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Dear colleague,
Welcome to the second issue of Te Puna News.
Over the last couple of years our focus has been on what we can do nationally to improve services locally. Out of that have come two major initiatives, the national licence and partnering agreement with OCLC for bibliographic services, and the OSMOSIS pilot.
The partnering agreement with OCLC has provided New Zealand Libraries with use of and access to a range of OCLC’s services including both WorldCat and Firstsearch. Libraries are able to choose between various cataloguing workflows. Many libraries are finding significant workflow efficiencies using the OCLC cataloguing tools with access to over a million bibliographic records. In addition, the collections of New Zealand libraries now have increased visibility through exposure to the World Wide Web and can be found through search engines such as Google.
The OSMOSIS Pilot Project wrapped up at the end of February. The project team in collaboration with The Marc of Quality and participating libraries successfully developed the core processes and workflows needed to support OSMOSIS as a national service. A major success for the project has been the reporting of library holding deletions from the NUC For the first time since the implementation of the NLNZ-OCLC Partnering Agreement.
The project presented many challenges and surfaced many issues that require further thinking. The next year will focus on addressing these issues and further refining the OSMOSIS process.
2009 and 2010 will be challenging for all in the current economic climate, so one focus will be on efficiency gains. The work has already been commissioned for an Expert Working Group to investigate updated standards for cataloguing onto a National Bibliographic Database and also offer training, particularly associated with best practices in using the OCLC tools.
EWG members
Leonard Clough, Wellington City Libraries
Peter Hosking, University of Canterbury Library
Ksenija Obradovic, University of Auckland Library
Karen Rollitt, National Library of New Zealand
Charlotte Stretton, National Library of New Zealand
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Jenny McDonald
Manager of Digital Solutions at the National Library
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We have recently revamped our webpage designed specifically for librarians around the country.
It's now easier to get the information you need for specific tasks - cataloguing, interloan, digitisation - and we hope that the new functionality will allow you to get communications from us that are more closely aligned to your needs.
1. If you are interested in keeping up with most or much of what is happening at the National Library you might want to bookmark the Library's page for the library profession, and Te Puna practitioners in particular. Among other things, there is a 'Do you know how’ section for the newest tips on using Te Puna software
2. If you want to receive messages about specific (to your role) Te Puna applications and services then it might be best to subscribe to either or both of the Te Puna list servs (general and Interloan). You can do this here - you will find instructions in the GET HELP & CONTACT US blue box. Whenever we put out a message we try to make the subject line state clearly which user group would be interested in the content (e.g. Cataloguers:…)
3. If you want communications from the Library to be confined to your particular area of interest then you might want to subscribe to an RSS feed that matches. For instance if you get an RSS feed for Latest Library News you would already know the six titles that will be added to Papers Past in 2009. Similarly, cataloguers might want to set up RSS feeds for Latest Cataloguing News .
TPSAC 2009: A new role, a new Committee and the first Expert Working Group
2009 starts with a newly constituted Te Puna Strategic Advisory Committee (TPSAC), with a changed role.
TPSAC represents the views of the library community and LIANZA by providing advice to the National Librarian on strategy, policy, and performance for bibliographic and resource-sharing services provided by the National Library. It now also reviews interloan performance and needs, and develops interloan policies.
TPSAC Committee members
Teresa Chitty, Lincoln University, Council of New Zealand, University Librarians
Sue Cooper, (Chair), Auckland City Libraries, Association of Public Library Managers
Janet Copsey, The University of Auckland, Council of New Zealand, University Librarians
Alison Elliott, National Library of New Zealand, Director, Content Services
Diane Friis, EIT, Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics of New Zealand libraries
Ritva Matero, AgResearch Ltd, Hamilton Special/Law Library
Jenny McDonald (Ex-officio), National Library of New Zealand Manager, Digital Solutions
Guy Reynolds, Department of Corrections, Government Libraries
Joyce Richards, SLANZA and Nga Tawa Diocesan School, School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa
Carolyn Robertson, Christchurch City Libraries, Association of Public Library Managers
Sue Sutherland, National Library of New Zealand, Acting Director, National Digital Library
Chris Wilson, LIANZA Special interest/understanding of interloan
At the last TPSAC meeting ,October 2008, cataloguing and standards were discussed. As a result an Expert Working Group (EWG) has been constituted to investigate and determine recommendations on four areas of work:
1. A training initiative, developed in conjunction with OCLC, aimed at improving New Zealand cataloguers' knowledge of the OCLC cataloguing tools, reference librarians' knowledge of Firstsearch and also aimed at raising awareness of the OCLC services available as part of the National Library of New Zealand/OCLC agreement.
2. Training and support material developed to support libraries wanting to take up the OSMOSIS process.
3. Review the minimum level of bibliographic standards required for the National Union Catalogue, participation in WorldCat and use of the OSMOSIS process.
4. Share information and discuss preliminary planning around the introduction of RDA. (Resource Description Access)
Create Bibliographies with PublicationsNZ
Generate bibliographies with topics of your choice using the new PublicationsNZ reports feature. There is a wide range of selection criteria available when creating your bibliography. You can limit by format, Dewey range, language and much more. Once the criteria is selected, you can generate the report in your choice of formats: pdf, xls, xml and csv. Visit the PublicationsNZ site to get started! You may want to use this short tutorial about this function.
OCLC Developments
WorldCat Record Use Policy
In November 2008, OCLC staff updated the 1987 Guidelines for the Use and Transfer of OCLC-Derived Records which became Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records. The changes were made to reflect the changes in the information environment since that date. The policy was intended to come into effect in February 2009.
Since then, the OCLC Board of Trustees and Members Council have decided to convene a Review Board of Shared Data Creation and Stewardship. The purpose of this Review Board is to engage the membership and solicit feedback and questions before the new policy is implemented. Implementation of the Policy will now be delayed until the third quarter of the 2009 calendar year.
In profile - Dale Cousens
Dale Cousens, Manager, Service Delivery, Puke Ariki – New Plymouth District Libraries
Q: As one of those rare individuals who have swum against the tide in coming to work in NZ, can you tell us what prompted that decision?
I was born in Wellington and despite moving to Australia when I was six, NZ has always been home. After doing basically the same job (Resources and Systems Manager) in two different services for the last six years I was wondering what my next career step might be and a move back here was always a possibility. NZ libraries are doing some fabulous and innovative things that are being talked about over the ditch and I thought it would be great to be part of that.
I grew up, studied and started working in Sydney then spent ten years in the country working for a regional library service on the NSW/Victorian border. In 2003 I moved to Melbourne but continued to attend the NSW Country Libraries conference each year to keep in touch with colleagues. At the 2008 conference they focused on ‘Libraries as Place’ with a number of papers on converged facilities – Bill Macnaught from Puke Ariki was one of the speakers. He told me about a vacancy he had coming up, what Puke Ariki was aiming to achieve and the rest, as they say, is history.
Q; This may be a bit unfair at this early stage, but could you give some of your first impressions since you arrived?
I’m loving being back in NZ, I have a view of the ocean from the back deck where I’m living and I can get chocolate fish any time I like! Basic library business seems to be the same everywhere you go so I haven’t found any real differences in the day-to-day stuff. There are some things, like charging for popular fiction and DVDs that are new to me but apart from that no changes that you might not find moving from one service to another. Puki Ariki is providing a fantastic service that is obviously enjoyed and well supported by the community. The really big difference is being part of an organisation that includes a museum and a research facility. I have a new appreciation of exhibitions I have enjoyed as a patron after seeing what goes into getting even a small one up and running.
Q: What do you see as the important issues/projects/hopes for Puke Ariki in the next couple of years?
That’s a big question. From a library point of view we are going to be replacing our LMS in the next year or so, that’s a big project for me along with a Library Strategy.
I’m excited about finding ways for us to support the programme of exhibitions that take place in the Museum, trying to make a visit to Puki Ariki a multi-layered experience.
Broadly we are continually working towards providing a unique, world class facility to the residents of Taranaki and its visitors.
Q: How do you see the role of public libraries developing?
As the community changes, libraries will need to change what they provide and how they do it. I don’t think the book is going to disappear any time soon but the future information and recreational needs of those we are currently reading to during story-time are going to be very different from what we provide today. Public libraries provide a cradle to grave service and that becomes more and more challenging as the variety of formats becomes increasingly diverse. We also have to grapple with our community becoming increasingly diverse, many languages; cultural backgrounds; literacy levels; physical and technological abilities all impact on what and how we provide. I think one thing that will not change is libraries being a safe third space (after work and home) where anyone and everyone can come and connect with us at whatever level works for them.
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