October 2010
27 posts
TWIL #25: Augmented Reality – Layar →
Oct 30th
From small beginnings … →
Oct 28th
100 years of NZ libraries / Good Morning [video] →
To celebrate 100 years of the New Zealand Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA), author and historian Julia Millen has traced the organisation from its inception in 1910 in Dunedin to the present day.
Oct 27th
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100 years of NZ libraries / Good Morning [video] →
To celebrate 100 years of the New Zealand Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA), author and historian Julia Millen has traced the organisation from its inception in 1910 in Dunedin to the present day.
Oct 27th
Did you know that the first National Librarian was... →
Oct 27th
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At the edge →
Oct 27th
20 Heroic Librarians who Save the World →
Oct 23rd
65 notes
1 tag
Biodiversity Projects database →
This is a national catalogue of biodiversity inventory and monitoring projects, administered by the Department of Conservation. It includes projects managed by various organisations, institutions and the community, not just DOC projects.
Oct 21st
Buck House - NZ's first sitcom had a flat name →
“Famous for being New Zealand television’s first sitcom, Buck House centred on the antics of a group of uni students sharing a flat in Wellington.” I had an email correspondance with Roger Hall a year or so ago about the inspiration for the name. He said it was a reference to Buckingham Palace, being Buck House of course, meant it was a bit of a piss take, being a run down...
Oct 20th
Competition for flats heats up in Dunedin / ODT →
Oct 20th
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Oct 19th
15 notes
Carol Tenopir’s swan song →
Oct 17th
TWIL #24: Europeana Open Culture Conference →
Oct 16th
Check out the centennial conference venue →
Oct 15th
Programme changes →
Oct 13th
Rhythm In Your Shoes - Contact Us - Childrens and... →
Oct 12th
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Guidelines for Identifying and Preventing Fire... →
Oct 12th
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Libraries, books, architects and architecture
The latest issue of Architecture NZ  (5, 2010) has a couple of articles of particular interest to library folk, and to architects! The first, “Library Life”, (pp 59-65) is an article about three New Zealand libraries, “three institutions demonstrate new thinking about a venerable building type.” These being Massey University Library, Albany; National Library Auckland...
Oct 12th
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Down to the Wire: The story of New Zealand's... →
Oct 11th
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“Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.”
– Oscar Wilde
Oct 11th
Diagnosis: Symptoms and Diagnosis of Blood... →
Oct 9th
TWIL #23: Media Literacy (Cathy Spierenburg and... →
Oct 8th
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Some scary reading - Alpine Fault risk of... →
Oct 6th
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Oct 6th
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Project sheds new light on quake damage →
Oct 3rd
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Ken Ring's earthquake blog →
Oct 3rd
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Map of earthquake stories, and damage →
Add your story to the crowd sourcing project by following this link.
Oct 3rd
September 2010
37 posts
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City Care visit →
I’m off to CIty Care shortly with a couple of colleagues to check out how they run their KM and IM.
Sep 30th
3 tags
Beyond excited
I received an invitation in the post to attend a sneak preview of the Ron Mueck exhibition at 1pm today. Christchurch City Art Gallery
Sep 30th
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New Zealand Acts As Enacted →
“This database contains the New Zealand Acts 1841-2007 As-Enacted Collection. It has been provided by the Parliamentary Counsel Office and is a database of New Zealand Acts from 1841 to 2007 as originally enacted. The Acts, which are in PDF format, do not include any later amendments or show whether they have been repealed. For current legislation and enacted legislation and repealed...
Sep 30th