Emanuella, Siobhan, Ella and Josh spent a sunny winters day at the Ashburton Museum and Art Gallery for the 2019 Canterbury Regional Digital Forum ‘Un-Conference.’ The morning was spent listening to short presentations on a range of topics.
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The title of this year’s MA2019 Conference MA19 – Ko Aotearoa Tēnei – This is New Zealand was a bold statement of intent directly referencing the eponymous 2011 WAI262 Waitangi Tribunal report, Ko Aotearoa Tēnei (This is New Zealand).
I think I realised how much I get out of attending these weekend schools, when I found myself at Hennessy’s Irish Bar shining my phone torch through the cellophane ‘stained glass window’ of the cardboard library room mock-up our team had created.
This year’s NZCCM (New Zealand Conservators of Cultural Material) Conference was held at the Auckland Art Gallery on 24 – 26 October and took the theme ‘Living Heritage: Materials, Methods and Context’.
The LIANZA Otago/ Southland “Not a Weekend Weekend School” was held in Gore, on the 6th and 7th of September. The event theme “Resourcing Our Changing Communities” allowed speakers from different organisations to share how they support their communities, driven by understanding, passion and drive
Alison, Sheryl and Martin spent a few inspiring days in Rotorua in August at the annual ARANZ Conference amongst a full complement of 120 Archivists. For all three of them, the opportunity to meet with old friends and make new ones was as engrossing as the focused theme of Māori Archives and Records.
A combined event hosted by ALIA, LIANZA, and the Library Association of Singapore, the Asia Pacific Library and Information Conference set the Gold Coast Convention Centre alight with actionable ideas and inspiration from information professionals around the Pacific.