Library and Learning Services News

Due to the current COVID situation, Manukau and Otara Campus Libraries will be open under reduced hours until further notice.

Otara Campus Library: Monday to Friday  - 9am. to 3pm.

Manukau Campus Library: Monday to Saturday - 9am. to 3pm.

Maritime Library hours remain unchanged.

Welcome to our new website. We hope it makes it easier for you to find the information you need for your research and study.

We welcome any constructive feed back on our website.

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MIT Library and Learning Services will be launching our new website this coming Monday 4th July 2022.  

It will have:

• a simpler and more visual homepage
• 2nd level navigation pages,
• New colour theme

along with:

• an ongoing project to simplify content pages and make them seem less crowded.

Our Library system (Alma and Search Rapua) is being moved from Singapore to Sydney from 4am. to 4pm. on Sunday 3rd July 2022.

Search Rapua will not be available for much, if not all, of this time.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. You can still access articles and ebooks by searching the individual databases via the Articles tile on our Library website Homepage.

e.g eBook Central for most of our eBooks, CINAHL for Nursing, Academic Search Complete for most things etc...

Or from you specific Subject Guide.

MATARIKI

MIT Libraries will be CLOSED Friday 24th June 2022 for Matariki Public holiday.

Manukau Campus Library will be open on Saturday 25th.June.

What's on?

Check out all the events being run during the Matariki Festival in Tāmaki Makaurau.

From 21 o Pipiri ki 16 o Hōngongoi, - 21 June to 16 July.

Check out our Library Website Page on Matariki

All MIT Libraries are CLOSED for Queen's Birthday Monday 6th June.

We re-open at the usual times Tuesday 7th.

Tālofa lava! Manuia le vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa

This week is Samoan Language - Gagana Samoa Week (May 29- June 04).

The theme for the week resonates with library and learning services and student services values and ideals:

Fa’aāuāu le Folauga i le Va’a o Tautai - Continue the Voyage with Competent Wayfinders of the Ocean.

We have a page on the Pasifika guide to highlight resources, and a display at Manukau and Otara Campus Libraries.

https://library.manukau.ac.nz/pasifika

This year also celebrates the 60^th anniversary of Samoa Independence which holds special significance to the Samoan communities in Aotearoa.

MIT's Samoan Student Association have organised a celebration

Tanoa Room in the Pasifika Centre (NO Block)

Wednesday 1 June 2022 from 9.00am - 1.00pm.

Resources and events calendar can also be found on the Ministry for Pacific Peoples website: https://www.mpp.govt.nz/programmes/pacific-language-weeks/samoa-language-week/

Opening Hours have been Extended

With the change to Orange, MIT LLS Campus Library's opening hours have been extended further.

From 2nd May Manukau and Otara Campus hours will be 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

Manukau Campus  will also be back to opening on Saturday - 10am to 4:30pm.

Check out the Opening Hours page for more details

From Monday the 4th April MIT Library opening hours are extended to:

Otara and Manukau Campuses: Open 9am. to 4pm. Monday to Friday. [Opening Hours]

Maritime Campus is still closed

All MIT Library branches will be closed Monday 25th April for ANZAC Day.

We reopen 10am Tuesday 26th April.