I enjoyed watching everyone flex their bloggy muscles during June, but maybe we need another exercise to keep up the impetus. I’m being selfish here – I want to read more Australian library blog posts… And maybe some people who did not join in in June could test the waters? Bobbi Newman from the Librarian [...]

To all the 30 posts in 30 days bloggers – whether you have done every day or not, whether you have read every post or not, whether you have commented on many posts – thanks so much for your energy and sharing. To all the Libraries Interact bloggers who have faithfully managed to summarise each [...]

Sunday can be a day of rest and maybe a time to think about pacing oneself. This is reflected in posts by Sue, Fiona, and even Michelle talking about how it can be difficult to keep up the same profile on Twitter when her job duties have changed. Kate enjoyed a long weekend of no [...]

One of our 30 posts in 30 days blogs, the National Library of Australia’s New Technologies Interest Group’s blog has a neat little post about ebooks today A book by any other name . In the post, it mentioned being able to download ebooks from public libraries. It made me wonder how many Australian public [...]

The weekend arrives and with it posts that are more relaxed and more personal. We have watched our families play sport – at least Penny and Kate did. We have thought about the effects of the colder weather on citrus (Sue), chihuahuas (Con)  and on the number of people who use our libraries (Michelle)…although the [...]

Thanks to Sally at Sally Sets Forth , here is a list of blogs taking part in the 30 posts in 30 days challenge: There she goes Ruminations Haikugirloz Justgirlwithshoes virtually a librarian Librarians Matter Strawberries of Integrity Batgirl’s Book Blog FromMelbin Walking Upside Down snail Feral Librarian Tales moonflowerdragon Suelibrarian ADHD Librarian CreativeCirc SkinniBitch [...]

Expect an explosion of (great?) content on Australasian library blogs this month. Explosion of positive energy uploaded to Flickr on March 30, 2008 by Łukasz Strachanowski Over on Twitter, Con Wiebrands, librariesinteract Thali member and blogger at Ruminations, has thrown down the gauntlet.  Following the example of Stephanie at There She Goes she asked the [...]

Finally we have a Twitter account. – @libsinteract We will be sending out a link to all new blog posts. We will also sometimes push out tidbitty news that doesn’t need its own blog post. And you can use it talk to the Thali via DM (direct message) – tell us a good story, flatter [...]

Libraries Interact and friends will be covering VALA 2010 live. VALA2010 – Tuesday 9th February

The Third Western Australian Library Unconference will be held on Saturday 3 October 2009 at Central TAFE, Royal Street, East Perth. Thank you to Central TAFE for donating the venue.   Again we are aiming for it to be no cost to participants – except time, energy, communication, expertise and engagement. . Registrations for the [...]