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•Where we are now
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•Information sources
•Where the library fits in
•Research units
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•Access to information
•Access to internet
•Availability of desktop resources
•News online
•Information overload
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•Electoral reform
•MMP environment
•Select committees
•Coalition and minority governments
•Information overload
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•Client demand
•·         Specialist knowledge
•Tighter deadlines
•Lack of staffing resources for specialist services
•Clients looking for answers
•Development of current awareness product
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•Subject team reorganisation
•Analysis – methodology
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•In developing an initial subject team model a project group devised a research methodology resulting in the evaluation of 4,538 research requests, representing over 3,147 hours of work and almost 36 percent of total annual requests in respect of subject category and research time.
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•Advantages
•Ability to add value
•Offer specialist services
•Liaise with clients as subject specialists
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•Disadvantages
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•Logistics rosters, infrastructure – heritage building
•Lack of subject expertise
•Staffing levels at this stage about 48 FTEs
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•Clients ask us for the answer not just the information
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•Select Committee services
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•Research unit
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•Able to identify specialists if we need to
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•Developed client visits and liaison
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•First tier
•Research
•Second tier
•Third tier
•External sources
•The Library faces some challenges in recruiting and retaining experienced professional staff. This means that one of our strategic priorities is to build capacity among staff by providing development opportunities in key competency areas, including information technology skills.
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•Unable to recruit Maori Research librarian or analyst
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•Librarian salaries
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•Still limited in staff numbers to have more than one specialist
•Some speciality areas not covered
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•Infrastructure
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•We need to revisit the way we do some things
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