Starting in May 2023, low-use items in the Sylvia Ashton-Warner Library collection will be transferred to the On-Demand Collection, and the Library Catalogue will show this new location.Read more…
Acknowledging sources in your academic work
Acknowledging your sources is an essential part of academic work. Book a workshop and explore the online resources from the Library to help you with paraphrasing, summarising, quoting and referencing.Read more…
Searching databases for Medical and Health Sciences information
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…
Canvas resources and workshops for postgraduate students
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…
Severe weather in Auckland and Northland: Cyclone Gabrielle
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…
Shut Up and Write! sessions in 2023
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…
General Library collection changes update
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…
Celebrating Open Access Week 2022
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…
Vaiaso o te ‘Gana Tuvalu – Tuvalu Language Week 2022
Discover six things about Tuvalu and explore resources, including documentaries on the impact of climate change. Read more…
Commemorating Mervyn McLean (1930-2022)
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…
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…
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…
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
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…
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…
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…
Kiribati Language Week 2020
Watch the playlist and explore selected resources as you celebrate Kiribati Language Week.Read more…
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
