On Sunday 3 July 2022, our library Catalogue, databases and e-resources will be unavailable for scheduled maintenance for up to a 12-hour period, starting from 4am.Read more…
Level 3 General Library closed for maintenance
Level 3 in the General Library will be closed for maintenance from Monday 27 June 2022 to Monday 25 July 2022.Read more…
EndNote users – update your connection file before 4 July 2022
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…
Subject guides feedback: Have your say!
We are gathering feedback on our subject guides. Have your say and go into the draw to win a $50 Countdown voucher.Read more…
Dawn blessing of the new Student Hubs
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…
Masters Thesis update: Digital only and Open Access
The University of Auckland Masters Thesis Regulations have undergone two recent changes, relating to digital only and Open Access.Read more…
Easter and Anzac Day opening hours
Are you planning to visit a library or information commons over the Mid-semester break? We’re operating on reduced opening hours over the Easter and Anzac Day public holiday period.Read more…
Get started at your library
Succeed as a new student in 2022 with the University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services. Read more…
General Library collection changes update
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…
Library services at Orange setting
All our libraries and information commons are open with our normal hours.Read more…
Special Collections: 2021 Christmas hamper
University Bindery offers a wide range of services
The University Bindery undertakes work for the University of Auckland community, as well as for external clients. They welcome your enquiries.Read more…
You can borrow 100 books!
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…
Handle the jandal! New postgraduate research resources
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…
Collection changes including the new Pacific Collection
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…
100 years of New Zealand radio
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…
ResBaz Aotearoa ‘Pick n Mix’ edition, 22-26 November 2021
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…
Going Green: Open Access Week 2021
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…
Kia Tupuolaola e Moui he Tagata Niue – May the Tagata Niue thrive
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…
Labour Day opening hours
On Monday 25 October, Click and Collect is operating from all libraries, and study spaces are open 9am-5pm, apart from Tai Tokerau which will be closed.Read more…
Creative Commons help you share and reuse works
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…
RefWorks Write-N-Cite for Word – update before 31 October 2021
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…
Publishing 101 workshop for early career researchers
Short loan and digitisation requests
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…
Commemorating ANZAC Day 2021
Watch a range of ANZAC documentaries within TV and Radio, drawn together into a playlist by Media Services. Read more…
A mystery building, a pirate ship and other architectural treasures
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…
Happy 40th New Zealand Film Archive / Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision
Communist Party centenary: The Party and the hangover
Robin Hyde’s papers receive UNESCO recognition
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…
Special Collections: 2020 Christmas hamper
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…
Philcox architecture archive: Builder of handsome edifices
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…
Vaiaso o te ‘Gana Tuvalu – Tuvalu Language Week 2020
Discover six things about Tuvalu and explore resources, including documentaries on the impact of climate change. Read more…
Preserving our roots: protecting our forest taonga
Supporting the International Year of Plant Heath; discover Special Collections resources about our native trees and plants, mātauranga and forestry.Read more…
Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e Lea Faka-Tonga – Tonga Language Week 2020
Learn some fun Tongan phrases and enjoy our collection highlights including artwork, music, documentaries and PhD research.Read more…
The Catalogue – what’s new
As part of our work to keep the Catalogue up-to-date, a number of enhancements have been recently added. Read more…
Davis Law Library changes
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…
Workshops for doctoral and postgraduate researchers
Browse the Semester Two programme and book your workshops today. Read more…
Kiribati Language Week 2020
Watch the playlist and explore selected resources as you celebrate Kiribati Language Week.Read more…
Shut up and Write! your thesis
Contribute to a University of Auckland Covid-19 archive
Help future researchers by contributing your pandemic experiences and activities to our Covid-19 archive.Read more…
Picturing Cultural Collections
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…
Get ready for your Final Assessments
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…
We are here to support your online study
We have resources and services to help you study remotely.
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Embarking on your PhD? Make it the best start with our online support
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…
Display celebrates 50 years of the Archive of Māori and Pacific Sound
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…
Help for Creative Arts and Industries students using library resources
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…
Special Collections: delivering tailored services
Special Collections artists’ books display
View the artists’ books display at Special Collections in the General Library until Friday 6 March.Read more…
Honouring Professor Jonathan Mane-Wheoki
Cultural Collections: Tape slicing – the reel story
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…
Cultural Collections: Māori Television full back-catalogue now available
Cultural Collections: The art of cleaning
Holiday treasures unearthed
Cultural Collections: Delivering digitised archives
Open Access Week
The Tāmaki Library and Information Commons closed at the end of Semester Two 2019
The Tāmaki Library and Information Commons closed on Monday 18 November 2019, when the Tāmaki Campus closed permanently.Read more…
Critical Encounters Tuia 250
Daniel Solander-inspired exhibition and seminar
The Fine Arts Library closed at the end of Semester Two 2019
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…
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
Colin McCahon – cornerstone of our Art Collection
Creative Commons have you covered
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…
Reo Māori Kūki’Āirani – Cook Islands Language Week
Customary meets contemporary in whakapapa-inspired artwork
The Architecture and Planning Library is now closed
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…
Frances Hodgkins works on show
Upskill your digital research practice
Play it loud
General Library turns 50
Creative Arts and Industries student focus groups
Doctoral research meets entrepreneurism
Artwork: A powerful presence
Post-Object Art collection display
