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.

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The Library congratulates all those graduating at the Massey ceremonies at Albany, Manawatu and Wellington over April-June. We hope that we were able to help you in some small way towards this achievement.

View the ceremonies on Graduation Live.

Massey's graduation season winds up in Wellington this Thursday and Friday. Best wishes from the Library to all new graduates. Well done!

Dr. Spencer Lilley, the Library’s Kaihautū Māori/Māori Services Manager (Te Ātiawa, Muaūpoko and Ngāpuhi), graduated with a PhD degree at the College of Education Graduation Ceremony on 11th of May. He has also received a Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Travel Award to present his work to American audiences.

Dr. Lilley's thesis The information seeking behaviours of Māori secondary school students (available on Massey Research Online) investigated how Māori students access and use information to make sense of the two worlds they live in. The research results demonstrated that they have a distinct preference for seeking information from other people, rather than print and electronic sources.

The Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Travel Award allows him to visit America in June. He will be making presentations to the Tribal College Librarians’ Institute, the universities of Washington and Texas, and the American Library Association’s Annual Conference as part of the incoming President’s program. He returns to New Zealand at the beginning of July.

Congratulations Spencer!

Congratulations from the Library to everyone graduating from Manawatu campus this week. Turitea and Hokowhitu library staff are proud to have helped you out during your degree.