Three librariesinteract.info writers are giving papers at the Educause Australasia 2009 conference in Perth this week – Peta, Con and Kathryn. We are even doing a panel session together with our friend Penny Coutas, called Personal Learning Environments: What works for librarians . Peta and I are live-tweeting the sessions we attend via our twitter [...]

Satisfied with the cost, the vendor’s service and how your users  perceive it when they compare it with the rapidly changing social web? Yes? No? Add your voice to the confidential 2008 International Library Automation Survey being conducted by Marshall Breeding on behalf of Library Technology Guides .  He is interested in tracking how perceptions have [...]

Neil Godfrey, over at Metalogger, has made a detailed comparison of support and functionality for institutional repository solutions,INFORMAL comparison of some institutional repository solutions. It is a great starting point for anyone setting up a repository or wondering whether there is a better solution than what they are currently using. He explains the comparison like this: [...]

Following the conference on Open Access and Research held in September in Australia, and hosted by Queensland University of Technology, the following statement was developed and has the endorsement of over sixty participants. Brisbane Declaration Preamble The participants recognise Open Access as a strategic enabling activity, on which research and inquiry will rely at international, [...]

Ddin’t make it to Alice Springs for the Australian Library and Information Association’s Dreaming 08 Biennial Conference? Me neither. I felt like I was *almost* at some of the sessions when I read some of Michelle McLean’s liveblogging from the event on her other blog, the Connecting Librarian .   Michelle is probably the best [...]

We don’t often reproduce entire posts from other blogs here, but this one justifies it. Let’s add some Aussie content to the Porter / Lee King song! From Micheal Porter at LibraryMan blog: YOUR Chance to Star in a Libraryland Music Video!!! From the last post you can see that David and I recorded a [...]

The School Library Journal in the US is running a “Learning 2.0 / 23 Things” program for …well…school librarians all over the world… All Together Now: A Learning 2.0 Experience . It is being led by Dr Michael Stephens , who has a knack for simplifying the complex in a way that inspires you to [...]

Registrations for the second WA Library Unconference are now open. The theme this year is – Library 2.0 and Beyond: getting our hands dirty. We hope to include half a day of small hands-on workshops and a “technology petting zoo” with gizmoes and gadgets to fiddle with. Sessions focus on discussion rather than single person [...]

If you want to be part of a Guiness World Record Attempt – for the most software downloaded in 24 hours, then pledge here to download Firefox 3 when it launches on 17 June. Given that they are aiming for a 24 hour period, I guess the New Zealanders and Aussies will be waiting for [...]

OpenAustralia.org was launched last night. It is a collaborative, grassroots effort styled on TheyWorkForYou. in the UK. Want to know when your local Federal member speaks in the House of Representatives? Enter your postcode and then you can be notified via RSS every time they speak in Parliament. You can even check out the Flesch-Kincaid [...]