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 Safer Internet [...]

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 excited [...]

Public Libraries Australia (PLA), the Queensland Public Libraries Association (QPLA), ALIA and the Townsville City Council are partnering to bring you:
QPLA/PLA CONFERENCE 2009 : CHANGE AND CHALLENGE
11 – 14 October 2009 Jupiters Townsville Hotel and Casino
The theme of the conference is appropriately Change and Challenge. It will feature many outstanding speakers and will highlight how we can [...]

This funky story looks like it’s going to have a happy ending after all. Four of these folk were elected to their local council on the weekend (see the credits at the end of Georg’s updated copy of this video.)

The future of public libraries was the topic of ABC Radio National’s Bookshow program on Thursday 12 June. You can download the audio or listen to the program for the next couple of weeks.
Here’s their outline:

Public libraries in New South Wales have threatened to charge for services if they don’t get more funding. Library users [...]

According to Penny Carnaby, National Librarian and Chief Executive, of the National Library of New Zealand, the “New Generation National Library of New Zealand will be a library that never sleeps”.
The building will be redeveloped to increase accessibility to the building and its contents, increase the building’s internal legibility (does that mean it will be [...]

If only all our library marketing could be this original.

(from the Empty Pockets)
Marketing is a real issue for all types of libraries. Would love to hear of any ideas that you have for libraries that have worked, or you think could work. After watching this video, I would not consider any idea too [...]

They are now over for the kids but still leave plenty of work for me to do! One of the activities that worked really well for me was the “Girls Goss” session. Previously it l been hard to get the girls aged 8-15 to come in and use the library, let alone use it as [...]

A report [pdf, 325k] on Public Library usage for 2005/06 has recently become available (or at least I received a recent notification). The 35 page report is a straightforward read covering the work of public libraries across the country:
“Access to services is provided through a network of 1,522 public library service points (1,439 fixed point [...]