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Easter and Anzac Day opening hours

Mar 24, 2023By Libraries and Learning Services

Are you planning to visit a student hub, library or information commons over the Mid-semester break? We’re operating on reduced opening hours over Easter and Anzac Day.Read more…

Mar 24, 2023Libraries and Learning Services 0 Comments
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Searching databases for Medical and Health Sciences information

Feb 28, 2023By Libraries and Learning Services

Te Tumu Herenga | Libraries and Learning Services is pleased to present two new workshops to help you build effective database searching skills in the field of Medical and Health SciencesRead more…

Feb 28, 2023Libraries and Learning Services 4 comments
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Canvas resources and workshops for postgraduate students

Feb 15, 2023By Libraries and Learning Services

Te Tumu Herenga’s Research Advisers are here to help you succeed on your postgraduate research journey. Learn about our postgraduate workshops and Canvas resources.Read more…

Feb 15, 2023Libraries and Learning Services 0 Comments

Severe weather in Auckland and Northland: Cyclone Gabrielle

Jan 31, 2023By Libraries and Learning Services

Our physical spaces, including Student Hubs, Libraries and Information Commons at all campuses, will reopen for in-person on-campus delivery from Thursday 16 February.Read more…

Jan 31, 2023Libraries and Learning Services 0 Comments
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Shut Up and Write! sessions in 2023

Jan 27, 2023By Libraries and Learning Services

Our popular postgraduate workshop ‘Shut Up and Write!’ is starting again in early 2023. Meet other postgrads and start developing writing habits that will help with your studies and research.Read more…

Jan 27, 2023Libraries and Learning Services 0 Comments
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General Library collection changes update

Nov 10, 2022By Libraries and Learning Services

Work continues in Te Herenga Mātauranga Whānui | General Library on our collection layout and Level 2 will be closed from Tuesday 15 November 2022. Read more…

Nov 10, 2022Libraries and Learning Services
Internationa Open Access Week 24-30 October 2022 Open for Climate Justice

Celebrating Open Access Week 2022

Oct 19, 2022By Libraries and Learning Services

Find out about the ‘Open for Climate Justice’ free online events for Open Access Week 2022 and discover how you can publish open access with support from the University of Auckland.Read more…

Oct 19, 2022Libraries and Learning Services
Vaiaso o te Gana Tuvalu Tuvalu Language Week

Vaiaso o te ‘Gana Tuvalu – Tuvalu Language Week 2022

Sep 23, 2022By Libraries and Learning Services

Discover six things about Tuvalu and explore resources, including documentaries on the impact of climate change. Read more…

Sep 23, 2022Libraries and Learning Services

Commemorating Mervyn McLean (1930-2022)

Jul 21, 2022By Libraries and Learning Services

Te Tumu Herenga | Libraries and Learning Services commemorates Mervyn McLean for the enduring legacy that he has left behind, in light of the news of his passing away 8 July 2022.Read more…

Jul 21, 2022Libraries and Learning Services
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EndNote users – update your connection file before 4 July 2022

Jun 9, 2022By Libraries and Learning Services

If you use EndNote, your University of Auckland connection file needs to be updated. We’ve got a step-by-step guide that shows you how to do this.Read more…

Jun 9, 2022Libraries and Learning Services

Dawn blessing of the new Student Hubs

May 20, 2022By Libraries and Learning Services

At 6am on Monday, 11 April 2022, Te Tumu Herenga | Libraries and Learning Services staff and Student Hubs project members gathered for the blessing of the new Student Hubs spaces across five Waipapa Taumata Rau campuses.Read more…

May 20, 2022Libraries and Learning Services
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Masters Thesis update: Digital only and Open Access

May 6, 2022By Libraries and Learning Services

The University of Auckland Masters Thesis Regulations have undergone two recent changes, relating to digital only and Open Access.Read more…

May 6, 2022Libraries and Learning Services
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General Library collection changes update

Feb 9, 2022By Libraries and Learning Services

The Pacific Collection is established, New Zealand material is integrated into the Main Collection and the print Statistics Collection has been disestablished now that many statistics are online.Read more…

Feb 9, 2022Libraries and Learning Services
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Library services at Orange setting

Dec 22, 2021By Libraries and Learning Services

All our libraries and information commons are open with our normal hours.Read more…

Dec 22, 2021Libraries and Learning Services

Special Collections: 2021 Christmas hamper

Dec 17, 2021By Libraries and Learning Services
Dec 17, 2021Libraries and Learning Services
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You can borrow 100 books!

Dec 10, 2021By Libraries and Learning Services

We’ve made some changes to our lending policies – all students, staff and Associate Members with borrowing privileges now have the same loan limits.Read more…

Dec 10, 2021Libraries and Learning Services
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Handle the jandal! New postgraduate research resources

Nov 26, 2021By Libraries and Learning Services

We’ve got two new resources to help you within Postgraduate Research Skills @ Te Tumu Herenga, as you get underway with your research this summer.Read more…

Nov 26, 2021Libraries and Learning Services

Collection changes including the new Pacific Collection

Nov 12, 2021By Libraries and Learning Services

The next time you visit the General Library, you may notice a few changes to the collections. We are in the process of establishing a stand-alone Pacific Collection and integrating New Zealand material into the Main Collection.Read more…

Nov 12, 2021Libraries and Learning Services
Radio Advertisment, Gordon Burt; photographer; circa 1930; New Zealand

100 years of New Zealand radio

Nov 12, 2021By Libraries and Learning Services

Wednesday 17 November 2021 marks 100 years since Robert Jack made New Zealand’s first radio broadcast featuring speech and music. Listen to the first broadcast and hear about these early days of radio.Read more…

Nov 12, 2021Libraries and Learning Services
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ResBaz Aotearoa ‘Pick n Mix’ edition, 22-26 November 2021

Nov 11, 2021By Libraries and Learning Services

Calling all researchers and postgraduate research students, book your sessions at the online ResBaz Aotearoa 2021, 22-26 November. Events include Hacky Hour, Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry.Read more…

Nov 11, 2021Libraries and Learning Services

Going Green: Open Access Week 2021

Oct 22, 2021By Libraries and Learning Services

Welcome to Open Access Week 2021. The most cost-effective and widely available tier of Open Access is Green Open Access. Use our guides to get started with open access publishing.Read more…

Oct 22, 2021Libraries and Learning Services
New Zealand Premier Richard Seddon and King Togia of Nuie, May 1900. Seddon, R.J. (1900). The Right Hon. R.J. Seddon's (the premier of New Zealand) visit to Tonga, Fiji, Savage Island and The Cook Islands, May, 1900. New Zealand government printer. New Zealand Glass Case 919 S44

Kia Tupuolaola e Moui he Tagata Niue – May the Tagata Niue thrive

Oct 15, 2021By Libraries and Learning Services

To mark Niue Language week, Special Collections are pleased to provide online access to a petition sent by Patu-iki Togia-Pule-toaki to the British High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, in October 1899.Read more…

Oct 15, 2021Libraries and Learning Services
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Creative Commons help you share and reuse works

Sep 17, 2021By Libraries and Learning Services

Creative Commons is an Open Content licensing model that allows the distribution and reuse of works, as dictated by terms of a license. One condition of all CC licenses is attribution, so the original creator is acknowledged.Read more…

Sep 17, 2021Libraries and Learning Services

RefWorks Write-N-Cite for Word – update before 31 October 2021

Sep 14, 2021By Libraries and Learning Services

      RefWorks has issued an upgrade to the Write-N-Cite plugin for Word that takes effect from 31 October 2021. (Please note, this is an extension on the original 1 October 2021 date issued by RefWorks.) If you useRead more…

Sep 14, 2021Libraries and Learning Services

Publishing 101 workshop for early career researchers

Jun 25, 2021By Libraries and Learning Services
Jun 25, 2021Libraries and Learning Services

Short loan and digitisation requests

Apr 23, 2021By Libraries and Learning Services

As we are no longer at heightened Alert Levels, the digitisation services for our 2-hour short loan collections has ceased. Please visit our collections to access materials. Click and Deliver and overseas students can continue to request materials. Read more…

Apr 23, 2021Libraries and Learning Services

Commemorating ANZAC Day 2021

Apr 19, 2021By Libraries and Learning Services

Watch a range of ANZAC documentaries within TV and Radio, drawn together into a playlist by Media Services. Read more…

Apr 19, 2021Libraries and Learning Services
Surrey S. Alleman architectural drawings.

A mystery building, a pirate ship and other architectural treasures

Apr 16, 2021By Libraries and Learning Services

A pirate ship cabaret and tearooms is one of the treasures housed in a collection of architectural drawings by architect S S Alleman (1901-1978).Read more…

Apr 16, 2021Libraries and Learning Services

Happy 40th New Zealand Film Archive / Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision

Apr 1, 2021By Libraries and Learning Services
Apr 1, 2021Libraries and Learning Services

Communist Party centenary: The Party and the hangover

Mar 19, 2021By Libraries and Learning Services
Mar 19, 2021Libraries and Learning Services

Robin Hyde’s papers receive UNESCO recognition

Feb 9, 2021By Libraries and Learning Services

The papers of Robin Hyde, held by Special Collections, and the Alexander Turnbull Library, have been inscribed on UNESCO’s New Zealand Memory of the World Register. Special Collections is marking this occasion with the exhibition ‘torrents of amber’.Read more…

Feb 9, 2021Libraries and Learning Services
A inside, two page, view of Dr Selina Tusitala Marsh's tapa-covered notebook

Special Collections: 2020 Christmas hamper

Dec 10, 2020By Libraries and Learning Services

The stacks in Special Collections contain countless items that deserve close inspection by researchers. Here are a few that caught the eye of Special Collections staff during 2020.Read more…

Dec 10, 2020Libraries and Learning Services
Milne and Choyce department store extensions (sheet 3 detail), W. Philcox and Sons Builders architectural drawings collection (PX11).

Philcox architecture archive: Builder of handsome edifices

Nov 30, 2020By Libraries and Learning Services

The architectural drawings collection of W. Philcox and Sons provides a unique insight into an Auckland building firm from the turn of the 20th century. Search the new collection listing.Read more…

Nov 30, 2020Libraries and Learning Services
etail from Whakairo carved by Tim Coyre in Te Herenga Mātauranga Whānui (General Library).

Preserving our roots: protecting our forest taonga

Sep 18, 2020By Libraries and Learning Services

Supporting the International Year of Plant Heath; discover Special Collections resources about our native trees and plants, mātauranga and forestry.Read more…

Sep 18, 2020Libraries and Learning Services

Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e Lea Faka-Tonga – Tonga Language Week 2020

Sep 4, 2020By Libraries and Learning Services

Learn some fun Tongan phrases and enjoy our collection highlights including artwork, music, documentaries and PhD research.Read more…

Sep 4, 2020Libraries and Learning Services

The Catalogue – what’s new

Aug 27, 2020By Libraries and Learning Services

As part of our work to keep the Catalogue up-to-date, a number of enhancements have been recently added. Read more…

Aug 27, 2020Libraries and Learning Services

Davis Law Library changes

Jul 21, 2020By Libraries and Learning Services

You may notice a few changes in the Davis Law Library the next time you visit. The book collection is on two floors and new study space is available.Read more…

Jul 21, 2020Libraries and Learning Services
Christmas Island (Kiritimati), 1941. Detail. Survey map by N. J. Hill. Digital cartographic collection, Research Services.

Kiribati Language Week 2020

Jul 10, 2020By Libraries and Learning Services

Watch the playlist and explore selected resources as you celebrate Kiribati Language Week.Read more…

Jul 10, 2020Libraries and Learning Services
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Contribute to a University of Auckland Covid-19 archive

Jun 5, 2020By Libraries and Learning Services

Help future researchers by contributing your pandemic experiences and activities to our Covid-19 archive.Read more…

Jun 5, 2020Libraries and Learning Services
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Picturing Cultural Collections

May 29, 2020By Libraries and Learning Services

A series of photographs are hanging in the Special Collections Reading Room in the General Library. Read their backstories and discover more about Cultural Collections.Read more…

May 29, 2020Libraries and Learning Services
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Get ready for your Final Assessments

May 20, 2020By Libraries and Learning Services

We’ve released a new Academic Skills online resource to help you prepare for your Final Assessments. Access the module and build your strategies for success.Read more…

May 20, 2020Libraries and Learning Services

We are here to support your online study

Mar 20, 2020By Libraries and Learning Services

We have resources and services to help you study remotely.
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Mar 20, 2020Libraries and Learning Services

Embarking on your PhD? Make it the best start with our online support

Mar 10, 2020By Libraries and Learning Services

We have got you covered. Meet online with a Research Services Adviser and attend a range of online workshops for lots of practical advice.Read more…

Mar 10, 2020Libraries and Learning Services
Dame Anne Salmond’s Nagra IV-D tape recorder in the Archive of Māori and Pacific Sound

Display celebrates 50 years of the Archive of Māori and Pacific Sound

Mar 10, 2020By Libraries and Learning Services

View the display Celebrating 50 years of the Archive of Māori and Pacific Sound, 1970 – 2020, at Special Collections in the General Library until Friday 3 April.Read more…

Mar 10, 2020Libraries and Learning Services

Help for Creative Arts and Industries students using library resources

Feb 21, 2020By Libraries and Learning Services

The Fine Arts and Architecture and Planning collections are in their new home in the Library. Visit the General Library and view the new locations.Read more…

Feb 21, 2020Libraries and Learning Services

Special Collections: delivering tailored services

Feb 20, 2020By Libraries and Learning Services
Feb 20, 2020Libraries and Learning Services
The book of exile. G. Haffern (1992). General Library Special Collections Artists' Books, AB 92-4

Special Collections artists’ books display

Feb 7, 2020By Libraries and Learning Services

View the artists’ books display at Special Collections in the General Library until Friday 6 March.Read more…

Feb 7, 2020Libraries and Learning Services

Honouring Professor Jonathan Mane-Wheoki

Feb 5, 2020By Libraries and Learning Services
Feb 5, 2020Libraries and Learning Services
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Cultural Collections: Tape slicing – the reel story

Feb 5, 2020By Libraries and Learning Services

Replacing tape splices on reel-to-reel magnetic tapes is a fiddly but critical task to ensure rare recordings can be preserved and digitised.Read more…

Feb 5, 2020Libraries and Learning Services

Cultural Collections: Māori Television full back-catalogue now available

Jan 20, 2020By Libraries and Learning Services
Jan 20, 2020Libraries and Learning Services

Cultural Collections: The art of cleaning

Jan 7, 2020By Libraries and Learning Services
Jan 7, 2020Libraries and Learning Services

Holiday treasures unearthed

Dec 18, 2019By Libraries and Learning Services
Dec 18, 2019Libraries and Learning Services

Cultural Collections: Delivering digitised archives

Dec 9, 2019By Libraries and Learning Services
Dec 9, 2019Libraries and Learning Services

Open Access Week

Oct 17, 2019By Libraries and Learning Services
Oct 17, 2019Libraries and Learning Services

The Tāmaki Library and Information Commons closed at the end of Semester Two 2019

Oct 11, 2019By Libraries and Learning Services

The Tāmaki Library and Information Commons closed on Monday 18 November 2019, when the Tāmaki Campus closed permanently.Read more…

Oct 11, 2019Libraries and Learning Services

Critical Encounters Tuia 250

Oct 4, 2019By Libraries and Learning Services
Oct 4, 2019Libraries and Learning Services

Daniel Solander-inspired exhibition and seminar

Sep 26, 2019By Libraries and Learning Services
Sep 26, 2019Libraries and Learning Services

The Fine Arts Library closed at the end of Semester Two 2019

Sep 17, 2019By Libraries and Learning Services

The Fine Arts Library closed on Monday 18th November 2019. From 2020 the Fine Arts books, journals and supporting services will be available from the General Library.Read more…

Sep 17, 2019Libraries and Learning Services

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

Sep 6, 2019By Libraries and Learning Services
Sep 6, 2019Libraries and Learning Services

Colin McCahon – cornerstone of our Art Collection

Aug 29, 2019By Libraries and Learning Services
Aug 29, 2019Libraries and Learning Services

Creative Commons have you covered

Aug 16, 2019By Libraries and Learning Services

If you’re a researcher authoring a thesis, journal article, book, or creative work, you’ll want to know about Creative Commons (CC).Read more…

Aug 16, 2019Libraries and Learning Services

Reo Māori Kūki’Āirani – Cook Islands Language Week

Aug 5, 2019By Libraries and Learning Services
Aug 5, 2019Libraries and Learning Services

Customary meets contemporary in whakapapa-inspired artwork

Jun 21, 2019By Libraries and Learning Services
Jun 21, 2019Libraries and Learning Services

The Architecture and Planning Library is now closed

Jun 18, 2019By Libraries and Learning Services

The Architecture and Planning Library closed at the end of Semester One. From Semester Two the Architecture and Planning books, journals and supporting services will be available from the General Library. Read more…

Jun 18, 2019Libraries and Learning Services

Frances Hodgkins works on show

Jun 5, 2019By Libraries and Learning Services
Jun 5, 2019Libraries and Learning Services

Upskill your digital research practice

May 16, 2019By Libraries and Learning Services
May 16, 2019Libraries and Learning Services

Play it loud

May 13, 2019By Libraries and Learning Services
May 13, 2019Libraries and Learning Services

General Library turns 50

Apr 12, 2019By Libraries and Learning Services
Apr 12, 2019Libraries and Learning Services

Creative Arts and Industries student focus groups

Apr 2, 2019By Libraries and Learning Services
Apr 2, 2019Libraries and Learning Services

Doctoral research meets entrepreneurism

Mar 22, 2019By Libraries and Learning Services
Mar 22, 2019Libraries and Learning Services

Artwork: A powerful presence

Mar 21, 2019By Libraries and Learning Services
Mar 21, 2019Libraries and Learning Services

Post-Object Art collection display

Feb 21, 2019By Libraries and Learning Services
Feb 21, 2019Libraries and Learning Services

Opening the Archives

Feb 17, 2019By Libraries and Learning Services
Feb 17, 2019Libraries and Learning Services

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