Longer loans for journals

We recognise that it can take longer than three days to read a journal/magazine/serial. Journals can now be loaned for 3 weeks (if another person has not requested it). The loan is for 1 week with 2 automatic renewals of 1 week.

The journals are shelved alongside books of the same Dewey numbers in boxes in order of year of publication.

A few journals cannot be borrowed, but these are clearly labelled as Not for Loan, with most of the journal collection available to staff and students.

You can find out if we have a specific journal title by searching the library catalogue LibrarySearch and by browsing the library shelves.

The most recent issues are on a display shelf at the front of Te Puna and on a new journals display shelf in Waitākere library.

Check out the library website for more details about borrowing rules and limits.

The change of loan length will take effect for journals issued after 15 November 2022.

If you have any questions, please email library@unitec.ac.nz.

  

Returning library items at end of your studies

At the end of your time studying at Unitec, you are required to return all your library items. You will be reminded via email sent to your preferred email address, to return your loaned items within two weeks of your last class. You will be charged for all outstanding loans within a month of your final class.

Returning these items to the library will remove the outstanding fees from your Unitec account. Large outstanding fees may be referred to our debt collection agency.

We encourage you to speak to a library team leader if you have problems locating or paying for lost items.

Need to return library books?

At Mt Albert Campus there are two outdoor library return boxes. One return box is near Student Central outside Te Puna B180 doors - opposite the Copy Centre, and the other return box is by Breaktime opposite B183.
You can also return items to the Ask Me desk.

At Waitākere Campus you can return Unitec library items through the Waitākere Public Library returns slot and within the Unitec Library.

Co-branding with Unitec and Te Pūkenga logos

Unitec became a subsidiary of Te Pūkenga on 1 April 2020.   

In order to increase awareness of this change, Unitec websites will start displaying the Te Pūkenga logo alongside the Unitec logo.

This includes the Library, Study Toolbox and Student Success appointment booking pages.

Click here to read more about Unitec's transition to Te Pūkenga

You may also see the Te Pūkenga branding at the bottom of the web pages.

Library system service outage - Sunday 3 July 2022

On Sunday 3 July 2022, LibrarySearch will be unavailable due to data migration work being completed by our vendor.  This outage will last most of the day.

During this time, you will be unable to:

• access the Library catalogue (LibrarySearch), including browsing, placing requests, and loaning items
• view your current loans, pending requests or fines and fees in LibrarySearch
• search for journals and databases via the Library catalogue.  You can still access the databases through the Databases A-Z
• loan any items from a library branch

Accessing Library services during the interruptions

We encourage you to plan if you will require any library resources during the maintenance period.
During the service interruptions you will still be able to access the following Library services:

• access databases via Databases A-Z
• access Unitec ebook collection directly
• book a room for group or individual study
• consult our subject guides

Return to regular service 

Access to Library systems will return to normal after the maintenance period.

Please contact library@unitec.ac.nz if you have any queries about this outage.

Change to library processes regarding lost books

Unitec library print books and other physical library items are resources provided for the use of all students and staff. Increasingly loaned items are not being returned.

To encourage the return of loaned items we will be shortening the time before the item is declared lost. Once the item is declared lost the borrower is liable for the cost of the item as a debt owing to Unitec. This debt will result in blocks to library services and may also block enrolment in Unitec courses and graduation.

If the book is returned the debt will be removed.

If the book is not returned the blocks will remain in place and we may pass the debt to a debt collection service.

Please contact libadmin@unitec.ac.nz if you have any queries about this change.

Discontinuing Library text notification service

The library will no longer offer a text service.

You will still receive emails to your preferred email address regarding the availability of your library request and the pending due date and lost status of your loans.

You can update your email address in student self-service via the student portal.

Please contact library@unitec.ac.nz if you have any queries about this change.

The Fred Tschopp Collection

Fred Tschopp came to New Zealand at the start of the Depression and made plans for five parks in Auckland, such as Craigavon Park.  He also worked on many other major projects around the country.  

Unitec Library holds a special collection of materials related to his work in New Zealand.

Who was Fred Tschopp?

Fred Tschopp was born in 1901 and died in 1980. He was American and did a lot of work in and around Los Angeles. In the late 1920s, he and his wife decided to go on a big world exploration, which led him to arrive in New Zealand. He was provided with many letters of recommendation from people in the US who he had worked with/for, recommending him as a trustworthy gentleman and a fine landscape architect. We have many of these letters. During his time in New Zealand, he worked for the Borough of Mt Albert, worked on landscaping Parliament House and Premier House, and was heavily involved in what appears to be his biggest project of landscaping the city of Rotorua. This work was done in the early 1930s.

Location of the collection

The collection is in a cabinet in the quiet study area on Level 3 of Te Puna. It is in a half-height tambour. 

Access to the collection

The cabinet is currently locked.  Send an email to libinfo@unitec.ac.nz to arrange a time to access the cabinet.  These items cannot be removed from the library.  

What do we have in the collection?

• Diagrams and photos of his work in Los Angeles and California
• Letters of recommendation for Fred Tschopp from previous clients – primarily in the US
• A letter from the Minister of Lands from 1930 recommending Fred Tschopp for his work
• Loose pages from the Parliament House specification
• The Parliament House specification (apparently with all pages)
• Photo of proposed landscaping for Parliament House
• A significant number of newspaper articles, diagrams, plans, letters etc. for the work he did with the landscape of Rotorua
• Newspaper articles, letters etc. from Fred Tschopp’s time of employment as a landscape architect for the Borough of Mt Albert
• Some photos of his adventures around the world on his big world exploration
• Other communication between the USA and New Zealand to/from Fred Tschopp
• Communication between Fred Tschopp and Matthew Bradbury, Professor in Landscape Architecture, Unitec Institute of Technology (including his role in establishing the Masters in Landscape Architecture program)
• Photos, letters, research paper and ephemera of a research paper done later about Fred Tschopp
• Various books in landscape architecture once owned by Tschopp

To see the collection do a keyword search in the library catalogue for the phrase "Fred Tschopp Collection"

PASA library update

Performing and Screen Arts library books and journals now at Te Puna

At the end of 2021 the School of Performing and Screen Arts library (previously in B202) was moved and integrated into the Te Puna Library in B180. The majority of the collection is located on level 3. See layout of library collections.

Performing Arts Film Collection - DVDs

Film DVDs used by Performing and Screen Arts students are now on level 3 of B180 in the quiet study area beside computers with DVD drives. Documentary DVDs are interfiled with their subject areas like the journals. You can borrow the DVDs and watch them off campus. See location on map.

Free books

Books that are no longer required by the library are being given away free.

When: During opening hours

Where: In the Te Puna basement by the Red Lecture Theatre

You can take as many as you want.

Questions

If you have questions regarding the PASA library resources, contact your Subject Librarian (PASA) – Sana Saleem email: ssaleem@unitec.ac.nz or visit the PASA subject guide.

Authorised access to online library resources

The library will be requiring all students and staff to log in to use online resources while on campus, from 18 March.

Currently you only need to authenticate when you are off-campus. 

You will only need to login once per session.

This will enable better reporting of usage of online resources.

If you have any questions regarding this change please email libadmin@unitec.ac.nz

Improvements to how the books, journals and dvds are shelved in Te Puna

All books and journals are now shelved together, in one sequence (001-999) across the 3 levels

We have changed the location of journals so that they are shelved along side books with the same number in Dewey Decimal order. Roughly speaking they are located as follows:

• Level 1 - (001-649): Automotive, Computing, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Early Childhood Education, Environment & Animal Sciences, Horticulture, English Language, Law, Philosophy, Town-planning/urban design
• Level 2 - (650-726): Architecture (also on L3), Business, Landscape Architecture, Trades, Construction, General Arts, 
• Level 3 - (727-999): Architecture (also on L2), Creative Industries, Design, Graphic design, Photography, Performing Arts, History, Geography

Note: 
Many older books and journals are now located in our Storage room on Level 0 in the Basement. These items are available to borrow - if you know there is an item in Storage you need please request it via LibrarySearch , or if you would like to browse Storage please contact your Subject Librarian.

Performing Arts library books and journals now at Te Puna

At the end of 2021 we moved the School of Performing Arts library (previously in B202) and integrated it with the Te Puna Library in B180.  The majority of the collection is located on level 3.

Performing Arts Film Collection - DVDs

'Entertainment/movie' dvds used by Performing Arts are now on level 3 of B180 in the quiet study area beside computers with dvd drives.  Documentary dvds are interfiled with their subject areas like the journals as listed above. You can borrow the dvds and watch them off campus.  See location on map.