I don’t think there’ve been many posts from the Thali recently.

It might be worth reminding readers of the Thali’s existence – basically this is our name for the group of library folk which administers this blog. We’ve been working together as a team since we started this blog way back in 2006. There haven’t really been that many changes to the Thali’s line-up in all this time. People have been more or less active, or left briefly (and then come back), but its membership has mostly been the same. (Speaking for myself personally, I have really enjoyed working with the Thali – I’ve learned a lot and it’s always been fun when we’ve had the occasional opportunities to meet up. Meeting up is usually challenging as we are quite a geographically dispersed bunch, with people spread all over Australia, and one of the Thali is currently stranded in Europe due to the Eyjafjallajökull eruption!)

It’s therefore with some sadness that we farewell one of the Thali, Techxplorer. Techxplorer is leaving because his professional interests have changed – we understand, but we’ll miss him very much, and not least because he was our site admin. Thank you Techxplorer for your extensive contribution to lint. I still hope (and I don’t think I’m speaking out of turn if I speak on behalf of the entire Thali) that we will get to meet in person sometime – so we can thank you in person! We wish you well and continued success in all your future projects.

Michelle is going to be taking over as site admin (thanks Michelle), and I’m sure things will continue to run as smoothly as they always have. However, we also think that at this point we would like to send a shout out to those of you out there in Australian Libraryland who might be interested in joining us as a member of the Thali.

Would you like to join us? Membership would involve discussion via email and occasional tasks around the administering of lint (such as responding to emails or adding blogs to the Australian Library Blogs list). There are also opportunities for involvement in different projects from time to time, such as implementing and testing new web-based tools. Projects are limited only by imagination, skill (but we can learn as needed), and time (we’re all volunteers and have busy day jobs). If you’re interested please email us or leave a comment here.