...Spencer Lilley Purpose This paper responds to an invitation from the Editor to write about how the COVID-19 virus has impacted on New Zealand and possible future outcomes, which are presented as three scenarios. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a scenario-based methodology...

.... The purpose of this paper is to investigate marketing to teens as practiced by public libraries, and to discover whether the application of marketing mix concepts to practice is a conscious decision by libraries. Design/methodology/approach – Staff were interviewed at two large New Zealand public...

...Helen Renwick Purpose This paper seeks to record a collaborative project in the management of legacy collections. Design/methodology/approach The eight New Zealand university libraries have a history of collaboration and sought a shared storage solution. It was agreed that a single copy of low...

... users User studies New Zealand Customer satisfaction At the 2009 New Zealand Library and Information Association conference there was a presentation about research carried out on user surveys in Medical Libraries. The research was a systematic review of reports of survey results...

...Claudia Adams Purpose This paper aims to describe the approach taken by a staff development committee at a large academic library in New Zealand to reinvigorate professional and personal development. It seeks to examine the processes used, projects carried out and to highlight the outcomes...

..., the inaugural CAVAL Horizon Executive Leadership Program (Horizon) graduated its first cohort of 12 senior library and information managers from Australia and New Zealand. The inaugural Horizon offered an integrated program of executive learning and development inspired by lighthouse leadership programs within...

...John Garraway Purpose The paper comments on the future of professional associations for librarianship and information management as it applies in the New Zealand context. Design/methodology/approach The paper provides a concise overview of the history and activities of LIANZA and relates...

...Sue Pharo The last three years have brought major changes to New Zealand’s tertiary education libraries. Case studies of four examples of New Zealand collaboration demonstrate this. At the time of writing, these consortia have arrived at another crossroads with the announcement of competitive...

...Penny Carnaby; Sudha Rao Proposes to provide some New Zealand public sector examples that reflect the ideas contained in the quotation “information is a currency of democracy”. The discussion in the first part of the paper concludes that in modern democracies such as New Zealand, information...

... of a library service being provided by a private company. The purpose of the paper is not to advocate contracting out but provides information to stimulate debate and add to the limited published research that exists in New Zealand and overseas. The general manager of Invercargill City Council announced...

...Philip J. Calvert; Rowena J. Cullen There are two main centres of library and information science (LIS) research in New Zealand, the Department of Library and Information Studies, at Victoria University of Wellington, and the National Library of New Zealand. They each have a different purpose...

...Valerie Thompson With the aim of discovering the important factors in training staff to use newly installed automated circulation systems, the appropriate libraries in New Zealand were sent a questionnaire in 1988. This asked how libraries had trained their staff, and the outcome of the training...

...Valerie Thompson With the aim of discovering the important factors in training staff to use newly installed automated circulation systems, libraries in New Zealand with such systems were sent a questionnaire in 1988. This asked questions about how libraries had trained staff to use the system...