INFO 531 – Resources for New Zealand Studies
| Points: | 15 | Prerequisites: | None |
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| Faculty: | Commerce & Administ | Corequisites: | None |
| School: | Information Management | Restrictions: | None |
An in-depth examination of primary and secondary sources for New Zealand studies, their bibliographic control, location and access within a historical framework of scholarship, publication, and the development of libraries. Builds on the New Zealand element in INFO 523/544.
Tuition Fees
2012:
domestic $1,098.00 
international $3,075.00
Trimester 1 2012
* indicates instructor is the course coordinator.
| CRN | From/To | Days | Time | Building [Campus] | Room | Instructor | 10573 (L1) | 5 Mar – 10 Jun 2012 | Mon | 1340 - 1530 | Government Buildings [Pipitea] | G04 | Sydney Shep* | 18657 (E1) | 5 Mar – 4 Jul 2012 | Mon | 1700 - 1830 | tba [Distance (NZ)] |
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Course description
INFO 531, Resources for New Zealand Studies, is an in-depth examination of primary and secondary sources for New Zealand studies, their bibliographic control, location and access within a historical framework of scholarship, publication, and the development of libraries. It builds on the New Zealand element in INFO 523 and INFO 544.
Please note we recommend that you complete the core course INFO 523 before taking this elective as part of the MIS or PGCert/DipIS.
Learning objectives
At the end of the INFO 531 course, students should be:
- Familiar with the development and use of major tools for bibliographic access and control across a range of topics in New Zealand studies.
- Familiar with the major collecting institutions, and the strengths of their New Zealand collections.
- Aware of the distinctive patterns of resources, and the problems these pose for research and the research community.
- Able to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the machinery of bibliographical access and control, and able to recommend feasible improvements.
Schedule (tbc)
INFO 531 will be held in the first trimester (March-June) of the 2012 academic year. There will be no classes during the mid-term break (9-22 April).
- Internal students
The weekly seminars will be held on Monday (from 1.40-3.30 p.m.) in the Old Government Building, GB04 - Distance students
The weekly Internet conference sessions will be held on Monday from 5.00-6.30 p.m.
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Week |
Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 |
New Zealand Studies: the formation of a discipline |
| 2 |
The research community & its needs |
| 3 |
Bibliographic tools: background & overview |
| 4 |
Institutions, collections & their development |
| 5 |
Creating the print record: NZ printing & publishing |
| 6 | TBC |
| Weeks 7-12 |
Weekly sessions during the second half of the trimester will focus on updating and rewriting the course textbook (Wood, 1999) in the form of a collaborative on-line NZ resources tool. We will build this wiki-based tool using a research team approach, each team choosing a specific content area, such as government information, business archives, places and spaces, pictorial resources, genealogical information, sound resources, the built environment, etc. Further information about this class publishing initiative will be available on BlackBoard and at our first class. |
Assessment (taken from 2010)
This course will be internally assessed, comprising individual annotated bibliographies and group blogs, all related to and providing the building blocks for the major piece of assessment which will be the on-line NZ resources tool. All details are available on Blackboard.
Prescribed texts and recommended reading
G. A. Wood, Studying New Zealand: A Guide to Sources. Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 1999.
Penny Griffith, Ross Harvey & Keith Maslen, Book & Print in New Zealand. A Guide to Print Culture in Aotearoa, Wellington. Victoria University Press, 1997.
This work is now out-of-print, although copies are available on 3-day loan from the University Library. The New Zealand Electronic Text Centre has created an electronic, searchable version, which is now available in Web and e-book formats. The Web version is at
Recommended reading
In addition to the prescribed texts, you should read Ringer, J. B. (1991). Undertaking further research. In An introduction to New Zealand Government. Christchurch: Hazard Press.