BRW Magazine launched the top 100 Australian Web applications in a feature section on Web 2.0 in 19th June issue. The article in BRW is only accessible online by subscription (check to see if your library’s databases have it covered), but the full list is available from Ross Dawson’s blog.

Applications are included on the [...]

The program is complete and registrations are now open for the New Librarians’s Symposium 4: Breaking Barriers, to be held in Melbourne in December.
Keynote speakers include Dr Sherman Young and Erik Boekesteijn with Jaap van de Geer. The symposium will be held at CitiClub on Queens, the dinner will be held at the MCG [...]

According to “Digital copyright: it’s all wrong” a report in Fairfax newspapers from Graeme Philipson, the US has “circulated a draft Discussion Paper on a possible anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA) for the next G8 meeting in Tokyo in July.” This document is concerning those who have read it, as it “would enable any border [...]

The mobile web has garnered a lot of attention in recent months and understandably so. Mobile phone ownership in Australia alone is over 90% (OECD Telecommunications Outlook 2007) although mobile use is still mainly focused on phone calls, with photography catching up. However, this is changing.
Opera Software - creators of the Opera web [...]

As of 2009, students doing their HSC in NSW will be able to take a course in studying Wikipedia.
The course is “intended to teach students skills of analysis to enable them to be more discerning about content they find on the web”. (Don Carter - Board of Studies, NSW).
Considering that a lot of educational institutions [...]

In time for Library Week, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has launched a new information pack for public library staff, aimed at assisting them to promote safe internet use in-house, with a particular focus on children.
Created with consultation from ALIA and staff from public libraries, the pack includes:

Cybersmart Guide for Library staff
Cybersmart Guide [...]

If you are going to ALIA Dreaming 08 - the annual ALIA conference, or are thinking about going, then the program will be of interest to you.  The conference is being held in Alice Springs from 2nd to 5th September.

Highlights of the program include keynotes from Martin Nakata, Anita Heiss, Loriene Roy, Inga Lunden, Stephen [...]

If only all our library marketing could be this original.

(from the Empty Pockets)
Marketing is a real issue for all types of libraries. Would love to hear of any ideas that you have for libraries that have worked, or you think could work. After watching this video, I would not consider any idea too [...]

Adobe has joined the ranks of online image editors by launching their new free service, Adobe Photoshop Express beta.  It offers crop and rotate, correct, exposure, red-eye removal, touchup and much more, making it a direct competitor to services such as  Picnik and Phixr.

It also offers photo sharing and online galleries, which brings it into [...]

The results are in!
Jan Richards - Manager Central West Libraries has been elected to Vice-President/President elect.
Michelle Brennand - Manager Library and Heritage Services City of Wanneroo and Helen Partridge - Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Information Technology, Queensland University of Technology have been elected as Directors by ALIA members and Phillip Keane -  Head, [...]