Tamaki Library

Tamaki Library Summer Hours

Tamaki Library — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:46:04 GMT

Tāmaki Library & Information Commons extended exam hours will end this Friday, 11 November.

Opening hours for this coming weekend (12 and 13 November) are:

Saturday & Sunday

10am - 4pm

From Monday 14 November, hours will change to the summer pattern of hours, which are:

Monday – Friday	8am - 5pm
Weekends	Closed

For the hours of other facilities, please check:

http://library.auckland.ac.nz/contacts/hours/

Extended hours for exam time at Tamaki

Tamaki Library — Tue, 24 May 2011 04:26:10 GMT

The Tamaki Innovation Campus Library and Information Commons will be open extended hours over the exam period from Saturday May 28 2011 to Friday June 24 2011.

The hours are

Monday - Friday 8:00AM - 10:00PM

Saturday - Sunday 10:00AM - 6:00PM

Skin infections put more kids in hospital

Tamaki Library — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:59:05 GMT

Serious skin infection rates among children have reached crisis point and a national effort is needed to curb the problem, health researchers say.

An Otago University study, published in the international journal Epidemiology and Infection, has found the rate of children admitted to hospital with severe skin infections nearly doubled between 1990 and 2007, from about 3 to nearly 5.5 per 1000 children.

The rising rates could largely be attributed to increased health inequalities, with more children – especially from Maori and Pacific Island communities – now living in poverty. Overcrowding, poor access to medical care, diet and stress all made minor cuts and grazes more prone to infection.

NZ research links child obesity to mother's diet

Tamaki Library — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:02:56 GMT

Kiwi scientists have helped prove a link between a mother's diet during pregnancy and the risk of childhood obesity.

Auckland University professor Sir Peter Gluckman from the Liggins Institute led the New Zealand arm of a study into the link between a mother's diet and child obesity. The study, led by Southampton University, shows for the first time that a mother's diet during pregnancy can alter the function of her child's DNA and can lead to children having a tendency to "lay down" more fat.

Sir Peter said the study proved the importance of preventive infant health and could help fight the problem of obesity and diabetes in new ways and earlier in life. Read more here listen here and watch here

Mid Semester Break & Easter opening hours

Tamaki Library — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:34:44 GMT

Just a reminder that the Tamaki Campus Library is open our normal hours during the Mid Semester Break.

Monday – Thursday 8am – 8pm

Friday 8am – 6pm

Saturday and Sunday 10am – 4pm

Over Easter weekend Tamaki library is closed from Good Friday April 22^nd- Monday April 25^th, and open on Tuesday April 26^th 8am-5pm.

Extra study space

Tamaki Library — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:17:53 GMT

Looking for extra study space at Tamaki Campus? Three rooms in 730 (rooms 245, 249 and 251) have been put aside as “Student Quiet Study” rooms at times when they are available. These three rooms are alongside the cafe in building 730, looking onto the courtyard.

Laptops at Tamaki Campus Library and Computer Labs

Tamaki Library — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:10:13 GMT

There are 30 new laptops available for loan at the Tamaki Campus Library. Borrowing them could not be easier. If you have not borrowed a laptop this year, you just need to fill in a short registration form. You only need to do it once each year. The Library staff will issue you with a laptop which you can use for two hours. If you want it for longer, just bring it back to the desk and we will issue it for another two hours. You do not have to stay in the library - just make sure you bring it back after two hours. You can of course connect to the library wireless network.

If you are looking for computers to sit at, the new Tamaki Campus Library has 28 and the Information Commons adjacent to the library has 42. The Information Commons is available to use when not in use for teaching. Both are open:

Monday – Thursday 8am – 8pm

Friday 8am – 6pm

Saturday and Sunday 10am – 4pm

There are also 32 computers in the 723.131 Computer Lab, and 30 in the 710.323 Computer Lab (this is the old library Information Commons). These labs are open Monday – Friday 8.30am – 4.30pm.

Call to restrict junk-food sale near schools

Tamaki Library — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:36:24 GMT

The high number of fast food outlets near schools is thought to be a factor in the childhood-obesity epidemic sweeping the Western world.

The problem has prompted the Secondary Principals' Association of New Zealand (Spanz) to call for restrictions on what dairies near schools can sell during certain hours.

Rehab use up after Christchurch Earthquake

Tamaki Library — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:27:15 GMT

The earthquake has seen an almost tenfold surge in alcoholics, drug users and gamblers seeking help in one Christchurch rehab unit. Read more here

Obesity causing grave problems

Tamaki Library — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 02:23:28 GMT

This is a follow up to the post about Pacific Island obesity last month. Obese Pacific Islanders are causing problems when they die. They sometimes require two plots in a cemetery and require bigger coffins. This morning on Morning Report on Radio New Zealand National an embalmer talked about how much harder and more expensive it is to embalm obese people. He also said that obese bodies do not keep as long which caused problems when someone died and family are waiting for other family to arrive from the islands to have the funeral. Sometimes this is not possible or practical.