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"Evidence of me" becoming "evidence of us": A case study of the policy, processes and responses of selected GLAM institutions to personal donations of collections and artifacts

Day, Alison Suzanne (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021-06-22)

Research problem: Donors are important contributors to collection development in GLAM institutions, yet interactions with potential donors and communication of procedures and policies is under researched. To address the ...
An examination into the ways in which museums communicate about and engage audience on climate change and environmental issues on their Facebook platforms

Bikovska, Dragana (2021-06-22)

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges that the world is facing at the moment. The climate change issue has been identified as “one of the most significant and fastest growing threats to people and their heritage ...
An Annotated Bibliography on Screenwriting Manuals between 2000-2020 that aid in Character Development

Aiono, Lene (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) is the government organisation that finances films. The NZFC agrees with many screenwriting authors that the most common problems with scripts relate to character development (Batty, ...
What are the perspectives of a Ngāti Rākau community towards a potential digital repository for urupā records?

Kauri, Caroline (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Research problem: Little is known about management of urupā records. The objective of this research was to explore the need for a digital repository. This research project explored how Ngāti Rākau urupā records are currently ...
Leisure Information Behaviour of New Zealand Malyalees with Special Reference to Consumption of Malayalam Movies

George, Don (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Research Problem: This study examines the leisure information behaviour [IB] of New Zealand Malayalees, an immigrant group from Kerala, India, with special emphasis on the consumption of Malayalam movies. It examines the ...
“THAT was NOT there before”: how family history researchers use public libraries in New Zealand

Aiken, Laura Ashleigh (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

PROBLEM This study examines how family history researchers use libraries in New Zealand. It seeks to understand their relationship with libraries, the information-seeking behaviour and strategies they employ, and how they ...
Subject Guides and Resource Discovery

Tyson, A. F. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Research problem Subject guides are disciplinary resource discovery maps long created by librarians to assist library users in independently locating resources within the library. While best practices in the design and ...
"Unveiling the Agatha Christies of Aotearoa." A selective annotated bibliography on crime fiction by New Zealand women writers from 2000 - 2019

Paul, Rachel (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Since the early nineteenth century, crime fiction has since become extremely popular and the genre had grown into multiple subgenres. Some of the more common subgenres are – • “whodunit” fiction which is the most common ...
Overdue: The stories of rural Otago & Southland librarians and volunteers

Sanderson, Lara (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Research Problem: Rural librarians and library volunteers may be viewed as isolated and almost on the geographical fringes of the knowledge information profession. In New Zealand, rural librarians’ stories have not been ...
The additional gains when integrating drone technology as a business tool in New Zealand’s district council structures

Koch, Michael (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

Worldwide, drones are being employed by many industries vital to architectural and engineering practice, including territorial authorities (TAs) and councils. This is largely thanks to the breathtaking speed at which drone ...
Implementing a Managed Print Solution for Tainui NZ Ltd

Cao, Liang (2013)

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the failure of implementing a managed print solution to control costs and reduce waste associated with outsourcing practices in a complex and legacy environment. Desi ...
Resource sharing and government support in interagency working relationships

Makundi, Anna Hans (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

Interagency relationships such as joint measures to control and prevent HIV/AIDS address problems of human service fragmentations and duplications. However, for the joint working relationships to be effective, the partner ...
The Right to Language and its Contemporary Significance for New Zealand

Connell, Charlotte (2006)

The right of linguistic minorities to speak their own language in community with other members of their group (the right to language) is deserving of specific attention for two reasons. Firstly, language is the currency ...
Constructing childhood for children : an analysis of 1970s award-winning children's literature from the Children's Model Collection at Auckland City Libraries

Baker, Sanya Karen (2004)

Childhood is not simply a personal experience of an individual human in their early years of life. It is also a social construct which governs the way a society treats its youngest members – if they are considered to be ...
Closing the gap : enhancing Parliament's law-making role in Treaty of Waitangi and customary rights issues

Mason, Janet, 1967- (2003)
Policy formulation in Malawi : case of police reform 1995-2000

Luhanga, Ivy Jullie (2001)

This paper reviews the process of policy formulation in Malawi with particular reference to police reform between 1995 and 2000. After a long period of one party government, Malawi from 1994 made the transition to a ...
Learners' perceptions of learning gains in self-access

Richards, Heather M. (1999)

Self-Access Language Learning (SALL) is now a significant part of many second language educational institutions world-wide. However, research findings reveal that there are clearly different views on the role of SALL and ...
Affirmative action or racial discrimination? : the theory of affirmative action, international law and the case of higher education in Malaysia

Young, Margaret Linda. ([1997])
The Impact of the Official Information Act 1982 on the Policy Development Process

Poot, Edward H. (1997)

The Official Information Act was passed into statute in 1982. Among the purposes of the Act is the enhancement and respect for the law and the promotion of good government. The aim of this paper is to detennine, from a ...
An empirical study of closely held company constitutions under the Companies Act 1993

Shires, Samuel John. (1997)