News

Timeframes and Discover website upgrades on 30th March 2010 The Timeframes and Discover websites are changing on Tuesday 30th March 2010.

National Digital Heritage Archive web deposit tool unavailable The National Digital Heritage Archive web deposit tool will be unavailable for 2-3 weeks from Thursday 4 March 2010.

Face-to-face OCLC training for libraries Make a date in your diary for OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) face-to-face training.

National Digital Heritage Archive outage on 1 March 2010 From 10am on Monday 1 March 2010 there will be a outage of the National Digital Heritage Archive (NDHA) website.

Māori flag will fly at the Library on Waitangi Day The Māori flag will fly at the National Library of New Zealand on Waitangi Day this year.

Emergency website outage All external National Library websites will be unavailable from approximately 4:15pm to 4:45pm on 3 February 2010.

Reading Room closed on 6 February 2010 The Library's reading room at 77 Thorndon Quay, Wellington will be closed on Saturday 6 February 2010 for Waitangi Day.

Auckland School Service Centre closed on Monday 1 February 2010 The Auckland School Service Centre will be closed on Monday 1 February 2010 for Auckland Anniversary Day.

New Zealand’s provincial anniversary days Provincial anniversary days are the only visible remains of a sub-national government formed by the New Zealand Constitution Act in 1853.

Wellington buildings & services will be closed Monday 25 January 2010 All of the National Library's Wellington buildings and services will be closed for Wellington Anniversary Day on Monday 25 January 2010.

Consultation opens on New Zealand Web Harvest 2010 The Library has started consultation on technical aspects of a whole of domain web harvest, planned for April 2010.

Prince William’s visit to New Zealand begins this weekend In 1983 this image of the young Prince William with a buzzy bee toy was on front pages of newspapers around the world. The Prince returns to New Zealand on 17 January 2010.

Opening hours over Christmas – New Year holiday period The National Library's Wellington Reading Room will close from Friday 25 December, 2009 to Monday 4 January 2010, inclusive.

National Library past and future - the Architect’s view Rob Stevens, Programme Manager of the National Library’s refurbishment talks in depth about Brutalism and the National Library building, and the way ahead for the refurbishment.

Writing & Researching Family History Event on 19 November John MacGibbon will speak on Writing and Researching Family History at Spectrum Theatre, Johnston Street, Wellington.

Website upgrades at the National Library on 9 November The Matapihi, findNZarticles, and Publications NZ websites are changing on Monday 9 November.

Matapihi website improvements on 9 November The Matapihi website is changing on Monday 9 November 2009.

Donation of watercolour painting by Len Waitkin A 1910 watercolour painting by Len Waitkin is a recent bequest to the Drawings, Paintings and Print Collection.

The Pleasures (and Limitations) of Reading Online Summary, links and text from Adrienne Kebbell's lecture on "The Pleasures (and Limitations) of Reading Online" from 15 October 2009.

Website outage on 22 October The National Library's Find website will be unavailable between 5pm and 6pm on Thursday 22 October.