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The first speaker of day two at #LIANZA19 is the National Librarian @bmacnz from @NLNZ . Kia ora Bill!
Bill starts with a lovely anecdote about his mother reading Peter Pan and scaring the bejesus out of him when the crocodile came in
The crowd awwwws when Bill shows his beautiful bride of 41 years
Bill way blown away with the investment in Libraries while visiting China
We we are trying to achieve is creating cultural and economic value for NZers.
An echo from yesterdays "You can only travel at the speed of trust"
Happy to have welcomed @ngataonga into the National Library this year along with collegues from @wcl_library
Min Nanaia Mahuta and the Wai 262 claim on Māori intellectual property, which will play a vital part in our work going forward
Important for LIANZA and @TeRopuWhakahau in partnership
@TeRopuWhakahau Air NZ supporting He Tohu. You'll be able to hear music and readings from the National collection on @AirNZMedia planes. A big first. Applause from the crowd!
@TeRopuWhakahau @AirNZMedia A powerful opportunity to work with colleagues across the pacific in the Pacific Virtual Museum > natlib.govt.nz/about-us/colla…
@TeRopuWhakahau @AirNZMedia Acknowledges the work Alison Dobbie and others have done with Pacific partners.
Acknowledges the work of Elizabeth Jones and her team in literacy and learning
Acknowledges the hard work of @r_esson our @LIANZAPresident
@r_esson @LIANZAPresident Money in this year's budget and next for the new archives building and an air bridge connecting the building with @NLNZ
@r_esson @LIANZAPresident @NLNZ Over time collections get bigger and space is at a premium. In 2015 following extensive consultation we updated our Collections Policy to focus on New Zealand and Pacific material.
@r_esson @LIANZAPresident @NLNZ Our @r_esson is responsible for making sense of this problem of storing our taonga safely. The 2016 earthquake heightened awareness.
@r_esson @LIANZAPresident @NLNZ The @NLNZ will be looking to re-home some of our international collections. We will be offering parts of our collections to places such as prison libraries.
@r_esson @LIANZAPresident @NLNZ The partnership with @NLNZ and LIANZA - Best Friends Forever! Working towards ILFA #WLIC2022 will be a big focus.
@r_esson @LIANZAPresident @NLNZ The message is - Yes we are a long way away but you'll love coming here in 2022!
@r_esson @LIANZAPresident @NLNZ Thanks to @fentnz we had a great presence at IFLA #WLIC19
We heart Andy and @nzms1990 !!
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