Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology

My first stop on the south island was at Nelson. I was surprised to be told by the manager here that the building is 10 years old! It looks new as it was designed in the industrial design that is so trendy now. And it was cutting edge at the time in that it incorporated the full learning commons idea. The manager wants to get rid of the OPACS as the catalogue can now be accessed from any computer and they have 63 in total, but people still want the dedicated OPAC terminal.