Current developments
Bill Macnaught, National Librarian of New Zealand
November 2011
at the National Library of New Zealand
Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa
HAKA! exhibition at the National Library’s Auckland Centre
‘Everything is Miscellaneous’
- David Weinberger
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Extracting Value from Chaos2011 IDC Digital Universe study
(Photo: Adam Wilson)
(Issues desk, Wellington Central Library. Burt, Gordon Onslow Hilbury, 1893-1968 :Negatives. Ref: 1/1-015498-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New
Zealand.)
“the ultimate public good” – Michael Spence
KNOWLEDGE:
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“Old knowledge has to be disseminated in every generation”- Michael Spence
“… knowledge transfer causes the productive potential of a developing economy to increase extremely
rapidly…”- Michael Spence
“There are significant differences across
countries in their learning speeds”- Michael Spence
“… embedded not just in people, but in institutions and processes, and how they interact.”- Michael
Spence
(Source: www.beyondtheecho.net)
Public libraryDunedin City Library
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School LibraryMt Roskill Primary School
(Photo: Amos Chapple)
Tertiary Library
(Photo: Victoria University of Wellington Library, Arcadia Abroad)
Victoria University of Wellington
Special LibraryRadio New Zealand Library - InfoFind
Public libraryKawerau Library and Museum
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“… to enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations…”
We turn knowledge into value for New
Zealand
Valuing our
HERITAGE
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The new Christchurch Centre
Ultra Fast Broadband into Schools
Rural Broadband Initiative
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, flickr.com)
Re-imagining Libraries
1. Unstructured data
Users always connected to information online
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4. LibrariesNew Zealand
Together we turn knowledge into
value