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Internet Librarian 2011

Posted October 19th 2011 @ 2:31 pm by Michelle

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 [...]

Auslan for National Simultaneous Storytime

Posted May 25th 2011 @ 7:22 am by Peta Hopkins

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.

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IFLA World Report 2010

Posted October 25th 2010 @ 7:12 pm by Michelle

These reports were produced a little while ago, but they are worth the look. The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) produces the IFLA World Report a biennial series that reports on the state of countries of the world relating to freedom of information, freedom of expression and other related issues. So I checked out [...]

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Ten top links to inspire a Green Library initiative

Posted October 8th 2010 @ 2:09 pm by Peta Hopkins

n two days it will be 10/10/10 (10th of October 2010). ALIA is promoting a library top ten lists campaign and has invited anyone to create a list of top 10s. In this set of webslides I’m not sure these are THE top 10, but they are 10 top links to inspire a green library [...]

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Follow a Library Day 1st October 2010

Posted October 1st 2010 @ 4:00 am by Peta Hopkins

Today is #followalibrary day. This is a day to show your appreciation for your library by giving it some twitter link love. Look out for posters like the one illustrated here or for a twitter link on library websites. @libsinteract has followed all the Australian libraries that are listed on the @followalibrary/Australia list and this [...]

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ALIAAccess 2010 blog posts

Posted September 8th 2010 @ 12:25 pm by Peta Hopkins

Last week saw a horde of librarians descend on Brisbane for ALIAAccess. This is the conference you have when you are not having an IFLA conference. Some of us were unable to attend, although we enjoyed the tweets, or had a left-behind party to console ourselves. The tweets were great, but I’m ready for some more [...]

30 posts in 30 days – reflections on a meme

Posted June 8th 2010 @ 6:23 pm by zaana

Week 1 in the #blogeverydayinJune challenge has come to a close.  It’s been an exciting and productive week to say the least! I am most impressed that all participating bloggers remain on the bandwagon to date. It seems @flexnib with her Day 6 meme about reading habits provided some light relief for a third of [...]

Photo Essay: visit to National Library of Australia

Posted March 13th 2010 @ 4:48 pm by Peta Hopkins

IzRock’s Joseph (I think that’s his identity) and his mate Rene travel from Sydney to Canberra to visit the National Library of Australia to deposit zines and art books. Their minds are boggled by the size and scope of the NLA’s archiving activities. Check out the photo essay.

ALIA Partners Up on Internet Filtering

Posted February 15th 2010 @ 7:37 pm by Peta Hopkins

ALIA has aligned itself with Google, Inspire Foundation and Yahoo to present a statement on Internet filtering. You can read Core Principles for Effective Action for a Safer Internet on the ALIA site. As one tweeter put it… @katiedatwork smart partnering and a strong stance: http://www.alia.org.au/internetfiltering/ seriously impressed, @ALIANational.

Libraries represented at ‘Realising our Broadband Future’

Posted December 11th 2009 @ 4:32 pm by KS

Colleagues, I have been here at the Realising our Broadband Future forum for the past two days and many of you have seen the twittering at #bbfuture. Places at this conference have been by invitation only and I have been pleased and proud to represent our profession and ALIA here – amongst the government, technical [...]

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