Presentation given to TeLSIG 2010

1. Breaking the Barriers
Facilitator: Troy Tuhou
Kaitiaki Māori Assistant Librarian Māori
Te Rātonga Māori me Moana-nui-ā-Kiwa Māori and Pasifika Services Team
Te Tumu Herenga University of Auckland Library

2. Ever felt like you were hitting your
head against a brick wall?

3. Barriers a definition
Barrier1 Circumstances or obstacles that
keep people or things apart or
prevents communication or
progress.
1 Soanes, C., & Stevenson, A. (2003). Oxford dictionary of English (2nd ed.). Oxford ; New York: Oxford University
Press

4. Group Work Question 1
Why should we work with other institutions or
departments/service facilities within our
institutions?

5. Group Work Question 2
What barriers do we face in working
collaboratively within our institutions and
with external organisations and how do we
identify them?

6. Group Work Question 3
How do we overcome or break these barriers
in order to allow for more constructive
collaborative work?

7. 15 Minute Group Work
1. Why should we work with other institutions or
departments/service facilities within our
institutions?
2. What barriers do we face in working
collaboratively within our institutions and with
external organisations and how do we identify
them?
3. How do we overcome or break these barriers
in order to allow for more constructive
collaborative work?

8. Swap Papers
Each group will receive 5 minutes with the
other 2 questions in order to add items that
the original group may have missed.

9. Report back:
Groups have 5 minutes each to report back on
your questions and what has been added by
the other groups.

10. Conclusion & Actions
As one group we will work together to
generate a number of actions that we can take
to break the barriers that prevent us from
collaborative work. These will be written on
the white board and then emailed to each of
you.
Kia pai to koutou ra!