The survey results are in - you told us that Library staff and services are great, but the facilities and equipment could do with improvements...

Thank you to the 2333 Massey University students and staff who completed the recent Library Client Satisfaction survey.

How does Massey compare to other university libraries?

Compared to 40 Australasian university libraries who have recently undertaken this survey, Massey University Library scored in the top 25%.

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There are unconfirmed reports of students dancing on tables during the closing tune at Turitea Library. There is currently no written Library policy on this. However, if table dancing students are seen to also be talking in quiet study areas or eating hot, smelly food, they may be politely asked to refrain, or to continue outside.

Early English Books Online, affectionately known as EEBO, is one of the most amazing products of the digital age. Ranging from the earliest printed book in English in 1473 to the year 1700, it consists of over 125,000 titles including obscure tracts and classic works of literature, philospohy and science. Dr Sarah Ross of the School of English and Media Studies researches English politics,religion and literature in the period 1500-1700 and is a keen user of Early English Books Online. I asked her about the importance of EEBO in her work.

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Welcome to Kat Cuttriss, who joined us as the Wellington Campus Librarian on Monday 27 April.

Kat has previously worked at the University of Otago (in Central Lending, and as the Science Library Reference Librarian), at the University of Auckland (as the Classics & Ancient History, History and Sociology subject librarian in the General Library), and at Victoria University of Wellington (as a Senior Teaching Fellow on the MLIS programme). She has also spent a bit of time recently in the special library sector in Wellington, as Manager of Library & Information Services at the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants, and as the Librarian & Records Manager at the New Zealand Nurses Organisation.

Welcome to Janet Clouston and Kate Stanton, who have recently joined the Information Services team at Turitea Library. They'll be helping students and staff from the Information Desk (Level 2), and teaching information literacy skills to undergraduate students, among other things.

Kate (on the left, above) has been working at Hokowhitu Library as a Library Assistant, and is studying towards the MLIS (Master of Library and Information Studies) at Victoria University. She'll be teaching students from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Janet (right, above) has come from the AgResearch Library (Grasslands campus) just across the road from Turitea, and will be teaching College of Science students.