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 [...]

  Definitely worth a look… And have a play with the ngram viewer. I used the terms ‘libraries’ and ‘librarians’. There was a peak in 1970s and a decline since then. Uh oh! Or does this just mean that those topics are now being written about in non-book formats?

The wait is over.  The signup’s for Library Camp Australia are open, so reserve your place fast. Head on over to our registration page and let us know you’re coming. Places are limited, so be quick! Library Camp Australia is going to be held at the State Library of Western Australia on Monday 19th September. The fact [...]

Somehow, I nearly missed this!  Today starts Round 7 in the Library Day in the Life Project. “The Library Day in the Life Project is a semi-annual event coordinated by Bobbi Newman  of Librarian by Day. Twice a year librarians, library staff and library students from all over the globe share a day (or week) in their life [...]

The day-to-day NewGradLibrarian revives “A Day in the Life”.  Penny posts her own hectic day.  And Tania plans to scrapbook a Week in the Life. Professional professionals ACrystelle is planning an upcoming conference paper about her out-of-the-ordinary job. Sophie Mac reports on a Teaching and Learning Forum and JayGee reports on a webinar experience. Joy [...]

  Sunday morning coffee and Lazy Sunday Afternoon, For the bloggers from #blogjune So what do librarians away from work do ? Frances visits the Supreme Court , While Kelly runs for sport, And Fiona has problems shooting through .   Tony is into stitchonomy, Alisa audits her PLE, While Janelle cools off at Long [...]

The “Five Books Meme” continues, with Mal Booth, NewGradLibrarian, Macaronic, and Peta climbing aboard. Then the “Add exponentially to Deborah’s to-read list” theme continues with: Following flexnib’s suggestion of creating a “100 articles every librarian must read” list, Kathryn Greenhill starts the ball rolling with 40 articles plus a Zotero group where we can add [...]

I don’t know if there was a theme to Friday’s posts. People are certainly writing about interesting topics! Elissa ponders the differences between blogging and academic writing. This is a lesson some writers of library blogs need to learn too… Corin tells us about a photography project he’s working on: 52 Laughs - This project has [...]

Cunningly timed to give you plenty of weekend reading! Seven Things Katejf, FromMelbin, jobeaz, Teresa Bennett, a Public Librarian, Lutie, and Alethea all tackle the seven things meme. Help wanted Katejf asks about apps for iPad for research Kathryn Greenhill asks what people are doing well professionally/in their libraries Miss Sophie Mac asks for library-related [...]

Wow, a week already completed in the Blog Every Day of June challenge.  Its amazing the breadth and depth of posts coming out – how all our bloggers manage to come up with something new, fresh and interesting every day amazes me. So our Tuesday’s children may not be full of grace, but they have [...]