Nor'West News: July 20, 2023

Thursday July 20 2023 5
Team leader
provides
books with
an extra life
WITH A background as a
bookbinder and as a trainer on
the construction of commercial
books, each day is different for
the city council’s preservation
and distribution team leader
Jane Hackett.
“Whether I’m organising
my team to deliver books and
exhibition items across the city,
or I’m spending time repairing
books, no day is ever the same,”
said Hackett.
Hackett said her team works
hard to make sure books are
relocated to fill customers’ holds,
and to give books that need to
remain in the collection an extra
life.
“Every library book is examined
on return and will be passed along
to my team if it is in need of repair.
We’ll determine what needs
to be done and then restore it to
the best of our ability.
“When I come home with a
huge smile on my face, my husband
can always tell I’ve been repairing
books. I love this aspect
of my job, it’s my happy place.”
Books that are no longer
needed in the collection skip the
repair process and instead are
kept for the Christchurch City
Libraries Big Bargain Book Sale
– an event planned and managed
by Hackett.
Hackett said the preservation
and distribution team deliver a
selection of books to at least 10
rest homes each fortnight.
“This is a joint effort with our
outreach team who put these selections
together, and we deliver
them.
“To encourage tamariki to engage
with books and reading, we
also deliver a range of children’s
books to low decile preschools
three times a term.”
Hackett said another significant
part of her role is to
manage the distribution of books
between the libraries, using two
trucks to visit 20 sites a day,
Monday to Friday.
“During library closures, we
work alongside the facilities team
to assist with the reconfiguration
of shelving, moving furniture
and equipment around and
minor maintenance. We also
provide valuable help with the
setting up of exhibitions across
the network.”
The collaboration list continues
as Hackett works together
with the archivists at CCL and
the city council.
“This is an important aspect
as I can provide advice on how
material can be preserved for the
future – whether this is by creating
specialised archival boxes for
loose-leaf material, or mending
books with fragile bindings.
“We work hard each day to
keep the collections looking at
their best, and to move books
around the city to refresh
collections on a regular basis and
to meet customer demand.”
FIX: The city council’s
preservation and
distribution team leader
Jane Hackett says she’s in
her ‘happy place’ repairing
library books. Left – placing
material in archival boxes.
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