Gretchen Joins MSST

Welcome to Gretchen Tackenberg who joins eLGAR in the Web Analyst role formerly held by Stuart Ure.

Gretchen is part of the MSS Team and has wealth of experience in help-desk and web roles.

Online Services Team

The Online Services Team (formerly OPAC) members are:

Amanda Taylor (Auckland)
Sue Jackson (Auckland)
Heather Stone (Auckland)
Kathy Neivandt (North Shore)
Christine Chambers (Rodney)
Robyn Campton (Waitakere)
Tosca Waerea (Manukau)
Gretchen Tackenberg (Elgar)

Congratulations to all the team members and thank you to all the others who expressed their interest in joining a team.

Statistics & Reporting Team

The eLGAR Statistics & Reporting Team members are:

Alison Fitzpatrick (Auckland)
Natalie Waters (Manukau)
Fran Fraser (North Shore)
Prateek Vasisht (Elgar)

There may be other appointments to the team in the near future.

Circulation Team

The eLGAR Circulation Team members are:

Mary-Anne Wallis (Auckland)
Rachael Town-Treweek (Auckland)
Susan Waldmeyer (Manukau)
Gill Pannell (Manukau)
Eileen O’Loan (North Shore)
Jeanette Gollogly (Rodney)
Matthew Kerr (Rodney)
Tina Collins (Rodney)
Robyn Campton (Waitakere)
Sarah Cox (Elgar)

The Team will meet 11th November at North Shore.

ebooks

An interesting article on the emergence of e-books and their potential impact on the publishing industry. Read it here

Database Access

We are aware of the current issues with connectivity to online resources. We are investigating alternative access and authentication processes and will be testing some alternatives in the near future.

I will keep you advised of our progress.

Hamish

Release 2007

We will be upgrading Millennium to the latest version (Release 2007) this weekend, from 5pm Saturday (11 Oct) onwards.

The upgrade will be completed before start of business on Sunday (12 Oct) morning.