Musings of an Academic Librarian

I wrote this as part of my application for my professional registration in 2018. Understanding and applying BOK's (Bodies of Knowledge) for my professional registration application from 2018 BOK 1 With the growth of the Internet, an increasing number of resources such as journal articles have become available online.    This raises issues for libraries and their users around copyright.      In response to queries from lecturers at New Zealand Tertiary College (NZTC) about using copyright material, I consulted copyright experts in the library field.  In some instances, I asked publishers whether the college could use their journal articles in course readings. Read Tony Millett’s guide and read the conditions of the college’s CLNZ license and discussed it with the General Manager.  Drew up copyright guidelines for NZTC staff and circulated them.  Made a copyright Q and A with questions staff have asked and uploaded it t...

The following are various projects and ideas I had for the library that never took off, for one reason or another. GOBI (collection development tool) Met an EBSCO rep about this.  It sounded great but didn't seem like the library was big enough to need it.  And it would mean not needing Academy Books anymore as a supplier and they have always looked after us well. Library Link app Spent a lot of time getting the app up and running on my phone and changing the settings so it was suitable for the students to use.  It would have made it easier for students to keep track of when their books were due and do renewals. Spine label printer Lookeded at pricing for these - very expensive.  I would have argued for one when I started the job but didn't think about it till later and now that I've redone so many labels by hand (and quite neatly too), there seemed to point in asking for one. EBSCO Discovery Service (all inclusive search solution) Talked to ...

I wrote this in April 2019 for an NZQA monitor who was visitng us to read.  It  describes quite well what I do. NZTC Library Support for Students and Staff NZTC Library provides information resources and support services to all students as well as academic staff.   Another objective of the library is to advance scholarship by ensuring the collection remains current and by providing access to the best available resources. General student support The library supports the learning needs of students by: ·          Providing library tours and orientations ·          Delivering tutorials on using NZTC Library, research databases and eBooks ·          Maintaining online guides to using the resources and library services ·          Helping students to conduct effective searches in EBSCO · ...