Yes its back yet again! Library Day in the Life Round 8, will run from Monday 30th January to Sunday 5th February. You can share a day, days or your whole librarian week, through blogging, tweeting, pictures, video or however else you are inspired. To participate, register at the Library Day in the Life wiki [...]
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Library Camp Australia Registrations
If you are going to be in Melbourne for VALA, then you have to stick around for Library Camp Australia, which is happening the day after VALA finishes – Friday 10th February. Registrations are open now, so get in quickly so you don’t miss out on what is going to be an awesome day!
Library Camp Australia- We Have Lift-Off
Or at least a venue…. The unorganising committee for #LibCampOz12 would like to welcome and thank The University of Melbourne Library for agreeing to be our venue sponsor. The University is located on the edge of the CBD. It is easily accessible by tram, train and bus and casual parking is available. The library is [...]
Internet Librarian 2011
Internet Librarian 2011, with the theme “Revolutionizing the Net with Content, Connections & Conversations”, is heading into its last day at Monterey, California – but its not too late to watch the Live Stream (if you’re a night owl), or follow the live action from the participants views on Twitter. (follow the hash tag #IL2011 [...]
Librarycampoz 2012 in Melbourne, Feb 10
libcampoz the national library unconference which kicked off in Perth and has been held in Adelaide and other States is making its way to Melbourne. I would encourage you to put the date in your calendars. I recently attended Libcampoz (Perth) and had a great time. Participating the unconference was invigorating. Benefits include: flexibility (choose [...]
Library Day in the Life – Round 7
Somehow, I nearly missed this! Today starts Round 7 in the Library Day in the Life Project. “The Library Day in the Life Project is a semi-annual event coordinated by Bobbi Newman of Librarian by Day. Twice a year librarians, library staff and library students from all over the globe share a day (or week) in their life [...]
Auslan for National Simultaneous Storytime
This is great. The Auslan version of Feathers for Phoebe by Rod Clement – made available by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) for National Simultaneous Storytime 2011 (NSS). The simultaneous bit starts at 11.00am AEST today.
Movers and Shakers 2011
The 2011 Library Journal Movers and Shakers have been announced. There are quite a few familiar names spread through the lists of fifty innovators, community builders, tech leaders, marketers, advocates and change agents, who have been recognised for their “extraordinary work to serve their users and to move libraries of all types and library services [...]
Library Hack 2011 comes to Victoria
Libraryhack is a mashup and apps competition being held in May 2011 and is a key project outcome from the NSLA Re-imagining Libraries project – Community Created Content. Libraryhack aims to encourage the creative and innovative re-use of library data and digital content from Australian and New Zealand libraries. Have you got [...]
Call for Papers – VALA 2012
Now that you are all returned from Online, its time to start thinking about the next big thing – VALA 2012. The call for papers was opened at the Online conference, but details are now available online at the VALA Website. The theme is eM-powering eFutures, with lots of topics to work with. Many topics [...]