If you haven’t already heard about and signed up to this one, you’re either not mobile centric, or not in Australian social media library circles.  And if you’re not, then I recommend you get in there, because so much good goes on there. But that is beside the point. What is ANZ 23 Mobile Things? [...]

Have you heard of the 23 things?  How about the 23 Mobile things?  This updated course is a great way of learning new skills, and new things about old skills. So what is the NZ/Australian Cohort for 23 Mobile Things all about?  Read on. What are the 23 Mobile Things? Twitter Taking a photo with [...]

From Sam Laird at Mashable Tech… “when it comes to encouraging people to embrace the written word, e-readers trump their physical counterparts.” – Are Books Doomed? The Rise of E-Reading [INFOGRAPHIC] But from Dan Turner at UX Magazine… “Reading on an iPad, or a tablet, just isn’t the same as reading a book. And for [...]

It has been a long time since I last contributed to the Libraries Interact blog. In that time I’ve changed jobs a number of times and I am now working as a Senior Software Engineer for the Serval Project. The goal of the Serval Project is to write software that supports communication in the absence of mobile [...]

Recently, the Institute for the Future (IFTF) at the University of Phoenix Research Institute released their report – Future Work Skills 2020. IFTF is renowned for its work using advancing foresight methodologies and use a range of techniques, including using gaming to crowd-source foresights. This report examines key drivers of change that will change the [...]

As many of us are back at work, its time to consider what the New Year is going to bring to our libraries. And as VALA 2012 is fast approaching, its only appropriate that we look at tech trends. Mashable recently listed its 5 Tech Trends to Watch in 2012.  They are: Augmented reality Micro-payment [...]

The winners of the 2011 Edublog Awards have been announced. Some of Libraries Interact’s friends were nominated and we congratulate them on this amazing honour. Check out the winners and runner ups – I am sure you’ll find something to add to your feed reader.

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 [...]

This week there will be no tag cloud, but there will be apologies to William Shakespeare… To meme, or not to meme: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler on rice to suffer the quirky things our borrowers do, Or to take arms against a gratuitous pet blog, And by travelling through the sense of [...]

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 [...]