, 2024 By Libraries and Learning Services We’re excited to announce that the Junior Collections are now in their final homes on Levels 1 and M. This material has a curriculum focus to support junior and young adult classroom teaching practice. Read more… Apr 3, 2024 Libraries and Learning Services 0 Comments We’re upgrading the Library website! Mar 21, 2024 By Libraries and Learning Services The Library website is getting a much-neededRead more… Dec 20, 2023 Libraries and Learning Services Books for every season Dec 12, 2023 By Libraries and Learning Services At this time of year, many people are scouring bookshops for the perfect present for family and friends. In Special Collections, we scoured the shelves to see what books had been given for Christmases and New Years’ past. Here’s a selection. Read more… Dec 12, 2023 Libraries and Learning Services Preserving recorded heritage Dec 1, 2023 By Libraries and Learning Services Care for items in an archive is more than just ensuring there is a secure room and a shelf to sit on. The environmental conditions must be appropriate; handling should be done with care, and material needs to be findable—all elements to ensure those archives will be safe and assessable into the future. Read more… Dec 1, 2023 Libraries and Learning Services Good things come in threes Nov 14, 2023 By Libraries and Learning Services Special Collections is thrilled to have Colin McCahon’s 1959 painting Landscape through a Victorian window on display in the Reading Room. Read more… Nov 14, 2023 Libraries and Learning Services Our subject guides have changed! Nov 10, 2023 By Libraries and Learning Services We have updated our subject guides to better help you find the information you need. Read more… Nov 10, 2023 Libraries and Learning Services There’s a world of resources waiting for you Nov 1, 2023 By Libraries and Learning Services The Te Tumu Herenga | Libraries and Learning Services interloan system, Rapido, aims to provide seamless, simplified access to available collections and resources from other libraries and institutions around the world. How do I search for items? Simply search the Read more… Nov 1, 2023 Libraries and Learning Services Farewell Sylvia Ashton-Warner Library at Epsom Oct 25, 2023 By Libraries and Learning Services The Sylvia Ashton-Warner Library, at Epsom, is closing its doors for the last time on Monday 13 November 2023. Services and collections are transferring to the General Library at the City Campus. Read more… Oct 25, 2023 Libraries and Learning Services University of Auckland 140 years: Shelf life Oct 18, 2023 By Libraries and Learning Services This imagined day in the life of the library, written for the University’s 140th anniversary this year, is based on sources mainly in Special Collections. Read more… Oct 18, 2023 Libraries and Learning Services Remember and reflect: The Declaration of Independence and the National Day of Commemoration for the New Zealand Wars Oct 18, 2023 By Libraries and Learning Services 28 October 2022 marks the anniversary of the signing of He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tirene: the Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand in 1835. Te Pūtake o te Riri, He Rā Maumahara, or the National Day of Commemoration for the New Zealand Wars, is commemorated on the same date. Read more… Oct 18, 2023 Libraries and Learning Services Open Access Week 24-27 October 2023: What’s on? Oct 9, 2023 By Libraries and Learning Services Open Access Week is a global programme that occurs annually at the end of October. This year’s theme is Community Over Commercialisation and the week will run from 24-27 October. Read more about Open Access Week. Read more… Oct 9, 2023 Libraries and Learning Services The Sylvia Ashton-Warner Library at Epsom is closed Sep 28, 2023 By Libraries and Learning Services As part of the wider closure of the Epsom Campus, the Sylvia Ashton-Warner Library at Epsom is closed from Tuesday 14 November 2023. Get key information about how this will affect your Library and Student Hubs services. Read more… Sep 28, 2023 Libraries and Learning Services Vaiaso o te ‘Gana Tuvalu -Tuvalu Language Week 2023 Sep 27, 2023 By Libraries and Learning Services Fakatalofa atu – welcome to Vaiaso o te ‘Gana Tuvalu -Tuvalu Language Week, which includes Tuvalu Independence Day on 1 October. This year’s theme is fakatumau kae fakaakoi tau ‘gana ke mautu a iloga o ‘ta tuā – preserve and embrace your language to safeguard our heritage identities. Read more… Sep 27, 2023 Libraries and Learning Services Drawing lessons from Rewi Thompson Sep 26, 2023 By Libraries and Learning Services The work of Rewi Thompson (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa) and his legacy as a teacher and indigenous architect of international renown is explored in the new book ‘Rewi: Āta haere, kia tere’. Read more… Sep 26, 2023 Libraries and Learning Services Mental Health Awareness Week Sep 13, 2023 By Libraries and Learning Services In 2023, Mental Health Awareness Week will take place from 18-24 September. This year’s theme is Five Ways, Five Days, with the Mental Health Foundation providing a set of proven tools to boost our mental health when we need it. Read more… Sep 13, 2023 Libraries and Learning Services Te Wiki o te reo Māori 2023 Sep 7, 2023 By Libraries and Learning Services He mihi tēnei ki a koutou katoa i runga i Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. Haere mai ki Te Tumu Herenga ki te whakanui i tō tātou reo rangatira. Nō reira, kia kaha te reo Māori. Read more… Sep 7, 2023 Libraries and Learning Services Finding a world of Māori and Pacific sound Sep 4, 2023 By Libraries and Learning Services The Archive of Māori and Pacific Sound (AMPS) has been around for a long time, gathering and caring for recordings from all around Aotearoa and throughout the span of the Pacific, and providing access to those recordings to communities and researchers. Read more… Sep 4, 2023 Libraries and Learning Services Track the impact of your research with metrics Sep 1, 2023 By Libraries and Learning Services Research metrics tools help you as a researcher to quantify and assess the quality of your research impact, publications...