Events

3 May

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

LIANZA & NLNZ host Paul Whitney

The National Library of New Zealand and LIANZA will co-host an event for librarians in the Wellington region on Friday 3 May with special guest speake...

6 May

ALCTS web course: Fundamentals of Acquisitions

May 6-31, 2013This four-week online course is a basic primer for library acquisitions concepts common to all library materials formats.It covers:Goals...

ALA Editions four-week eCourse: Breakthrough Branding for your Library

A four-week eCourse beginning 6 May 2013...

ALA Editions 4-week e-course: Rethinking Library Instruction: Libraries as Social Learning Centres

A 4-week e-course beginning 6 May 2013...

8 May

ALA Editions 3-part e-workshop: Hiring, Training and Supervising Shelvers

A 3-part e-workshop on Wednesday 8, 15, 22 May 2013, 11am (Pacific)...

Webinar: Programmatic Changes to the LC/NACO Authority File for RDA

Date and Time: 8 May, 11:00am -12:00 p.m. Pacific Time...

9 May

FREE Video Broadcasts From American Libraries - Library Learning Goes Online

FREE video broadcasts from American Libraries on today’s library issues and trendsAL Live, is a new free streaming video broadcast from American Lib...

7:30 am - 8:30 am

Print on demand – where do libraries fit in?

New technologies and an increase in the uptake of "print on demand" or "publish on demand" present new challenges and new opportunities. But is POD pa...

9:00 am - 3:30 pm

Information Paraprofessionals' and Library Assistants' Day

What: The day consists of a variety of topics from the very new (ebooks) to the old (archives)....

American Libraries Live: Library Learning goes Online

A free event on Thursday 9 May, 11am PacificOnline learning is changing the way schools work. From elementary to graduate school to continuing educati...

10 May

5:00 pm - 10:00 pm

LIANZA President to visit Hamilton in May - Join us for dinner or breakfast

LIANZA Waikato/Bay of Plenty invites you to join us in welcoming Heather Lamond LIANZA President to our region.Join us for drinks and dinner on Friday...

13 May

ALA Editions 6-week e-course: iPads, Tablets and Gadgets in the Library: Planning, Budgeting and Implementation

A 6-week e-course beginning 13 May 2013Three Virginia Tech librarians and gadget experts will show you what you need to know about electronic devices ...

ALIA Collecting in the 21st Century : contribute to collection management - Online

This 6 week online course focuses on the importance of collection development policies in collection management. Look closely at the elements of CDPs,...

ALCTS web course: Fundamentals of Preservation

May 13 – June 7, 2013Four-week online course that introduces participants to the principles, policies and practices of preservation in libraries and...

14 May

ALCTS FREE e-forum discussion: Training for Resource Description and Access (RDA)

Each day, discussion begins and ends at: Pacific 7am – 3pmHosted by Jennifer Erica Sweda and Sylva D. Hall-Ellis...

6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

An Evening with Heather Lamond, LIANZA President

Join LIANZA President, Heather Lamond, and other Ikaroa colleagues for an evening of professional collegialism.Pub-SIG and Ikaroa Regional Committee a...

15 May

ALCTS FREE e-forum discussion: Training for Resource Description and Access (RDA)

Each day, discussion begins and ends at: Pacific 7am – 3pmHosted by Jennifer Erica Sweda and Sylva D. Hall-Ellis...

Webinar: Mobilizing the Library: Shifting the focus of the academic library to a student-centered technology perspective

Time: 11:00am -12:00 p.m. Pacific Time...

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Demystifying technologies in libraries

RFID, Open Source, Clouds, OpenURL ...Heard the terms - now get the explanation.Allison Brown, Dene McDonald and Helen Brownlie will discuss some of t...

16 May

ALA TechSource e-workshop: Serving the DIY Patron: Library Instruction at the Point of Need

A 90-minute e-workshop with Meredith Farkas on Thursday 16 May 2013, 11,30am (Pacific)...

20 May

RDA for Practitioners - 3 week online course in May

The need to address the challenges of the digital world and metadata users has resulted in the development of the new cataloguing record standard, RDA...

22 May

Webinar: When opportunity knocks? Challenges associated with implementing linked data in libraries

Time: 11:00am -12:00 pm Pacific Time...

23 May

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Ebooks and special libraries

Are you thinking about getting Ebooks in your library? If you are or need to start thinking about Ebooks, then this month’s meeting is one you shoul...

ALA TechSource e-workshop: Taking embedded librarianship to the next level

A 90-minute e-workshop on  Thursday 23 May 2013, 1,30pm (Pacific)...

24 May

9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Power Searching in New Zealand Workshop - Christchurch

Web Search Pacific began offering Power Searching workshops in Australia and New Zealand in 2003 and since then we have held workshops in Sydney, Melb...

27 May

9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Power Searching In New Zealand Workshop - Wellington 27 May

Web Search Pacific began offering Power Searching workshops in Australia and New Zealand in 2003 and since then we have held workshops in Sydney, Melb...

28 May

9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Power Searching In New Zealand Workshop - Wellington 28 May

Web Search Pacific began offering Power Searching workshops in Australia and New Zealand in 2003 and since then we have held workshops in Sydney, Melb...

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

LinkedIn webinar

Registration to this event are now closed.Do you wonder about LinkedIn? Are you a bit nervous or unsure about what it is, how it works and how you cou...

30 May

Academic Librarian 3: The Yin-Yang of Future Consortial Collaboration and Competition

In celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), the University Library System at CUHK and The Joint University Libr...

9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Power Searching In New Zealand Workshop - Auckland 30 May

Web Search Pacific began offering Power Searching workshops in Australia and New Zealand in 2003 and since then we have held workshops in Sydney, Melb...

Hong Kong Academic Librarian Conference 2013

Hong Kong Library Conference May 2013:  Academic Librarian 3: The Yin-Yang of Consortial Collaboration and Competition...

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Behind-the-scenes tour of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Library

SLIS North invites you to a behind-the-scenes tour of the Library at the Auckland Museum this month!...

31 May

Academic Librarian 3: The Yin-Yang of Future Consortial Collaboration and Competition

In celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), the University Library System at CUHK and The Joint University Libr...

Hong Kong Academic Librarian Conference 2013

Hong Kong Library Conference May 2013:  Academic Librarian 3: The Yin-Yang of Consortial Collaboration and Competition...

9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Power Searching In New Zealand Workshop - Auckland 31 May

Web Search Pacific began offering Power Searching workshops in Australia and New Zealand in 2003 and since then we have held workshops in Sydney, Melb...