We interview LIS professionals – finding out how they got to where they are, what its like working where they work and any advice they have for students or new professionals.
Meet Pani Christie and the Wainuiomata Neighbourhood Hub and Library team, discovering what makes them love coming to work every day. The hub is part of the nine Hutt City Libraries and is situated in the heart of Wainuiomata, near the community centre and other community services. Pani’s love of libraries started in 2013 while […]
Erin Cairney is the Knowledge and Information Manager at MinterEllisonRuddWatts and the New Zealand Law Librarians Association president. Erin talked to LIANZA’s Angie Cairncross about being a law library and information specialist. Erin has worked in law libraries for over 20 years and studied through the Open Polytechnic, completing her Bachelor of Applied Science Information […]
Trish Wilson is Te Paetara, University Librarian at Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington. She tells us about her library career. I grew up in Geraldine, which is a small town in South Canterbury, with family connections going back six generations. The beauty of living here was having many relatives around, and with only […]
Ko Maungataniwha te maunga Ko Tapapa te awa Ko Hokianga te moana Ko Ngātokimatawhauroa te waka Ko Ngāpuhi te iwi Ko Te Uri Mahoe te hapū Ko Mangamuka te marae Ko Otene te whānau I am Claudine Crabtree (Ngāpuhi and Tangata Tiriti). I am married to Nick, and we have two boys, Sam, 19 and […]
I have a Bachelor of Information Technology from Whanganui UCOL, now Te Pūkenga, and a Master of Information Studies (MIS) from Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. I am currently studying for a PhD in Māori Studies through Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University and my doctoral research explores the revitalisation of the Māori […]
Kia ora koutou and Dajia Hao. I am Xiaolu (Ivy) Guo. If I must allocate three keywords to describe myself, these are librarian, Chinese, and Wellington. I grew up in a coastal city in North-East China – Huludao. I was an odd kid growing up and left school as soon as I was allowed. I […]
Kat Cuttriss is the University Librarian at the University of Canterbury Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha. She started this new position in January after transitioning from her previous role at Massey University. With a diverse career in libraries that spans public, business and tertiary libraries, Kat brings a wealth of experience to her new role. […]
Gay Richards is the information specialist at the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse, the national centre for family, whānau and sexual violence research and information, based at the University of Auckland. Tell us about your background I was born in Auckland, where I live now. I’m Pākēhā with English and Scottish roots and family connections […]
Shiobhan Smith is the Associate University Librarian for Customer Experience at the University of Otago, and we feature her career in this issue of Library Life Te Rau Ora. Tell us a bit about yourself Kia ora, Dia ghuit. I am a proud Ōtepoti girl, born in Mosgiel on the Taieri plains. As my Gaelic […]
Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai tātou. With your basket and my basket we will sustain. Anahera was born and bred in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland in the rohe of Ōrakeiiriora, on the whenua of Takaparawhau, also called Bastion Point. She livedin Mangere and Mahurangi West moving as her whānau got bigger, and […]