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 [...]

This post is inspired by “5 Things I didn’t realize I’d be working on….. (when I decided to become a librarian)” at the ACRLog.  Although when I first read it, I knew I would have to adapt it.  Firstly, because I decided to become a librarian at age 11 and secondly because I have already [...]

The Monday Muse is a new experiment we’re trying at Libraries Interact. Although comments are very welcome on all of our posts, on the Monday Muse, the comments are the purpose of the post. The plan is that every other Monday, we’ll host a discussion on some topic of interest to Australian libraries. Today’s topic [...]

Back in September 2006, Gillian Hallam asked us all to contribute data for the Nexus survey, to discover more about the Australian LIS workforce. Nexus 2 has arrived and the aim of this survey is to gather data from institutions on workforce planning, staff development policies and practices. If you are not a library manager, check [...]

Hot off the press via Digg – Librarian is one of 31 careers with a bright future according to Best Careers 2008 from US News and World Report. Quoting the Librarian: Executive Summary: “Forget about that image of librarian as a mousy bookworm. Librarians these days must be high-tech information sleuths, helping researchers plumb the [...]

WIN AN IPOD NANO & A YEAR’S MEMBERSHIP TO ALIA. How? Simple. Design a postcard promoting careers in libraries. That sounds easy. What sort of postcard? We need a card that’s a bit like an avant card – those free advertising postcards you see everywhere. They have pictures and information on both the back and [...]

From the outside, the roles and functions of librarians can seem very similar from library to library. From the inside, moving between corporate, government, public, law or academic library sectors can be like chalk and cheese. In Australia, librarians tend not to specialise in one sector as much as librarians in other countries, but it [...]

ALIA is supporting the creation of “a wiki to promote careers in the library and information industry to secondary students and their careers teachers. We need your help to collect profiles. Do you know someone who works in the library and information industry whose profile would inspire teenagers to join the profession, if the answer [...]

Ever thought about working overseas, or are you interested in working in Australia someday? Many Australian librarians head overseas for work every year. Recognition of qualifications can often be an unexpected stumbling block. Although ALA, CILIP and ALIA recognise some of each other’s qualifications, not all Australian library qualifications are covered. This can be an unwelcome surprise. [...]

In early October I posted to LINT asking the question, “What exactly makes a systems librarian?“. In the post I asked all readers of LINT what they thought should be the course of study that I should take. I got a number of responses both in comments to the post, and via email. I took [...]