As information by or about anyone who spends time on the web increases and fragments, there are several steps you can take to manage your online identity. Previously, we looked at managing the number of social networks you sign up for. What do you do when you have moved on from your MySpace, Ning, or [...]

Michael Stephens has announced the dates for his seminars in Australia next February and March 2008, through CAVAL: The Hyperlinked Library: Trends, Tools and Transparency – an Expert Forum with Michael Stephens No doubt there will be plenty of opportunities for TTW readers and fellow bloggers to meet and greet as well!

From the outside, the roles and functions of librarians can seem very similar from library to library. From the inside, moving between corporate, government, public, law or academic library sectors can be like chalk and cheese. In Australia, librarians tend not to specialise in one sector as much as librarians in other countries, but it [...]

More and more of our professional development has moved to blogs, wikis, and social software. While this means we are more up to date than ever, we are also at risk of becoming overwhelmed. You might have returned from a holiday, an intense project at work or just realised that your RSS feeds have become [...]

As Kathryn mentioned on her blog, we are running a survey on group blogging, the results of which will be used for our paper at VALA2008. If you contribute to a librarian or library group blog, we want to know what motivates you, how it started, and how you keep it going. Here are some [...]

We’ve started a Facebook group! If you are a reader, contributor or just interested in what Australian biblioblogging is all about, check out our Friends and Readers of Libraries Interact Facebook group. We’d love to hear your suggestions for what we should post about on the site, ideas for projects, or even meetups!

Are you an Australian library blogger? Are you one of the 39 bloggers who participated in Meredith’s survey of the bibliogosphere? Not listed on our blogroll? If you would like to be included on the list, please get in touch! It’s amazing to see how the local blog scene has grown over the past two [...]

Two new scholarship funds for researchers are now being established (via ALIA): Australian Prime Ministers’ Centre Research and Scholarship program Fellowships are offered for research scholars, and Summer scholarships are offered for early career researcher. One of the eligible disciplines is librarianship.   Jean Whyte Fund The Jean Whyte fund, supporting research in librarianship and archives, [...]

BlogDay2007 is here! Here are five blogs that I have found especially interesting: Presentation Zen: Focused on creativity, design and giving good presentations whether at conferences, classes, work or wherever. Although it’s primarily about public presentations, it also has lots of great advice about being creative and presenting information (eg statistics) clearly – relevant for most [...]

Ever thought about working overseas, or are you interested in working in Australia someday? Many Australian librarians head overseas for work every year. Recognition of qualifications can often be an unexpected stumbling block. Although ALA, CILIP and ALIA recognise some of each other’s qualifications, not all Australian library qualifications are covered. This can be an unwelcome surprise. [...]