Turitea Library is currently displaying a selection of capping magazines, from the earliest 1903 example through to the 1990s, when the mags disappeared. Auckland, Canterbury, Lincoln, Massey, Otago, Victoria and Waikato are all represented.

Find out more, from the comic to the indecent...

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Professor Glyn Harper delivered an ANZAC Day lecture at the Library on Monday, about the “Centenary History of New Zealand and the First World War” project.

Professor Harper spoke to university and Library staff on the joint project to produce a comprehensive picture of New Zealand’s involvement in the First World War, involving Massey University, the New Zealand Defence Force and the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services’ Association.

He gave the audience fascinating glimpses of little-known stories of the First World War, that the project hopes to bring to the general public.

Professor Harper has begun writing the first volume on the New Zealand Soldier at War 1914-1918, which is expected to be published in 2015, with another ten or so volumes to follow.

New Zealand & Pacific Librarian Noelene White and Kaihautū Māori Sheeanda Field organised the lecture and display (and ANZAC biscuits) to celebrate ANZAC Day.

Turitea Library is currently displaying some of the postcards from the Massey University Archives, until Friday 23 March. It's worth popping in for a look if you're in the area!

The story of Massey's postcards...

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Check out the display at Turitea Library for the best quote comp. Entries are now open for students to nominate a quote for the annual list of top ten New Zealand quotes.

Send in any rousing, amusing or otherwise memorable one-liner said by a New Zealander during 2011. The quote can be from any public source, e.g. a line from a New Zealand TV programme, movie, stand-up comedy show, or media interview.

The first sender of the best quote will win $50. You can send in more than one quote.

Please email your entry to Heather Kavan, including the quote, speaker's name, and a brief explanation of the context, e.g. "response to reporter's question about x”. Entrants must be Massey University students. The competition closes on 1 December 2011. Email: H.Kavan@massey.ac.nz

Turitea Library currently has a display highlighting Open Access Week, 24-30 October. “Open Access” to information refers to the free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research.

Massey contributes to open access content with Massey Research Online. This is a digital archive of the research and scholarship of Massey University and is jointly managed by the Library and Information Technology Services.

Massey Research Online contains theses and published work by Massey University students and academic staff as well as peer-reviewed material not published elsewhere.

To submit material to Massey Research Online please email the Library.