Whāia te mātauranga
How are New Zealand research libraries applying
Ngā Ūpoko Tukutuku / the Māori Subject Headings
and offering them to users?
Not many information seekers in Aotearoa New Zealand would think to search for kūmara
using the Library of Congress subject heading “sweet potato”.
Fortunately, some libraries are using our home-grown thesaurus,
Ngā Ūpoko Tukutuku, the Māori Subject Headings (MSH), to help their users access information.
using the Library of Congress subject heading “sweet potato”.
Fortunately, some libraries are using our home-grown thesaurus,
Ngā Ūpoko Tukutuku, the Māori Subject Headings (MSH), to help their users access information.
I talked with staff in wānanga, university, public, and special libraries, to explore how research libraries are applying the MSH and offering the MSH to their users.
Pānuitia mai.
The full research report for the study is now openly available through the School of Information Management's folder in Victoria University Library's Research Archive.
CatSIG, the cataloguers' special interest group, published a summary in their September 2015 newsletter Catapult.
I presented a poster with an even shorter summary at the LIANZA Conference 2015 and in the August 2016 Library Life.
IndigenousKIN, an indigenous researchers' blogging community, published a three-part summary and commentary in April 2016.
A peer-reviewed article was published in the New Zealand Library and Information Management Journal in 2016.
Anei te puna o Ngā Ūpoko Tukutuku.
Contact the MSH team, access the thesaurus and suggest new terms at their new website. They'd love to hear from you!
Whakapā mai!
Contact me, Melissa Bryant, at melissalearnslibrary [at] gmail [dot] com
Pānuitia mai.
The full research report for the study is now openly available through the School of Information Management's folder in Victoria University Library's Research Archive.
CatSIG, the cataloguers' special interest group, published a summary in their September 2015 newsletter Catapult.
I presented a poster with an even shorter summary at the LIANZA Conference 2015 and in the August 2016 Library Life.
IndigenousKIN, an indigenous researchers' blogging community, published a three-part summary and commentary in April 2016.
A peer-reviewed article was published in the New Zealand Library and Information Management Journal in 2016.
Anei te puna o Ngā Ūpoko Tukutuku.
Contact the MSH team, access the thesaurus and suggest new terms at their new website. They'd love to hear from you!
Whakapā mai!
Contact me, Melissa Bryant, at melissalearnslibrary [at] gmail [dot] com
Whāia te mātauranga hei oranga mō tātou.
Seek after learning for the benefit of all.
Seek after learning for the benefit of all.
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