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One hundred years ago today, 1 August 1916, conscription was introduced to New Zealand through the Military Service Act. The first names were drawn under the Act on 15 November 1916, and monthly ballots were repeated for the remainder of the war. As you can see from the poster, there were serious consequences for those who did not enrol. Ref:  Flyer.  Military Service Act, 1916 . From: Lusty family.  Collection of newspapers and ephemera, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries,  NZMS 1387.

Calling all researchers! April marks the opening of applications for the fourth year of our Researcher in Residence scholarship .  Ref: John A Lee, Scrapbook, 1960s/70s, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 7-C1902. The Auckland Library Heritage Trust , in association with Auckland Council , is offering a research scholarship for the Sir George Grey Special Collections at the Central City Library. Ref: Reed Dumas collection, 1844, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 7-C1943.

Did you know that June the 9 th is International Archives Day ? To celebrate, archive services from around the world were invited to submit an image from their collections and send a message to archival colleagues around the world. See if you can find all the contributions from New Zealand in the photo page , according to the NZ Records email list there are nine. Information about the gestation of International Archives Day and the reasoning behind it can be found at the International Council on Archives website . The hashtag #IAD15 was also really enjoyable to follow on Twitter throughout the day; happily Britain’s National Archives have collated them in Storify form . All of Auckland Libraries’ Research Centres hold archival collections, as does the Birkenhead Library which is home to the Chelsea Sugar Refinery’s archive . Through sheer coincidence the subject of both of Auckland Libraries’ contributions were the personal papers of decorated war heroes. Ref: Don ...