Dream Maori /Pasifika Resources Librarian Job

Waiata Library

Collection of tribal waiataCollection of the different genres of waiataAudio collection of waiata (Sound bites,

MP3 / i tunes?) – searchable in the catalogue Video collection of waiata – searchable in the

catalogueUse of the Mervyn McLean collection in the

Hocken LibraryMusic department collaboration?

Pasifika Resources

Growth area Pacific archaeologyKeywords: Oceania / Melanesia / Polynesia /

Micronesia / Pacific / Pasifika / Indigenous / Native / Other ?

Which Islands?Geography (Island loss – under water?)Samoan University – Weeding storage books

to give to the Samoa University?Active recruitment from Islands and

Churches

Maori AV Material

Searchable from CatalogueHigh usage in Maori classesCollection policy on Maori AV material?Videoing of Maori Waiata Papers Maori 108,

208, 308.Utilising Unitube for Waiata PapersCopyright on Waiata? Tribe, Iwi, Hapu ?Tape disintegration, transferring on to DVD.

Pacific AV Material

Searchable from the catalogueDifferent dialects – languages?Pacific Island subject headings Island Community involvement materialSubject specific – high usage for Pacific

papersDisintegration of Video, Change to DVD, the

new computers in the Lecture theatres don not work

Viewing of the Pacific dance papers?

Te Aka Blog

Manu Ao lecturesWaiata practice with Division of SciencesBook launches from Te TumuVisiting Guest lecturesNew book orders for the Te Aka collectionNew online materialNewspaper articles about Te Ao Maori – E.g.

Waiata 108 concert?Indigenous and Pacific content

Resources

i pod tours in Maori for Maori 110 (Conversational Maori)

Higher presence on Blackboard – Student information system

MSH – dialectsJournal and Print acquisitionTe Aka display case1 computer dedicated to Maori and Pacific

resources? – stole that from DJ.Pacific area

Te Aka Display case