Charlotte Clements
Kia ora koutou. My library career spans three decades starting in public library services and moving into tertiary education libraries after gaining my teaching qualifications. I am now managing a team at the Victoria University Library. I joined the LIANZA Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui regional committee at the end of 2006 after gaining sponsorship to attend the LIANZA Conference, and have chaired the committee for the past two years. I plan to step away from chairing but would like to remain on the committee.
Paddy Plunket
My library career has been spent nearly entirely in special libraries and mostly as a manager of teams and services. Right now I’m managing a team at the Parliamentary Library. I joined the SLIS committee ten years ago, and have served as convenor of that committee for four years. In 2007 I joined the Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui as the regional representative on LIANZA council.
Gabrielle Hikaka
I am one of 2 Te Rōpū Whakahau (TRW) representatives on the current Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui Region Committee. My focus for the Committee is about bringing TRW & LIANZA in this region together. In my career I have worked mostly in special libraries mainly in the Government sector and all of them here in Wellington. I am currently the manager of Te Puni Kōkiri Library.
Ngā mihi, Gabrielle
Anne Thompson
Anne has been on the regional committee for a few years now, filling the role of treasurer and knowledge basket. Anne works at the National library.
Timothy Greig
Kia ora my name is Timothy Greig and I am currently the senior tutor in the LIM Programme at Victoria University's School of Information Management. I have my own blog at timothygreig.com.
"I'm interested in librarianship, game design, information architecture and some other stuff".
I have a strong research (and personal) interest in video games and emerging technologies for collaboration, and learning.Having now attained my library qualification, and inspired by recent exposure to the School of Architecture and Design, and current shift into teaching and academic support, I'm aiming to continue to study to further develop my skills in the area of Information Architecture and User Experience Design. (info on Tim avail. @Linkedin)Hana Whaanga
Kia ora my name is Hana and I am one of the younguns on the committee. I have been on it for about 14 months and have spent the majority of that communicating from another country (Perth, Australia). My library career thus far has consisted of mainly lending and acquisitions work in University libraries, a little bit of all-rounding in small health libraries, and I'm currently trying out Public Libraries (Hutt City Libraries) on for size. I enjoy being on Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui's regional committee because of the opportunities it brings, the networking, the friendships, encouraging others to get enthusiastic about our profession, and generally like playing around with techie stuff (a'la this blog).Trish Beamsley
Kia ora! I began my career in libraries working as a part-time Circulation Library Assistant at Victoria University in Wellington in1995 while completing a BA in Education and Women’s Studies. Awarded the ‘Whaia I te Kahurangi Parliamentary Library Scholarship’ in 1997, I subsequently graduated with the MLIS in 1999, (Class of ’98) then moved into the world of newspaper indexing and cataloguing in the Database section of the Parliamentary Library until I migrated across the road (literally!) into a Research Librarian position in the Alexander Turnbull Library in July 2000.In December 2005 I transferred across from the Alexander Turnbull Library to the National Library Reference Services Team into the position of Senior Reference Librarian, Maori Subject Specialist, a role that I really enjoy as I not only have my own collection but I also get to work with the Turnbull Collections as well as some very talented and knowledgeable colleagues.
I have been a member of Te Roopu Whakahau since 1995, (serving on Nga Kaiwhakahau in 1998-1999) and I am half of the Duo that has been representing TRW on the Te Upoko o Te Ika a Maui (Wellington Regional) LIANZA Committee since August 2008. As such I am gaining a lot of insight into the machinations of the people behind LIANZA which is quite fascinating and stimulating! I am in the process of professionally registering and will reserve my opinion about that (apparently it is quite work-intensive!) until I have had experience of it first hand.
I live in Porirua with my partner, David, our 7 year- old daughter Emillie and our cat Tammie Possum.
Nga mihi,
TrishLaurinda Thomas
Kia Ora! I’ve been working in the library and information sector since 1998. I started off as a Library Assistant at Massey University Library in Palmerston North, before deciding to start my MLIS by Open Learning in 2000. In 2001 I moved to Wellington to take up a position at Victoria University of Wellington Library as an Assistant Librarian. For a complete change of scene, I then took off to London in 2004, where I worked for Endeavor Information Systems (now ExLibris) as their European Implementation Consultant, training and implementing the Voyager ILS at libraries across Europe. I’ve been back in New Zealand since August 2008, and am currently working for the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology as a Knowledge Analyst.I was first encouraged to join LIANZA by a former Library Manager who sent me to conference as a Library Assistant - a transformative experience! I joined the Te Upoko regional committee in 2002, and served as secretary from 2003-4. I rejoined the committee in 2009, and am privileged to be Regional Councillor for Wellington.
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