Twenty-two of libraries finest gathered together at Berth at Docklands for dinner on the eve of the VALA2010 conference proper.
Many of us had attended either the Boot Tech Camp or L-Plate Series during the day ( both of which were found to be valuable by those who attended), but we were joined by others both [...]

Whilst many of us will be at VALA, for those who aren’t, Tuesday 9th February is a day to note, its Safer Internet Day 2010!
Even with the issue of ISP filtering is still ongoing, we can’t forget that one of the best protections for children on the internet continues to be education.
So on Safer Internet [...]

Due to popular demand, we are doing it all over again!  Some of the Libraries Interact team will be in Melbourne for the VALA 2010 conference and are getting together for dinner. We are keen to catch up with each other and with you, our fellow blog readers, bloggers and tweeters..
So it [...]

On top of the VALATech Boot Camp, VALA will also be holding the L-Plate Series, the details of which have just been announced.
This year it will only be 1/2 day long, to be held on Monday afternoon, 8th February, before VALA commences.
The program will comprise a series of 1/2 hour overviews, intended to give some [...]

A new study by CareerCast.Com has rated the Best jobs for 2010.
Based on research into 200 positions, investigating environment, income, employment outlook, physical demands and stress, the top ten best jobs were:

Actuary
Software engineer
Computer systems analyst
Biologist
Historian
Mathematician
Paralegal assistant
Statistician
Accountant
Dental Hygienist

Although librarians didn’t make the top ten list, they came in at a reasonable 46 in the Top 200 [...]

Its on again, Library Day in the Life will begin on Monday 25th January.  This will be round 4 of this project.
To recap, the Library Day in the Life Project aims to document a day (or week) in the working life of a librarian.  In previous rounds, this has taken the form of blog posts, [...]

Just in case you have missed them, whilst you are busy preparing to attend VALA in Melbourne in just over a month, the call for papers for the other two big library conferences in Australia is open.
ALIA’s 2010 biennial conference was going to be IFLA Brisbane, but with the global financial crisis seeing that event [...]

Twitter has been all atwitter today about the ISP filtering campaign in Australia.
The Federal Government announced today that the pilot ISP filtering trials have concluded. The Government has considered them a great success and have announced more details of their plans to “improve safety online”.
Rather than rehash all the details and responses to them, I [...]

As an adjunct to the VALA 2010 Conference, a series of special ‘techie’ sessions is being run under the title of VALAtech Boot Camp.
The five sessions will be run over 4 days and include:

OCLC API Mashathon
Video: Negotiating the Online and Mobile Space
Semantic Web APIs
Open Source Content Management Systems – Joomla!
Open Source Content Management Systems [...]

From the website:
“On 28 September 2008, a group of 15 Australians gathered in Singapore. They came from Victoria, Queensland and South Australia. Most worked in public libraries. All were associated with public libraries in some way. Some were supported by their employers. Others came entirely at their own expense. Every one of them was excited [...]