From Wired Campus, comes a report of an e-book design where users can ‘turn the screen’. Comments on the article suggest that readers are underwhelmed at the possibilities presented by researchers from the University of Maryland and the University of California at Berkeley in a prototype dual-display e-book reader. But the researchers state that “Our [...]

BRW Magazine launched the top 100 Australian Web applications in a feature section on Web 2.0 in 19th June issue. The article in BRW is only accessible online by subscription (check to see if your library’s databases have it covered), but the full list is available from Ross Dawson’s blog. Applications are included on the [...]

The program is complete and registrations are now open for the New Librarians’s Symposium 4: Breaking Barriers, to be held in Melbourne in December. Keynote speakers include Dr Sherman Young and Erik Boekesteijn with Jaap van de Geer. The symposium will be held at CitiClub on Queens, the dinner will be held at the MCG [...]

According to “Digital copyright: it’s all wrong” a report in Fairfax newspapers from Graeme Philipson, the US has “circulated a draft Discussion Paper on a possible anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA) for the next G8 meeting in Tokyo in July.” This document is concerning those who have read it, as it “would enable any border guard, [...]

I was catching up on The Chronicle : Wired Campus in my feed reader and found a reference to an article on the AbeBooks.Com site called “Found in Books“. “Be careful what you use as a bookmark. Thousands of dollars, a Christmas card signed by Frank Baum, a Mickey Mantle rookie baseball card, a marriage [...]

Education.au has released their market research report on Educators and ICT Usage. This survey of the use of technology by Australian teachers was commissioned to inform future roles and responsibilities for Education Network Australia (edna). edna is a repository of thousands of online resources for education, training and research. If you don’t want the whole [...]

If you want to be part of a Guiness World Record Attempt – for the most software downloaded in 24 hours, then pledge here to download Firefox 3 when it launches on 17 June. Given that they are aiming for a 24 hour period, I guess the New Zealanders and Aussies will be waiting for [...]

OpenAustralia.org was launched last night. It is a collaborative, grassroots effort styled on TheyWorkForYou. in the UK. Want to know when your local Federal member speaks in the House of Representatives? Enter your postcode and then you can be notified via RSS every time they speak in Parliament. You can even check out the Flesch-Kincaid [...]

When I heard that a half day Virtual Reference (VR) training session was going to be held in Sydney I immediately paid the nominal $30 fee because I thought it was a valuable skill to learn and until now I’d never heard of Virtual Reference training offered anywhere in Sydney. The session was run by [...]

The future of public libraries was the topic of ABC Radio National’s Bookshow program on Thursday 12 June. You can download the audio or listen to the program for the next couple of weeks. Here’s their outline: Public libraries in New South Wales have threatened to charge for services if they don’t get more funding. [...]