New Zealand – Access

The New Zealand Thesis Project: Connecting a nation’s dissertations using Wikidata

Asia Pacific, MetadataMarch 30, 2025

(20 Mar 2025) Abstract: Introduction: Libraries hold large amounts of bibliographic data, with great potential for enrichment with linked open data. The New Zealand Thesis Project explored this potential by uploading thesis metadata records from New Zealand institutional repositories to Wikidata, a collaborative linked data knowledge base. Description of Project: Nine New Zealand tertiary institutions collaborated…

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New Zealand: Tertiary institutions face funding cuts next year

Asia PacificMarch 26, 2025

(20 Mar 2025) The Tertiary Education Commission [of New Zealand] has indicated some tertiary institutions could face funding cuts next year. The commission’s annual guidance to institutions said they should not assume their funding would increase or even be maintained next year. “Total funding available for Vote Tertiary Education will be limited and we…

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New Zealand: Alexander Turnbull library collections recognized In UNESCO Register

Asia PacificOctober 14, 2024

(9 Oct 2024) Two of Alexander Turnbull Library’s important historic collections have gained inscriptions on the UNESCO Memory of the World register for Aotearoa. The register, established in 2010, allows for significant pieces of Aotearoa’s documentary heritage to be preserved and protected. They are the Frank Sargeson Collection showcases the life of notable Aotearoa author…

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New Zealand Listener and NZ Woman’s Weekly magazines set to be digitised

Asia Pacific, DigitizationSeptember 30, 2024

(27 Sep 2024) The New Zealand Listener magazine began its life back in 1939 as the Journal of the National Broadcasting Service, with the purpose of providing radio listeners with a printed weekly programme. With the introduction of television in June 1960, the Listener started publishing weekly TV listings, along with topical articles, editorials, letters to the editor and reviews.…

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Behind the scenes of the digital cultural heritage of National Library of New Zealand

Asia Pacific, DigitizationJuly 30, 2024

Martin Gengenbach, Digital Preservation Policy and Outreach Specialist, shares the work and aspirations of the library mahi to preserve digital cultural heritage. (17 Jul 2024) Preserving the digital cultural heritage of Aotearoa New Zealand means taking the long view: thinking about how old, current, and new generations of technology are used to create, and…

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New database to deliver unique, high-quality research from over 2,000 Oceania organizations

PublishersJune 14, 2024

(2 Jun 2024) Coherent Digital today announced the launch of a major new resource to collect, preserve, and disseminate critical research from Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. Policy Commons: Oceania includes over one million research reports, statistical manuals, surveys, and other grey literature from national, state, and local governments, think tanks, associations, and…

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New Zealand: Auckland Libraries introduces paperless holds system

Asia PacificMay 31, 2024

(30 May 2024) Auckland Libraries will no longer print identifiable names on paper slips due to privacy concerns. The largest library network in the country changed its hold pick-up process to an anonymized collections system this week. Holds are now placed on numbered shelves in the pick-up area of every Auckland library. Customers will…

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Report: Survey of School Libraries in Aotearoa New Zealand 2023 released

Asia Pacific, LibrariesApril 10, 2024

(2 Apr 2024) The fifth report in a series of national surveys of school libraries in Aotearoa New Zealand that started in 2018 is recently released. The surveys are a collaboration between: National Library of New Zealand Services to Schools School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (SLANZA) Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA).…

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New Zealand: Updating collection description to reflect diversity and inclusivity

Asia Pacific, MetadataFebruary 29, 2024

(27 Feb 2024) Outdated and offensive language haunts archival and library catalogues, potentially causing harm to those searching for and accessing the material these institutions hold. In other cases, there are silences — people can’t find material because the search terms they employ have not been used by the Library in the item’s descriptive record. These…

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New Zealand: Libraries fight to survive under tight council budgets

Asia PacificDecember 1, 2023

(10 Nov 2023) Times are tight, for local councils as much as anyone, so it’s not surprising they’re running a ruler over all their services. That includes libraries. From Auckland’s Wayne Brown suggesting they could be staffed by volunteers; to Christchurch’s Phil Mauger saying last month that community libraries were just “buildings with some books in them”…

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