Western Australia’s ALIAWest has joined the blogosphere with Biblia. Billed as “A virtual conversation for librarians in Western Australia”, it hopes to make Biblia (a newsletter , once upon a time - see the newsletter’s archives) “more accessible to today’s generation of library workers”.
I look forward to hearing more about ALIAWest events and WA library [...]

I think this is my third Blog Day - time flies when you’re having fun!
Five blogs that I find interesting? My picks (I’m going to cheat a bit and call them new, even if they’re only new to me):
Ockham’s Razor, subtitled musings of the lazyst environmentalyst. Written by Clare, “a librarian doing research”, this blog [...]

Paul Genoni is a senior lecturer in library and information studies at Curtin University of Technology. He has been working as an academic since 1993, and was previously Law Librarian at the University of Western Australia. Paul has published widely in diverse areas including reference, collection management and mentoring. He has a PhD in Australian [...]

Calling all West Australian library folk, and anyone else who’ll be in Perth that day:
LIBRARY 2.0 ON THE LOOSE: AN UNOFFICIAL UNCONFERENCE
Feel passionate or curious about new library approaches, want to share it with a group of like minded librarians? Come to participate in discussion and presentations about new definitions of content, new definitions of [...]

I was debating with myself and the Thali whether or not to post something about the Ning Library 2.0 network here. If you’ve been reading library blogs this past week you won’t have missed it – it seems like everyone’s at least aware of this exciting new space, if not actively exploring it. Still, because [...]

Information Online 2007 is happening in Sydney as we speak! If you’re there and have anything to share we’d love to hear your impressions and insights. Thanks, Michelle, for writing up Day One’s events - see Michelle’s posts on the first, second and third sessions of the day - it certainly looks like there were [...]

Just seen on Senator Andrew Bartlett’s blog: Copyright Bill passes Senate.
The senator points to this blog: Weatherall’s Law, for more detail and commentary on the amendments.
Related post: Australia’s impending copyright laws.

Thanks to the Librarian In Black for this - a feature on librarianship in The Guardian:
“The sheer range and complexity of electronic sources, library leaders say, means librarians have their work cut out keeping workers and the public ahead of the information game.”
The article quotes Martin Molloy, president of the Chartered Institute of Library and [...]

Ever attended a virtual Christmas party before? I certainly haven’t, and I hope you’ll join me for my first one - Kathryn and I are hoping to welcome you all to our building in Cybrary City, Info Island, Second Life!
When? Wednesday 13 December 2006. 6pm - 8pm WST (this is 1am PST/Second Life time).
Where? The [...]

ALIA SA recently ran a Blogging 101 session for interested South Australian library folks which was a great success. Attendees were provided with an overview of blogging and how to do it, and from all accounts (see their Blogging Basics 101 blog), everyone had a great time and learned a lot.
Kate Sinclair, one of the [...]