No round up of April 2007 would be complete without mentioning Deb’s (REAL PUBLIC LIBRARIAN) post, Sex in Libraries, wondering whether erotic, sexually explicit and even pornographic material have any place in libraries.
Of course, pr0n is not the only thing restricted by libraries. Techxplorer has found that some educational institutions have started blocking access to [...]

March 2007 was quite a busy month in Australian library blogland. Various RL library events have blogged about, such as the L2 Unconference in Melbourne. Jessamyn West’s visit to Australia had quite an impact in the Aussie blogosphere, and was blogged by CW, techxplorer, Kayo and Sputty. Australian LIS bloggers have played a role in [...]

Today is International Blog Day.
This day, celebrating the blogosphere, began last year. On the day:
In one long moment In August 31st, bloggers from all over the world will post a recommendation of 5 new Blogs, preferably, Blogs different from their own culture, point of view and attitude. On this day, blog surfers will find themselves [...]

It has been over two months since the Federal Government announced changes in Australian copyright law, changes which will have an impact on libraries, library users and regular consumers of copyright-protected material, i.e. just about all Australians.
We are still waiting for the exposure draft of the new legislation, according to the Australian Copyright Council, it [...]

One of the purposes of librariesinteract.info is to promote blogging within the Australian library world. If you’re curious about trying out blogging but aren’t sure if you want to invest the time to start one of your own, you might be interested in a stint as a guest blogger here. That way you can get [...]