On Library Lovers’ Day I attended Open Access Collections at Customs House in Brisbane. This was an APSR event held in association with QULOC and the University of Queensland.
I found the presentations very stimulating, especially Peter Murray-Rust’s in which he talked about open data and highlighted some useful sites to investigate further. It [...]

It’s amazing how fast a 3 day conference can come and go. VALA 2008 is finished and we are looking forward to VALA 2010 in the new Melbourne Convention Centre, being built just across the river from the existing site.

But for the wrap-ups. Kathryn and Con did a great job presenting on [...]

We had a great night out at Bhoj for the first annual Australian Library Bloggers’ Dinner.
In the scenic and relaxing environment of Docklands, on a balmy Melbourne summer’s night, Libraries Interact bloggers (past and present) Kathryn, Peta, CW, snail, Morgan and Michelle were joined by friends Mike, Genevieve and Tania for beautiful food, great conversation [...]

A few of the Libraries Interact team will be in Melbourne for the VALA 2008 conference from 5th to 7th February and are getting together for dinner. We are keen to catch up with each other and with fellow bloggers and Libraries Interact readers.
So it is with great pleasure that the team from Libraries [...]

…and the conference season is upon us once more. First cab off the rank is Beyond the Hype in Queensland (rego closes in a couple of days, draft programme announced) on Feb 1-2, very closely followed by VALA on Feb 5-7 in Victoria. Plus there’s a bunch of Calls for Abstracts (CFA) out at the [...]

28th March 2008 is the deadline for papers to be submitted for the 2009 ALIA Information Online conference. Next year’s conference will be held on the 20-22 of January at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.
The organisers are looking for practical and researched papers as well as case studies on topics such as digital rights [...]

Merry Christmas everyone!As the year draws to a close, there are just under 12 months left till the exciting and innovative ALIA New Librarians Symposium, to be held at CQ Functions, Melbourne. The dates for this event are Friday December 5 to Saturday December 6, so mark them in your diary. It will [...]

Leap into Leadership in 2008!
What are you doing with your extra day in 2008, February 29? Would you like to spend it participating in an introductory leadership workshop, whilst being exposed to the knowledge and wisdom of many leaders in the library and information industry? A group of fellow Victorian Aurorians have put together [...]

If you are interested in new technology and where it fits into our libraries, then there are two events in early February that you shouldn’t miss. Today (Friday, 30 November) is a significant deadline for both.
VALA - the Victorian Automated Libraries Association - holds their biennial conference in at the Melbourne Convention Centre from [...]

There are now a number of sites which have developed their own ‘23 things’ type staff development activities. In many cases these programs are openly accessible and encourage anyone to join in.
23 things
This one really got the ball rolling, with a 9-week program for staff at PLCMC. It listed 23 Things (or small exercises) that [...]