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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 [...]

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 [...]

IFLA has published a Code of Ethics for Librarians and other Information Workers.  This code’s aims are: • encouraging reflection on principles on which librarians and other information workers can form policies and handle dilemmas • improving professional self-awareness • providing transparency to users and society in general. (IFLA 2012) The key tenets of the [...]

The LIANZA annual conference is on right now in Palmerston, New Zealand. Finishes the 26th of September. Follow the hashtag #LIANZA2012, or for those without a twitter account you can follow the Coveritlive session set up by Hana Whaanga. “Ipukarea – Celebrate, Sustain, Transform is the theme of the 2012 LIANZA conference. Ipukarea refers to [...]

  The Library 2.012 virtual conference is less than a month away. There are not many opportunities to attend international conferences that are quite as ‘international’ as this one will be. Presentations in multiple languages and there are keynoters from Brazil, US, Mexico, Romania, China, Singapore and Australia (Kathryn Greenhill), and although the schedule is [...]

Wikipedia is one of my frequently used resources. It is great for that quick update when I need to understand a new concept. It was used in the creation of this series of trading cards. That’s where I got the Dewey class lists from. I couldn’t go past a quote from Jimmy Wales, the co-founder [...]

Found the perfect image in the multi-tasking student for this number.   Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life — Mortimer Adler   Original image by colemama used under a Creative Commons licence.

022 – Administration of Physical Plant, a photo by petahopkins on Flickr. It’s much more fun to look after the plants in the library than worry about the state of the air-conditioning. Original image by Tarkowski used under a creative commons licence

021 Library Relationships, a photo by petahopkins on Flickr. Catching up again on Blogjune. I had the trading cards ready, but just too busy to get the posts organised on time.Original image by Super Furry Librarian used under a creative commons licence.