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!

The Hon. John Cain – former Victorian Premier and current President of the Library Board of Victoria, yesterday announced the new CEO for the State Library of Victoria. The appointment comes in the wake of the departure of Ann-Marie Schwirtlich, who has taken on the role of Director General of the National Library of Australia. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Due to popular demand, we are doing it all over again!  Some of the Libraries Interact team will be in Melbourne for the VALA 2010 conference and are getting together for dinner. We are keen to catch up with each other and with you, our fellow blog readers, bloggers and tweeters.. So it is with [...]

The organisation representing Victorian Public Libraries in matters of advocacy and collaboration rebranded themselves earlier this year.  The group formerly known as Viclink is now the Public Libraries Victoria Network (PLVN). Part of this rebranding has included the creation of the PLVN website, where you can find information about PLVN, Victorian public libraries and more. [...]

VALA 2010 will be held in Melbourne from February 9 to 11, 2010 and the program is now available on the website.  The keynote speakers are Marshall Breeding from Vanderbilt University, Karen Calhoun from OCLC, Stephanie Orlic from the Musee de Louvre, Lee Rainie of the Pew Internet Project, McKenzie (Ken) Wark from the Eugene [...]

The ALIA Board’s blog has published a message about the impact of the bushfires in Victoria on libraries and library workers. Jan Richards, ALIA Vice President, publishes a combined message from John Murrell, the President of the Public Libraries Victoria Network (formerly VICLINK) and Christine Mackenzie, CEO Yarra Plenty Regional Library ALIA Board Blog » [...]

This funky story looks like it’s going to have a happy ending after all. Four of these folk were elected to their local council on the weekend (see the credits at the end of Georg’s updated copy of this video.)