There are lots of interesting things floating around in my RSS feeds, Yammer and Twitter about the role of librarians and MOOCs. Howard, Jennifer; For Libraries, MOOCs Bring Uncertainty and Opportunity, The Chronicle of Higher Education. The Chronicle of Higher Education (March 25, 2013). Here’s a quote…. “Ms. O’Brien had one piece of basic advice [...]

For several years now I have observed the increasing success of the Virtual International Day of the Midwife (an online conference for midwives) — Sarah Stewart’s “baby” so to speak. Now there is one for anyone interested in the library world. Library 2.012 Worldwide Virtual Conference October 3 – 5, 2012. It is a free [...]

If you’ve tried to check something in Wikipedia in the last hour or two, you’ll probably have seen a blacked out page linking to an explanation of its protest against SOPA – hundreds of other sites are doing similar. It might seem unfair to blackout all these sites worldwide (24 hours without lolcats!) for the [...]

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 [...]

Been offline over the weekend? You may have missed the news on HarperCollins new licences for ebooks for libraries. This came to the attention of librarians via a message from Overdrive CEO Steve Potash, who did not actually mention the publisher’s name. HarperCollins confirmed it was the publisher in question. Two key things to note [...]

There is a depressingly long list of libraries threatened with closure in the UK at the end of this video. Listen to their community’s heartfelt pleas to save them. We Love Libraries

A new website and non-profit organisation has just been launched – Library Renewal “We are amazed by the accomplishments of the organizations currently delivering electronic content – companies like Apple (iTunes), Netflix, Hulu and Amazon – and believe a core question guiding our work must be: “If they can do this so well, why aren’t [...]

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 [...]

Fun, engaging, and useful – Mash Oop North, held today at the University of Huddersfield managed to combine all three. Originally aimed at librarians exploring mashups in the UK’s North, the event sold out in 24 hours (world record?) and attracted around 70 librarians and affiliated types from around the country. As one does, I [...]

The topic of Australia’s proposed Internet Filter has been mentioned here on Libraries Interact before. Recently there were three interesting views of the issue that I came across. First was the Web of secrecy article on the Unleashed by Mark Pesce: It began with a blacklist. The Australian Communications and Media Authority has one – [...]