On behalf of the Organising Committee, we wish to announce that Registration for the ALIA National Library and Information Association Technicians Conference 2007 is now open.
The Conference will address key issues affecting the library and information professions in this rapidly changing digital age and offer a stimulating program featuring leaders in their fields of expertise [...]

For those in Melbourne in July, this is one not to be missed, and not only because both Kathryn and I will be presenting!  Libraries, Web 2.0 and other Internet stuff will be held at the State Library of Victoria on Monday 23rd July.
The key presenter will be Helene Blowers from the Public Library of [...]

While we’re gazing toward 2010, here is an amazing 7 minute video of the Transformation Lab experiment in a Danish Library that transforms one library space into many possible library futures. My favourite bit is the “questions floor”, where library users can answer questions projected onto the library floor via their mobile phones.
Alane at OCLC’s [...]

Can’t afford $895+ to attend expensive seminars about Library2.0? Me neither. Here then, is a quickie definition of Library2.0 and a few resources for further reading.
What is Library2.0?
Library 2.0 includes the application of Web2.0 technologies and tools to our libraries, but it goes further than this and involves rethinking where the library boundaries lie and [...]

I was debating with myself and the Thali whether or not to post something about the Ning Library 2.0 network here. If you’ve been reading library blogs this past week you won’t have missed it – it seems like everyone’s at least aware of this exciting new space, if not actively exploring it. Still, because [...]

ALIA SA is presenting the following workshop as part of our Basic 101 workshop series (other topics planned for 2007 include Flickr, Podcasting, RSS & Second Life)
A practical hands-on workshop which will show you:

what a wiki is
some possible uses for wikis
look at Wikipedia in a new way
post to our workshop wiki or create your [...]

Apologies to those who linked and networked to http://del.icio.us/actplreference. It’s now been taken down, as administrators in my library were concerned about things being put up in its name without departmental approval. Most of the same links are available on http://del.icio.us/frightfullynew.
This got me thinking about all of the trust issues for librarians in Library2.0. It [...]

John Blyberg, of the Ann Arbor District Library, recently announced the release of the SOPAC. The SOPAC, “cute speak” for the Social OPAC, is a redevelopment of the library catalogue that contains a number of features that are present in the ever increasing sphere of Web 2.0 sites. Features include the ability to rate, [...]

First spotted on LibrarianInBlack. There is a new entrant in the Library systems space and it is called Evergreen. There is a very interesting article on Linux.com about Evergreen including a brief outline of the decision to create their own system.
The most interesting quote, at leas to me based on recent experience, was this:
Librarian Brad [...]

Audio from the symposium is now available as a Podcast.Add the NLS2006 podcast with enclosures to your RSS reader, iTunes or podcast software to get started. 19 sessions were recorded and are now available, including Joan Frye Williams’ popular keynote address on the user experience. Other topics include: the debate - “Should librarians be politically [...]