I wish that the iPhone didn’t have the word “phone” in its name. I understand *why* Apple decided on that name, but I don’t think of it as a phone. To me it’s a hand-held computer that I use to connect to other people and to run small applications that make my life easier. It [...]

This week our focus comes from The vulgar modernisaton of libraries – a piece from Chris Saliba on the ABC’s Unleashed, which bemoans the changes in libraries (his focus being mainly public and the State Library of Queensland).  “Libraries were for reading and contemplation. But all of that is out the window as libraries now [...]

Do you have a story to tell about how you are using creative commons licenses? Or maybe you’d like to find some examples of how others are using CC licenses. Case Studies – CC Wiki Some examples: Ancient Free Gardeners – “Open content licensing was chosen as the band saw the great potential in using [...]

Three librariesinteract.info writers are giving papers at the Educause Australasia 2009 conference in Perth this week – Peta, Con and Kathryn. We are even doing a panel session together with our friend Penny Coutas, called Personal Learning Environments: What works for librarians . Peta and I are live-tweeting the sessions we attend via our twitter [...]