Just incase you missed it- Ara library goes to its summer hours on the 1st of December! We hope this period before Christmas treats you well. š
Updated Ara Library Summer Hours!
Category: Announcements
Library hours for Canterbury Anniversary Day 2023
The Library at Madras, Manawa and Woolston Campus will be closed on Friday the 17th November for Canterbury Anniversary Day or as we like to call it, Show Day. We will reopen at 10 am on Saturday 18th November. Please note the After Hours Pod will also be closed on Show Day.
This holiday celebrates the establishment of Canterbury as a province of New Zealand.
The annual Agricultural Exhibition held at the show grounds in Hillmorton will go ahead this year after being cancelled for the last two years. In 2019 over 100 000 people visited the Show over its three days.
The weather over Show Weekend is usually fine so some sort of outdoor activity is always a good alternate. Picnics, barbeques, camping, tramping, beach walks and family get togethers are other optionsā¦
From all of us here at Ara Library we wish you a very happy Anniversary Weekend.
Celebrating Matariki – Ara Library closed on Friday 14th
Ara Library will be closed on Friday 14 July as we celebrate the second Matariki public holiday. The Library will reopen at 10am on Saturday 15 July.
Original image: Messier 45 Open cluster by Filip LoliÄ / CC 3.0.
King’s Birthday celebration 2023
Monday the 5th June is the first official King’s Birthday celebration.
This is the first King’s Birthday Weekend since the ascension of King Charles III to the throne. It was decided in 2022 to keep the first Monday in June as a day of celebration of the sovereign. Previously this day was Queens Birthday Weekend so it is going to take some time to get used to the new name.
King Charles III’s birthday is actually on 14th November…he was born in 1948 so he is currently 74 years old.
All branches of the Ara Library will be closed for the day and our normal hours of operation will recommence on Tuesday 6th June at 7 am. From all of us here at Ara Library we wish you a peaceful and productive long weekend and we look forward to seeing you when we reopen.
Jonathan Moake
Library Assistant
World Poetry Day
Blackout Poetry
Join us at City and Timaru Campuses, or online, to create and share your Blackout Poetry. Making Blackout Poetry is easy and lots of fun, and there are chocolate prizes up for grabs. Add your entry to the wall in the library, or share it with us here, before Sunday 26 March to be in to win
Check out the images for further instructions and ideas
Check out more poetry on Madras campus https://www.facebook.com/cantypoet
Changes to our hours of operation
From Monday the 20th March, the Library will return to our usual longer opening hours. This means we will be open mornings, Friday nights and over the weekends.
From next Monday the Ara City Campus Library will be open :
These hours should continue right through to the end of 2023 but we will advise of any changes as they occur.
Thank You
Library Hours over the Summer
We are slowly getting closer to the end of the academic year and with the end of study we will have some changes to our opening hours.
Here are our hours of operation from December 2022 through February 2023:
We will be closed from 24th December to 9th January in line with the rest of the Institute. For all of January 2023 we will only open from 8am to 5 pm Monday to Friday. Our term time hours will resume from Tuesday 7th February 2023.
Please note that all of our online resources will remain available right through this period.
Library hours for Canterbury Anniversary Day 2023
The Library at Madras, Manawa and Woolston Campus will be closed on Friday the 17th November for Canterbury Anniversary Day. We will reopen at 10 am on Saturday 18th November.
Also known as Show Day this holiday celebrates the establishment of Canterbury as a province of New Zealand.
The annual Agricultural Exhibition held at the show grounds in Hillmorton will go ahead this year after being cancelled for the last two years. In 2019 over 100 000 people visited the Show over its three days.
It will be good to see its return!
The weather over Show Weekend is usually fine so some sort of outdoor activity is always a good alternate. Picnics, barbeques, camping, tramping, beach walks and family get togethers are other optionsā¦
From all of us here at Ara Library we wish you a very happy Anniversary Weekend.
Library closed on Monday 26th September for the Queen Elizabeth II Remembrance Day
The Library at all Ara Campus will be closed on Monday 26th September as we officially remember the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
This is a one off public holiday announced by the government last week and will be observed right across the country. There will be a national ceremony to remember the Queen in Wellington on that day.
Our normal hours of operation will resume at 7 am on Tuesday 27th September.
Ara Tramping Club information evening
If you are a student and a keen tramper you might be interested in the Ara Tramping Club.
The Ara Tramping Club go on day and overnight trips to various spots around Canterbury. Membership is open to interested students and a knowledge of the outdoors and tramping is not necessary to become a member.
The Tramping Club is holding an information evening tonight (Tuesday 23rd August) at 5.30 pm. They will be meeting in the Student Lounge in the old Student Union building. If you are interested in learning more go along and introduce yourself.
I am sure they would be happy to meet you.
Ara Library Blog 