Dave Pattern from the University of Huddersfield in the UK wants to know. He’s asking libraries worldwide to fill out his OPAC survey. He’s planning to use it in a presentation he’s giving at LiS 2007 on 18th April, and to write an informal report around the middle of May. He’s already given a preliminary [...]

March 2007 was quite a busy month in Australian library blogland. Various RL library events have blogged about, such as the L2 Unconference in Melbourne. Jessamyn West’s visit to Australia had quite an impact in the Aussie blogosphere, and was blogged by CW, techxplorer, Kayo and Sputty. Australian LIS bloggers have played a role in [...]

Here’s a reference for a good old-fashioned print resource that I urge librarians to get hold of. Buschman comes from a ‘critical theory’ perspective, so is putting libraries in the context of: ‘information capitalism’ New Managerialism/New Public Management/the New Public Philosophy the commodification of information private-sector models of public service provision encroachments on the progressive, [...]

ALIA SA recently ran a Basic Wikis 101 workshop which was a great success! The workshop is part of the ALIA SA Basic 101 Workshop series which gives participants the chance to learn about Web 2.0 technologies in a hands-on environment. Check out photos of the workshop in action here… Attendees were introduced to the [...]

Sharon Karasmanis wrote to me a couple of weeks ago with an update on the Libs for Africa fundraiser and I’ve only now got around to writing an update.  A recent check of the website shows that the goals of the campaign have been exceeded. With $8000 raised there is enough to send 12 librarians to [...]

Tom Peters writes about library architecture in Second Life. It seems we humans can’t quite leave our First Life comforts completely behind when we first venture into virtual worlds. Why do we even need buildings in SL he asks… Read the full article.

A casual conversation around our thali table resulted in this experimental post. We were discussing how to get staff and/or management to support (or even pay attention to) initiatives like internal blogs or a Flickr account for a library or podcasting. We all had a lot to say and were rather, well, passionate about it. [...]

Here is a cool idea for ALIA! The Library and Information Technology Association are in election mode at present. They are presenting a podcast of messages from candidates via their blog. So next time around we might see/hear candidates for ALIA elections spruiking about themselves and their views on the profession. Each post has a [...]

Last night around 7pm in Western Australia I was: in Second Life on ABC Island watching a streamed broadcast of an ABC Four Corners program about Second Life, YouOnly Live Twice waiting one and a half hours for the program to be broadcast on my tele sitting next to some people who were watching the [...]

The Library Journal has announced their “Movers and Shakers” 2007.   This year’s winners include bloggers Casey Bisson, Helen Blowers, Nicole Engard and Michael Casey, just to name a few.  You can check out what they are reading and link to their profiles at “Movers’ Media Diet”. Movers and Shakers are peer nominated and are recognised [...]