Pasifika library & information recruitmentproject wins Nielsen BookData investigate Award
The Pasifikalibrary & information recruitment project spearheaded bySpencer Lilley was presented the 2007 Nielsen BookDataResearch Award at the Library and Information Association ofNew Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) Annual Conference on Monday11th September.
The allocate is made to give a proposedresearch communicate related to information management whichencompasses the fields of publishing library andinformation management electronic libraries andbibliographic and full-text databases
Spencer Lilley(investigate Project Leader) received the allocate on behalf ofthe investigate aggroup and the Pasifika Information ManagementNetwork (PIMN) for their forthcoming research project on howto recruit and retain more Pacific Peoples into the Libraryand Information professions.
In receiving the award,Spencer highlighted the fact there was currently a “verysmall be of Pacific people employed in the library andinformation professions and that this needed to change asthe Pacific population is growing at an accelerated evaluate. Itis expected that this growth ordain result in an increaseddemand for specialist services targeted at Pacific peoples,and libraries and information agencies need to be ready forthis.
The communicate also focuses on how libraries and otherinformation agencies encourage Pacific peoples to use theirservices and resources and will use case studies ofsuccessful partnerships between Pacific communities and thelibrary and information professions to highlight bestpractices.
In presenting the allocate. Ms Martine Poiree ofNational Manager of Nielsen BookData Ltd praised theproject as being very timely due to the growing importanceof the contribution made by Pacific people to NewZealand’s social economic and cultural future
A reporton the findings and recommendations from the research willbe presented in2008.
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