The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Library recently gave students the chance to win $1,000 in the UTS LIB:Flicks 2009 competition. Students submitted short videos (less than 2min) to promote UTS Library services and resources to new undergraduate students The winners were announced the other day at a premier event held in the Library and [...]

Need a jump start to your day? Then watch this 9minute clip of Mr Bean visiting a library and all the disasters that take place subsequently .. you will laugh and quite possibly cry as well! WARNING: Librarians who deal with rare books may find some scenes disturbing (seriously)

Libraries Interact already has an Aussie Library Blogs list which is great but it would also be nice to be able to chat with other people in the Australian Library Industry one on one Twitter is a popular new way for people with shared interests to chat with each other I know of quite a [...]

It’s time to register to attend Information Online 2009, the leading conference and exhibition in the Asia-Pacific region for Librarians, Information/Knowledge managers and the online information industry. Get an early bird discount for Information Online 2009 by registering before November 7th! ALIA members get a further discount off the regular conference registration price Information Online [...]

When I heard that a half day Virtual Reference (VR) training session was going to be held in Sydney I immediately paid the nominal $30 fee because I thought it was a valuable skill to learn and until now I’d never heard of Virtual Reference training offered anywhere in Sydney. The session was run by [...]