Let's Talk Libraries

Troy Tuhou is Team Leader  at  Auckland University of Technology Library in Manukau, Aotearoa, New Zealand. He helped me craft my pepeha, my personal introduction in te reo Māori.

Troy Tuhou is Team Leader  at  Auckland University of Technology Library in Manukau, Aotearoa, New Zealand. He helped me craft my pepeha, my personal introduction in te reo Māori.

Catherine Bellamy is a librarian currently living as a guest in K'emk'emeláy—the Place of Many Maple Trees in the Squamish language—now also called Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, located on the shared ancestral, traditional, and unceded homelands of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. Her ancestors came from western Europe; they eventually settled in the Appalachian Mountains of what is now called Kentucky, the ancestral homelands of the Cherokee and Shawnee peoples, where she calls home. 

She talks about building a library in a First Nations elementary school, her passion for outreach services, and the inspiration that guides her work. 

Contact Catherine - LinkedIn 

Here are all the people Catherine mentioned in the podcast:

• Chris Morett of Co|Here Campus and Workplace
• Dr. Spencer Lilley
• Camille Callison
• Brian Deer
• Jessie Loyer
• Ann Doyle
• Kim Lawson
• Dr. Sandy Littletree
• Gene Joseph 
• Sarah Dupont
• Sara Zettervall

 This is information about the Brian Deer Classification System and the First Nations House of Learning Subject Headings: 

Information about the Brian Deer Classification System

First Nations House of Learning Subject Headings

Kim Tairi, University Librarian at Auckland University of Technology in Aotearoa, New Zealand, shares her passion for university libraries, indigenisation and open access.

Contact Kim:  [email protected]

Natalie C Hauff, Deputy Director Innovation at Charleston County Public Library in South Carolina, USA shares her enthusiasm and strategies for increasing and demonstrating library impact.

Natalies LinkedIn: LinkedIn

Instagram: @nataliechauff

Minnie Baragwanath is an accessibility activist, a leader, an entrepreneur and an inspiration. She’s also legally blind.

Minnie posed some questions for libraries:

What does it mean for libraries to be ‘with’ the access community today and into the future? What we could create together?

Are you interested in being part of the conversation to explore a vision for libraries?

The Most Accessible Book Ever! – How might libraries be part of that project and how might we get funding for Te Reo books and more?

How we might stimulate those conversations? Would you like an interactive webinar with a panel? What other ideas do you have? 

Please send your interest, ideas and feedback to [email protected]

Minnie’s Book is Blindingly Obvious by Minnie Baragwanath

Her website: www.minnieb.co.nz

Link to her TVNZ 1 interview  https://www.minnieb.co.nz/news/blog-a-world-beyond-inclusion-92m9b-lhhzr-ztsfj-ex33a

Accessibility support and resources at: ww.belab.co.nz    (which Minnie established and led as CEO previously Be. Accessible)

Darren Smart, Strategic Manager, Library Services at Somerset Council in England talks about his focus on community outcomes, impact and advocacy

Darrens LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/darren-smart-b-e-m-5637a234/

Cathy Magee, CEO of Dyslexia Scotland increases our understanding of dyslexia and how libraries can collaborate and partner to include and enrich the lives of 10% of our community.

Dyslexia Scotland Website:  https://dyslexiascotland.org.uk/

Correction: World Dyslexia Day is 8th October each year………not 4th

Hannah McCooke, Library Lead from Craigmillar Library, Edinburgh, Scotland shares ideas and tips to increase your impact in your community by leveraging partnerships.

This was a zoom call with Hannah in Edinburgh on a stormy night in rural Auckland, New Zealand. The sound quality isn’t the best but the feedback  from people who heard it was that the content was really worth sharing. So thank you Hannah! 

Tinderbox are the organisation that provides the music classes free at the Craigmillar Library and other libraries. http://www.tinderboxcollective.org/ 

By Episode 2 I had upgraded my recording equipment. All part of the learning.