Is your library running an emerging technology education program? I’d like to hear from you. I facillitate a Library Emerging Technology Group at Murdoch University and run a fortnightly session on new technologies. It is a hands-on session in a library PC lab. We also do pilot projects to assess new technologies. This grew out [...]

The National Library of Australia has recently launched ERA (Electronic Resources Australia). This consortium offers Australian libraries an opportunity to provide free online access to information in the areas of health, news, business and general reference, for their members. An open discussion list has been established for librarians to exchange information about ERA, and the [...]

Here is your chance to tell us your ideas for content you’d like to read here at Libraries Interact by taking this quick poll. Poll – Take Our Poll Link to Poll If you need more room to tell us about your ideas we are always happy to receive feedback via comments or by email [...]

Here’s an idea from Campbell County Public Library. They have implemented a 24×7 recorded story service, users can just dial on their telephone. Each story lasts just a few minutes. Link to Community Press – Library dials up stories  What else can libraries offer in the dial-a line? 

Roxanne Missingham is currently President of ALIA and Parliamentary Librarian, Australian Parliamentary Library. Her enthusiasm for increasing the profile of library services, for library education, and responsible use of technology were apparent in her previous roles as Assistant Director, Resource Sharing Services at NLA, at the CSIRO and the Australian Nature Conservation Agency. She has [...]

Congratulations to Andrew Finegan for his very amusing and creative entry in the LINT Library & Information Week promotion. It was great to see the ideas, drawings and video, and I hope they provoked some discussion and thinking at your library. Well done to Sue and Ivan also. Sue’s entry attracted some attention in the [...]

Here’s another entry in our Library 2010 competition. Andrew Finegan‘s Libraries in 2010 . Enjoy.

Just for fun, at the start of Australian Library Week, 2 library related videos: A Fair(y) Use tale – on Copyright from Stanford – you’ve never seen copyright explained like this! (thanks to Walt at Random for the link) Zombies at Allen County Public Library – your library is there when you need it most! [...]

I see a dark future…flickering in the candlelight. A dsytopic paradise with electricity a luxury not a right. Illuminators (no, I’m not a tracer!) working hard to ensure everyone has a copy of the current book on their desktop. Advanced delivery mechanisms guarantee article delivery in mere months across a drought stricken land. The Water [...]

So you would like to hear my vision of my library in 2010? My first reaction is that its only three years away – not long at all, I had better get busy. I am new to my current position and this is my attempt at thinking through my first three year plan. My vision [...]