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2008 LIANZA Professional Awards Announced

8 September 2008

LIANZA is pleased to announce the names of members who have been honoured with professional awards this year.

The following awards will be presented at the LIANZA Conference in Auckland, 2- 5 November and photos and citations are available on the LIANZA website

Fellowships

The Fellowship (FLIANZA) is an honorary award by peer nomination and is the highest professional award within the New Zealand library and information profession. Six Fellowships have been awarded in 2008:

Rosalie Blake
Alan Edwards
Alison Fields
Beverly Fletcher
Geraldine Howell
Michaela O'Donovan

Associateships

The Associateship (ALIANZA) is the highest professional attainment a member of the profession can attain by application. In 2008, 17 Associateships have also been awarded to the following people:

Louise Booth
Marleene Boyd
Helen Brownlie
Megan Clark
Julie Anne Farquharson
Elizabeth Finnie
Sheila Ford
Bernard Hawke
Mark Hughes
Craig Murray
Samantha Searle
Cherie Shum
Andrea Simonsen
Kim Taunga
Janet Upton
Margaret Walker
Kris Wehipeihana

LIANZA Award of Merit - Management

Hilary Rendell, Library Manager, Ministry of Education Library is the recipient of this award for Merit in Management for her outstanding leadership during a period of transformation.

Hilary has met the criteria for leadership, excellent management skills, customer communications and relations, and significant improvement of the library service. Specifically Hilary is acknowledged for:

• Transformation of the Ministry of Education's library services, including the bringing together of a number of separate libraries into a cohesive service
• Her collaborative contributions to EdLib, a forum for those involved in special library services in education
• Her strategic positioning of library and information services within the Ministry of Education and more widely.

LIANZA Award of Merit - Marketing

The Award of Merit in Marketing is made to Anne Thompson, Mercine Davidson and Chelsea Hughes, National Library of New Zealand for the "Be heard, forever" campaign.

This innovative approach to marketing the new legal requirement for music publishers to submit their music for legal deposit, met the criteria for building public awareness of the organisation, which had a direct impact on a designated customer group.

The campaign used a variety of ways to reach New Zealand musicians, including the creation of a MySpace profile, taking their message to where the musicians lived online, and thus building knowledge, awareness and the collection of music, hard to locate through normal channels.

Joint Letter of Recognition for Bicultural Development within New Zealand, Aotearoa

The inaugural letter of recognition is made for the Maori Subject Headings project for its contribution over a lengthy period of time to bicultural services, and specifically to providing a structured path to subjects that Maori and non-Maori customers can relate to and use to find material in libraries.

Nga Upoku Tukutuku Maori Subject Headings was a collaborative venture involving Te Ropu Whakahau, LIANZA, the National Library of New Zealand. The award is made to the following people:

MSH Steering Committee: Glenn Taitoko, Jenny Barnett, Lisa Tocker, Kitty Murray, Alison Elliott, Anne Anderson

MSH Project Team: Whina Te Whiu, Rangiiria Hedley, Ann Rewiti, Robyn East, Judy Keats