LIANZA Bicultural Plan

New Zealand Library and Information Association: Te Rau Herenga o Aotearoa Bicultural Plan 1998/99

LIANZA has outlined 24 objectives, and listed the people responsible and the actions that are to be undertaken in order to fulfil the requirements of our bicultural plan.

Objective #1

To strengthen the partnership relationship between the LIANZA and Te Rōpū Whakahau (TRW) through an annual review and ratification of the partnership agreement.

Responsibility: LIANZA President, TRW President, LIANZA Vice President, TRW Councillor, Past President.

Actions:

• To develop a formal process for the ongoing annual review and ratification of the partnership agreement by June 1998.
  

• Partnership Agreement to be ratified at the LIANZA conference in Dunedin in October 1998.
  
  

Objective #2

To develop an annual bicultural development plan as part of the strategic and business planning process.

Responsibility: LIANZA President and Vice President, TRW President, LIANZA Council

Actions:

• To develop a formal process for the development of future annual bicultural plans (perhaps in tandem with the partnership agreement as above) by June 1998.
  
  

Objective #3

To promote the library and information profession to Māoridom through links with appropriate Māori groups and agencies.

Responsibility: Biculturalism Portfolio: TRW President and Councillor.

Actions:

• Compile a list of relevant groups by April 1998.
  
• To ensure that copies of Te Ara Tika Guiding Voices are distributed to appropriate Māori groups by May 1998.
  
• To develop a Māori liaison strategy by September 1998.
  
  

Objective #4

To establish alliances and lobby appropriate groups regarding the provision of information services to Māori.

Responsibility: Policy Portfolio, TRW President and Councillor.

Actions:

• Identify at least three key relevant agencies and initiate contact by September 1998 e.g. Te Puni Kokiri, National Library of NZ, Māori Education Commission, with a view to inviting any appropriate liaison in future.
  
  

Objective #5

To develop a bicultural responsiveness audit package for use by LIANZA bodies (which may also be applicable to libraries).

Responsibility: TRW President and Councillor.

Possible Actions:

• Develop audit criteria by seeking out existing models. Possible starting points: Te Puni Kokiri, Lotteries Commission.
  
• Report on progress by June 1998.
  
  

Objective #6

To clarify the role of Kaumatua in the LIANZA and TRW.

Responsibility: LIANZA President, Vice President and TRW Councillor.

Actions:

• TRW paper already presented to June 1997 meeting of LIANZA Council
  
• LIANZA to endorse recommendations, to be incorporated in the Conference Handbook and circulated as guidelines to Regions.
  
  

Objective #7

To develop a career promotion plan for Māori.

Responsibility: TRW President, LIANZA Vice President, Marketing Portfolio.

Actions:

• That the current general library recruitment brochure be rewritten, designed and published to reflect a stronger bicultural appeal, to be distributed as part of the membership campaign from June 1998.
  
• That the Māori library recruitment brochure also be redesigned, reprinted and distributed as part of the membership campaign.
  
  

Objective #8

To strengthen current Māori promotional activities such as the NZ Libraries Māori Language Competition and the He Kura Pounamu Award.

Responsibility: Immediate Past President, Awards and Appointments Committee.

Actions:

• Report on review of existing Māori awards and competitions by June 1998.
  
  

Objective #9

To develop promotional strategies for NZ Library Week and Māori Language Week which enhance the LIANZA's bicultural image.

Responsibility: Marketing Portfolio, TRW President.

Actions:

• Report on progress by September 1998.
  
  

Objective #10

To confirm Council responsibility for Bicultural development within allocation of portfolios 1998/99.

Responsibility: LIANZA President and Immediate Past President.

Actions:

• Outline Council portfolio structure and possible allocations by June 1998.
  
  

Objective #11

To encourage members of the library and information profession to actively seek and undertake relevant training to increase Māori language competence, bicultural development, Māori responsiveness and career development for Māori staff.

Responsibility: President, Vice President, Bicultural SIG convener, TRW President and Councillor.

Actions:

• Meet with BIC SIG to consider development of a manageable range of initiatives to be implemented 1999 and report by December 1998.
  
  

Objective #12

To provide bicultural training opportunities for LIANZA Executive Council members and office staff.

Responsibility: LIANZA President, LIANZA Vice President.

Actions:

• Investigate and review options with a view to implementing training early in the year for the new Council and all office staff.
  
  

Objective #13

To formalise Bicultural expectations of the annual LIANZA conference.

Responsibility: Conference Portfolio, TRW Councillor.

Actions:

• To be completed by June 1998 and integrate as appropriate into the conference planning handbook.
  
  

Objective #14

To review all publications of the LIANZA to ensure bicultural input in future editions.

Responsibility: Marketing Committee

Actions:

• To be included as part of the publications review initiated April 1998.
  
  

Objective #15

To modify LIANZA promotional literature and merchandise as appropriate to promote a bicultural image.

Responsibility: Marketing Committee, TRW President.

Action:

• Incorporate as part of the redesign of all LIANZA promotional material, to be completed before the October Conference 1998.
  
  

Objective #16

To promote a Bicultural image in the LIANZA office.

Responsibility: Office Management Committee, LIANZA Office Manager.

Action:

• Develop strategies and report on progress following bicultural training early 1998/99.
  
  

Objectives #17

• To formalise "Pikitanga" as a regular supplement of Library Life and circulate additional issues to relevant Māori agencies.
  
• To ensure that there is bicultural content in every issue of Library Life to a high editorial standard and that at least one issue a year of "Pikitanga" is produced completely in Te Reo Māori.
  
• That the editorial standards of Library Life be modified to ensure that there is bicultural content in every issue, that macrons are used consistently and that Māori words and names are correctly spelt.
  

Responsibility: Marketing Portfolio, TRW President, LL Editor.

Actions:

• Report on progress by September 1998
  

Objective #18

To ensure that the LIANZA Website incorporates more Te Reo Māori and develops a more Bicultural appearance.

Responsibility: LIANZA Marketing Committee, LIANZA President/Immediate Past President.

Actions:

• Inclusions of partnership agreement on the Website in both Māori and English, as part of the upgrade of the Website.
  
• Date for completion dependent on availability of funds. Progress to be reported June 1998.
  
  

Objective #19

To ensure that Bicultural perspectives have been considered in LIANZA submissions.

Responsibility:  LIANZA President, Policy Portfolio.

Actions:

• Write and implement a policy to ensure TRW and BIC SIG are consulted whenever an LIANZA submission is being considered by July 1998.
  
  

Objective #20

To ensure that LIANZA press releases are sent to Māori media agencies.

Responsibility: Office Management Committee and LIANZA Office Manager.

Actions:

• Obtain and maintain a list of Māori media agencies by April 1998 and ensure all press releases are sent to them on an ongoing basis.
  
  

Objective #21

To encourage the development of appropriate finding aids to Māori subject and language heritage material, and the adoption of Māori subject headings.

Responsibility: BIC SIG (Danae Etches) and (Theresa Graham), TRW President and Councillor, Preservation SIG, CAT SIG.

Actions:

• Approach the conveners to the BIC SIG and CAT SIG to discuss ways in which we can all work together to address this issue. An action date for development of a strategy is to be decided.
  
• Encourage the sharing of current Māori/Bicultural findings aids at annual LIANZA conferences.

Notes

• Te Rāpā Whakahau to make their conference stand available to display demonstration and giveaway copies of finding aids.
  
• Possible suggestions for the strategy may include the creation and maintenance of a Māori finding aids register and the publication of a third edition of Te hikoi marama.
  
• BIC SIG and Preservation SIG have initiated discussion and will support CAT SIG who are preparing for a national forum on Māori subject headings.
  
  

Objective #22

To assist the National Library of New Zealand to promote the development and use of He Puna Kupu Māori, the Māori Subject Headings Thesaurus.

Responsibility: Biculturalism Portfolio: Barbara McKerrow

Actions:

• Maintain discussion of this issue through the National Library's Consultative Committee.
  
• Review progress by June 1999.

Objective #23

To consider the development of protocols to guide the sensitive use of library technology in relation to Māori information resources.

Responsibility: Policy Portfolio, TRW representative.

Actions:

• Establish a working party by October 1998.
  
• Working party to conclude by June 1999.
  
• Outcome of working party to be publicised by August 1999.

Notes:

• Suggested members of working party: Chris Szekely, Alastair Smith, Coralie Campbell, Sue Cooper.
  
• Possible strategies for the working party: call for submissions from library community and Māori community, conduct a literature review, direct liaison with key stakeholders, look for overseas models.
  
• Possible outcome of working party: the publication of protocols in New Zealand libraries and or as an LIANZA document, or the publication of the working party's report, or the publication of a discussion document.
  
  

Objective #24

To encourage the inclusion of greater Bicultural content in both the MLIS Course and the Open Polytechnic Course.

Responsibility: TRW President and Councillor, LIANZA representative.

Actions:

• LIANZA to work in partnership with TRW.
  
• Progress report by March 1999.