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  1. Social libraries: How New Zealand libraries are using social media to engage their communities

    Posted by: Megan Button | Posted on: 17 Jun 13

    Social media is the hottest buzzword in libraries and other organizations - it seems like the best thing since sliced bread! But implementing social media is an on-going process, filled with challenges and successes. It’s important both to have a personable and engaging voice/brand in social media backed up with a sound social media policy or plan.

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  2. Goodbye & Goodluck Sineád

    Posted by: Megan Button | Posted on: 31 May 13

    Our fantastic Website & Awards Administrator Sineád Eyre leaves us today. Sineád has been with LIANZA since November 2011 and has been a great asset to the office. She has been responsible for managing the LIANZA Awards, Library Life, daily updates to the LIANZA website and supporting the office.

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  3. Vice President of OCLC Research to address LIANZA Conference 2013

    Posted by: Megan Button | Posted on: 31 May 13

    Lorcan DempseyLIANZA and the National Library of New Zealand are thrilled to announce Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President of OCLC Research and Chief Strategist, as a keynote speaker for the 2013 LIANZA Conference in Hamilton in October.

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  4. Budget cuts put pressure on libraries, communities

    Posted by: Megan Button | Posted on: 31 May 13

    LIANZA is challenging local authorities to think about the long-term future of their communities before cutting library budgets.

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  5. Christine Busby new Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui Regional Councillor.

    Posted by: Megan Button | Posted on: 24 May 13

    Image of Christine BusbyFollowing an election in the Te Upoko o te Ika Maui region, Christine Busby has been elected as Regional Councillor 2013-2015.

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  6. ‘Big Guns’ of New Zealand publishing well represented in the 2013 LIANZA Children’s Book Award Finalists

    Posted by: Megan Button | Posted on: 24 May 13

    Awarded by Librarians for outstanding children’s literature in New Zealand, the LIANZA Awards are for excellence in junior fiction, young adult fiction, illustration, non-fiction and te reo Māori.

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  7. LIANZA Children's Book Awards on Facebook

    Posted by: Megan Button | Posted on: 21 May 13

    The LIANZA Children's Book Awards celebrate excellence in children's books in New Zealand and we now have a Facebook page to keep you updated with news and information about the awards, authors, illustrators and publishers.

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  8. Voting for the Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui Councillor has now closed

    Posted by: Megan Button | Posted on: 20 May 13

    image of Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui logoThe ballot for the Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui Regional Councillor Election for 2013-14 closed on Friday 17th May and votes are now being tallied.

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  9. News From The VUW School Of Information Management May 2013

    Posted by: Sinead Eyre | Posted on: 17 May 13

    Academic Review of the Information Studies Programme

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  10. Call for Expressions of Interest for the LIANZA Rules Committee

    Posted by: Megan Button | Posted on: 17 May 13

    Background

    LIANZA, as a membership association, is governed by a set of ‘Rules’ (sometimes referred to as a constitution) http://www.lianza.org.nz/about-us/lianza-rules. Any changes to the Association have to be allowable within the ‘Rules’.

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