Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa

APNK website

Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:13:25 +0000

UPDATE
11:05am Saturday, 13 August 2011 APNK websites including Kete have returned to operation. Sorry for the technical hick-up.

Library home page

APNK website

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As at 8:00pm Friday, 12 August 2011 The Aotearoa People’s Network Kaharoa website is offline due to a technical problem.

Our Kete websites are also unavailable.

Internet access at partner locations is NOT affected. But note the regular APNK home page will not display on the public computers and will not display for customers using the Wifi service.

Sites down include:

www.aotearoapeoplesnetwork.org
www.aotearoapeoplesnetwork.info
ketenewplymouth.peoplesnetworknz.info

We are working to resolve the problem and apologise for the unexpected outage.

New website launch and online network

Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:20:05 +0000

http://www.aotearoapeoplesnetwork.org/

This blog is no longer active. Staff at APNK partner libraries/marae are welcome to join our Ning network, Community of Practice. To join please email peoples.network@dia.govt.nz.

Ancestry.com – Library Edition

tasmanlibrary-staff — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:48:25 +0000

Has any APN library who subscribes to ancestry.com noticed that their monthly statistics are considerably down? We seem to just be recording those “sessions” and “searches” that we show people from our Information Desk, and not those that people do themselves on the APN computers.

Conference workshop: “Now we have got them, What do we do With Them?”

Tararua Library — Mon, 04 May 2009 07:25:21 +0000

Hi Folks

An idea for a conference workshop I have discussed recently is one with a title like:

“Now we have got them, What do we do With Them?”

A workshop discussing how to deal with the influx of teens brought into the library by the APN machines. As this is not really my area, I thought I would through it out there onto here to see if anyone else would be interested in attending/hosting such a workshop? Or what format it could take?

I would be happy to put it forward as an abstract etc, but thought maybe someone more involved with the kids might like to look at it?

Cheers

Michael Parry

Very Happy Customer

lynnecw — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:40:57 +0000

To the staff at the Manaia Library I would like to thank them for the assistance in creating an email address. I have found having an email saves forty dollars by not having to have a phone line at home and not having to have a Internet provider which i figured is a saving of a considerable amount of money if one is on a invalids benefit. Also being a member of the library club has its benefits as i found out on our vists to Patea upon looking at their notice board was a notice informing ex Patea Freezing workers that they may be entitled to un claimed monies from a superannuation scheme that started just before the works demise On returning to Manaia i used the library Internet to pursue the claim to find if i may have had a entitlement.After five weeks i had a six hundred and sixty seven dollar payout paid into my account. if i had not gone down to Patea on that trip i would have been none the wiser and the money would have probably gone in the Goverment coffers. So again to the staff a big thank you

(name removed at customers request.)

Expotential growth of visitors at STDC

lynnecw — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:16:08 +0000

The impact of the Aotearoa People’s Network has been huge and shows most of all in the door counts for each LibraryPlus facility. There have been an extra 34,170 people through the doors compared to last year. This has not only impacted on the internet use, it has brought customers into the library that we have been trying to reach for several years.

Youth have now found that libraries can be cool places to hang out. They have learnt that they do have to modify their behaviour and attitudes but then they discover that there are interesting magazines and books to read. Staff have noticed that while they may not take out the books they read them and enjoy lounging in the seating areas and chilling out with friends. Other people coming in have seen books that they want to read and have subsequently joined the library and bolstered issues.

Lynne of South Taranaki District

Happy birthday APN in Tararua

Tararua Library — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:14:24 +0000

On Monday 15th of December 2008, we celebrated the first birthday of the APN computers being in and live at the Tararua Library System. Cake was supplied to all branches, and distributed to all and Sundry.

It has been an eventful year J. One that has presented challenges both foreseen and unforeseen. As we roll into the next year patronage continues to climb, the problems faced are easing and we are developing how to better utilize this fabulous resource as a community asset.

Happy Birthday to us and the APN. J

Visit to Picton

ngaichb — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:43:49 +0000

I have just had the pleasure of passing through Picton Library and was very impressed with their APN setup. Love the way they have two APN computers in the Young Adult section. The YA corner looks really impressive with bean bags and is tucked away so the teenagers can feel like they have their own ‘possie’.

The APN Computers were busy even though it was still fairly early. Had the chance for a brief chat and it was interesting to compare notes. Lovely library, great staff.

12 days of Christmas

Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:02:09 +0000

By Cath Sheard
RLIANZA – Customer Services Librarian

On the twelfth day of Christmas

My true love sent to me

Twelve bloggers blogging

Eleven cellphones ringing

Ten rappers rapping

Nine tourists skype-ing

Eight teens Bebo-ing

Seven people waiting

Six well-used webcams

Five HP laptops

Four new Navmans

Three oldies emailing

Two tired librarians

And APN in an STDC library!

More from the Wifi sector

ngaichb — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:03:58 +0000

I arrived in this morning to find that at least someone else at CHB District Libraries reads this blog as there was now 2 large tables in Waipukurau Branch. (Thus they must have seen my blog entry about wifi people taking over the newspaper desk- that’s my reasoning anyhow). However I see that today that just has meant that we have more people with laptops and quite a few couples using both the APN’s and their laptops and taking up both tables. However it was what was happening over at the tables I was intrigued with as it put me in mind of the Thorn Tree Cafe in Nairobi during the 80′s when we would leave messages for other travellers and friends on the notice board around the tree at the cafe. Often these would be tips on where to go and what to do in Kenya and Tanzania and that is what was happening at the Wifi tables this morning. Lots of travellers comparing notes. It is like bringing the Thorn Tree Cafe into the digital age which I see that Lonely Planet has done with a Thorn Tree Cafe site. The wifiers this morning spilled over onto the APN computers and were all over the world comparing experiences, accommodation, excursions etc. It was a beautiful thing to behold!