AUT Library Summer Conference

The way we work together

Welby Ings — 2019-04-03

What is real leadership?

The Audience Impact Model: and interpretation

Sanya Baker — 2019-04-01

This model, created by Adrian Kingston from Te Papa, is all about measuring the impact of GLAM sector activities beyond “big, dumb numbers”.

Energising the vā: Beyond the social

I'u Tuagalu — 2019-04-01

The Samoan concept vā is usually taken to mean social relatedness. This presentation shows that vā is more than its social dimensions, and as such might provide the Library with new ways of regarding its relations with its communities.

Stress, Resilience & Mindfulness

Savine Stander — 2019-03-29

N/A

Self-censorship in school libraries

Alex Bishop — 2019-04-01

What are school librarians’ attitudes and experiences around censorship and self-censorship (librarians censoring their own collection)? My research, carried out as part of my Open Polytechnic research paper, found that although librarians disagree with the idea of censorship, they nevertheless censor their collections in a variety of ways. The reasons, which relate mostly to age appropriateness and concerning violent or suicidal themes, raise many ethical questions for the profession. The need for training in this area was also emphasised by the participants, specifically ways in which to identify personal bias, and to ensure this is not driving selection decisions.

Summer stargazing

Ashna Sharan — 2019-04-01

Stargazing has been practised by all ancient civilizations and we are still mesmerized by it. Winter is great for stargazing with longer dark skies but there are many night sky features that can still be enjoyed in the Southern hemisphere, in summer, when temperatures are milder! Come and learn what to look for in the coming months when you look up into the night sky and when to watch for the year’s biggest supermoon and the five bright planets!

Chinese immigrant academic librarians’ experiences and perceptions of career advancement in New Zealand

Chris Hu — 2019-04-01

This study sets out to explore how Chinese immigrants who came to New Zealand with a distinctive cultural and language background working as academic librarians feel about their career advancement prosperity. The findings show that initially, the participants did not have much interest in the library field per se and that it was due to external factors that they ended up working for academic libraries. Four major reasons were identified as to why librarianship was not a popular first choice of profession: an unsatisfactory salary, a lack of marketing of library qualifications and jobs by academic libraries, stereotypical views of librarians, and a lack of understanding of the local culture among Chinese immigrants. However, most of the participants eventually develop certain intrinsic motivation for the profession while working. They also developed objective and subjective goals. In terms of challenges and advantages, the findings show that English proficiency and a lack of understanding of the local culture were the two major challenges facing Chinese immigrant librarians. On the other hand, being able to speak two languages was a major advantage for them. On the personal level, most of the participants believed that their open-mindedness to new technology was the major factor that helped them thrive, whereas having a lack of confidence and assertiveness were the major negative personal factors that they had. On the organizational level, most of the participants believed that their libraries treated them fairly and that they had an equal chance when it comes to promotion. Finally, the participants used various career advancement strategies to push forward their career such as self-promotion.

Factors influencing subject librarians’ promotion of open access scholarly resources

Donna Coventry — 2019-04-01

Open access promotes the dissemination of, and access to, academic research in the context of rising subscription costs and constrained academic library budgets. Despite its advantages, much ambiguity and misunderstanding surrounds librarians’ understandings of open access. My research, which explores the factors influencing New Zealand liaison librarian decisions to promote open access scholarly resources to library clients found a broad support for open access alongside evidence of caution and under-confidence around the promotion of it. With client engagement as a focus, this research demonstrates a significant need for academic librarians to undertake formal open access training.

Anti-bullying

Donna Jarvis — 2019-04-01

Bullying is a deliberate form of aggressive or threatening behaviour involving a power imbalance that leads to fear and anxiety, and causes short or long-term physical or psychological harm.

Painting as research

Esther Deans — 2019-03-29

Esther's poster is a visual representation of the thought processes and experimentation involved in her Masters in Visual Arts thesis. In this thesis, she is using paintings of built structures to explore the metaphor of a remnant. The images of these remnants or fragments spark ideas around time, memory, loss, and the gap between the known and the unknown.

Print Collections on display New Zealand/Māori/Pasifika Collection 2002-2017 and beyond

Philip Combs — 2019-03-29

From 2002 to 2017 AUT Library had a special purchasing relationship with Academic Book Company for New Zealand material especially Māori, Pasifika and publications from New Zealand University presses. Could these purchases form a collection for special display and what other areas of the print collection deserve to be brought to Library users’ attention now the future of the collection is largely electronic.

Lecturers’ acceptance of a new system

Iris Zhu — 2019-03-29

Are you overwhelmed by new technologies? What factors influence your acceptance of a new technology? Do you want to know whether AUT lecturers are also suffering the same issue? This research poster from an MIS 580 project explores what influences ours lecturers’ acceptance of the new library system – Talis.

An elevator pitch for librarians

Geraldine Hay — 2019-04-01

Is it a problem that outdated stereotypes continue to shape public perception of what librarians do? Geraldine thinks it is. In this session she will outline why she thinks this and how we might go about changing the situation.

Cut the crap: it's personal!

Rudy bin Mahli — 2019-03-29

Unfortunately, most of us know loved ones who suffer from chronic, and life-threatening diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, and stroke. Annually, billions of dollars are spent in order to discover a cure for such medical conditions. AUT postgraduate students have also contributed to this global crusade when their research, carried out as part of a thesis, uncovers findings that might be vital to the discovery of such cures.

By embargoing their theses, however, and thus not making these discoveries publicly available, our postgraduate students contradict the primary objective of helping to eradicate disease and serious illness. Embargoing theses at AUT, especially those researching chronic and life-threatening diseases, must be stopped, and we must make this a personal objective in our capacity as librarians.

Licence management for electronic resources

Judith Gust — 2019-03-29

A quick-fire look at the ERM (Electronic Resource Management) module on Sierra, with an emphasis on the license records for our electronic databases and e-journals. I will be explaining the work I do that justifies the ‘Licensing’ part of my new job title, showing how the license information is displayed, how it can be accessed by staff and students, and what it all means. The permissions and restrictions around use of our e-resources are displayed in the Catalogue and can be easily accessed but most people are not aware of this.

Libraries and linked data

Ina van der Merwe — 2019-03-29

With Linked Data, the rich source of libraries’ metadata can be moved into the semantic web environment where its discovery will be increased. In order to achieve this, the library world needs to find ways to replace the MARC standards, used for coding and exchanging bibliographic information. The Library of Congress took the lead when they launched the Bibframe initiative, then OCLC followed with Schema.org. In tandem, they are breaking down MARC fields and mapping them to Bibframe entities. Most of the Bibframe database is not yet ready for public use, although at least one vendor, Ex Libris Alma, has begun to incorporate Bibframe into their LMS. As a library community, we will have to work together to embrace these new challenges.

First, catch your rabbit: Getting students' attention and fostering deep learning with game-based systems

Elwyn Sheehan — 2019-03-29

“First, catch your rabbit,” is an apocryphal saying attributed to Mrs Beeton, the 19^th century cookery writer. It exists in the popular lexicon as a way to point out the often overlooked starting point in any project – for instance, before you cook your rabbit, you must catch it!

Similarly, when we are teaching information literacy to busy, distracted and sceptical students, we need to capture their attention and create a safe, playful space before they will be ready and able to learn deeply. How can we do this? Some Liaison Librarians have been experimenting with game-based learning tools, and in this session, I introduce two systems and explore their benefits to teaching and learning from my own experience.

Patron driven acquisition of ebooks @AUT

Sean Thompson — 2019-03-29

The ProQuest PDA programme has significantly improved the range and currency of ebooks offered by AUT Library, but does not natively integrate with the Sierra system. A number of challenges needed addressing to enable synchronisation of the PDA profile with the library catalogue. This presentation briefly outlines the issues faced and solutions implemented in the cataloguing of the ProQuest PDA ebook collection.

A Summer of Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration

Rida Malik — 2019-03-29

The ‘Summer of Sharing’ programme was a collaborative idea of the Client Library Services Team. All the Library Engagement Advisors across the campuses belong in one team but we hardly get an opportunity for knowledge sharing and working together. As a result, the ‘Summer of Sharing’ programme was developed to give the LEAs an opportunity to share our knowledge and utilise our skills during the Summer break when the hours are condensed and everyone is available around the same time.