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. [...]

It seems the future of libraries, particularly public, is dependent on sponsorship and partnerships. However, it also seems to be a double-edged sword, where the benefits of such arrangements could also cause harm to the parties involved. Most recently, the British Library is under fire for including a link to Amazon in its catalogue. The [...]

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released its Perspective on Culture March 2011 report, Library and Archive Attendance. The outcomes are reinforced by data in the ABS report 4114.0 – Attendance at Selected Cultural Venues and Events, Australian 2009-10. Some of the outcomes of note were: an attendance rate of 34% of the population [...]

It’s been a long time since we published a LINTerview, but last week Jo tweeted about a staff award her team had won, and one tweet led to another and to a blog post… Jo is Youth Outreach Librarian at Logan Library Service in Queensland.  Logan has 280,000 residents, 63 suburbs, 9  libraries spread across [...]

There is a depressingly long list of libraries threatened with closure in the UK at the end of this video. Listen to their community’s heartfelt pleas to save them. We Love Libraries

At 4.36am on Saturday 4th September, a magnitude 7 earthquake struck near Christchurch, New Zealand. How it affected the libraries here is an overwhelmingly large topic, but Kathryn Greenhill kindly responded to my plea for some questions to prompt me in writing about it. 1. Do you remember where you were when the earthquake hit? [...]

Brisbane City Council is setting an example for all libraries with their current initiative – they are giving people the opportunity to have their library fines waived in exchange for donating a can of food to Foodbank who distribute food donations to welfare agencies. The Council last ran a similar scheme in 2005 and collected [...]

IzRock’s Joseph (I think that’s his identity) and his mate Rene travel from Sydney to Canberra to visit the National Library of Australia to deposit zines and art books. Their minds are boggled by the size and scope of the NLA’s archiving activities. Check out the photo essay.

Whilst many of us will be at VALA, for those who aren’t, Tuesday 9th February is a day to note, its Safer Internet Day 2010! Even with the issue of ISP filtering is still ongoing, we can’t forget that one of the best protections for children on the internet continues to be education. So on [...]

From the website: “On 28 September 2008, a group of 15 Australians gathered in Singapore. They came from Victoria, Queensland and South Australia. Most worked in public libraries. All were associated with public libraries in some way. Some were supported by their employers. Others came entirely at their own expense. Every one of them was [...]