My colleague Sue Grey-Smith will be retiring next year, and I thought it might be a good time to interview her and ask her to share a few insights on our profession. Sue’s worked in a number of different roles within the Library and Information Service at Curtin University of Technology in Perth, including web [...]
Ever wonder how many libraries around Australia are using blogs? What about wikis? Recently I learnt about a great project Chelsea Harper and Kate Watson are working on, which aims to investigate how blogs and wikis are being used in Australian libraries. This project is supported by the Ray Choate Scholarship, an award which “enable[s] [...]
Reading Standing Up
Originally uploaded by timtak.
Went and had a browse in the Perth Borders shop last week. When the shop first opened some weeks ago, it seemed like a Very Big Deal and for the first couple of weeks at least, it was always packed. I guess the novelty’s worn off a bit now, because [...]
Have you seen this great post from Meredith Farkas, on Skills for the 21st century librarian?
To summarise, Meredith argues that the library schools aren’t really teaching the “big picture” topics, and suggests the following “basic tech competencies” that should be covered:
Ability to embrace change
Comfort in the online medium
Ability to troubleshoot new technologies
Ability to easily learn [...]
This has been around a little while now but it’s an interesting read (one librarian suggests it should be essential reading for anyone who works in libraries - I agree!): from the OCLC newsletter, a feature on Web 2.0 and its impact on libraries.
Away from the “icebergs” - a look at the “remnants of [...]
Sometimes, I really dislike telling people that I’m a librarian. Why, you might ask? After all, librarians don’t appear on most lists of despised professions: used car salesmen, politicians, lawyers, journalists. It’s just that the librarianship is such a stereotyped profession.
Reactions usually vary, I find. The two most common reactions so far: “Oh, you must [...]
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