Wired reports that more than 2 million public domain books will soon be available for on-demand printing from Google Book Search in partnership with On Demand Books. According to the On Demand Books site, the only locations in Australia are: Angus and Robertson in Bourke St, Melbourne. Baillieu Library University of Melbourne (Fall 2009 – [...]

VALA 2010 – Connections. Content. Conversations has now opened for registrations.  You can register individually or shared online, or download the registration form and either fax or mail it in. The conference, to be held 9-11 February at the new Melbourne Convention Centre has more than a new venue to boast this time around. The [...]

ALIA is offering the chance for ALIA members to win a free course placement, in several courses run by ARK, PICs and Richard Sayers.  Courses cover a wide range of topics and locations, including online. Check out the ALIA Courses, Workshops and PD Competitions webpage, for details on the courses supported, the competition criteria and [...]

ALIA has announced grants of $500 for public libraries to train Adult Community Education providers in Information Literacy Skills. The funding comes from Adult Learning Australia and aims to improve ACE providers’  information literacy, internet searching and web 2.0 skills. Applications close on the 15th September, so you will have to move quickly on this [...]

The THALI here at Libraries Interact have been receiving a lot of spam lately via some email addresses that we have been using for the administration of the Libraries Interact blog. Early last month I put in place some changes to the way we received email in an effort to reduce the amount of spam [...]

The 75th Annual World Library and Information Congress wrapped up last Thursday in Milan, Italy and I was thrilled to be able to attend for the second time. This year, with all the first timer anxieties out of the way the conference for me personally was an exciting and successful one. This year as well [...]

Public Libraries Australia (PLA), the Queensland Public Libraries Association (QPLA), ALIA and the Townsville City Council are partnering to bring you: QPLA/PLA CONFERENCE 2009 : CHANGE AND CHALLENGE 11 – 14 October 2009 Jupiters Townsville Hotel and Casino The theme of the conference is appropriately Change and Challenge. It will feature many outstanding speakers and will highlight [...]