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 [...]

  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?

  A is for the artists who make up rant’s top 5 B is for the Birkenstocks that keep Hoi’s feet alive C is for the conferences and industry gatherings D is for the dinner that Jo wished she didn’t have to cook E is for the evening out, the sun set, take a look [...]

On weekends our thoughts turn to food, hobbies and entertainment for the most part, but there are still a few serious posts in this lot. Kitchen Capers Spam Spam Spam (just kidding about this category) Timing Turkey and coriander balls in tomato sauce Turkey and coriander balls (Yep those meatballs go a long way) Crafty [...]

I wanted to provide a different way for us to explore the posts from yesterday. This has not turned out as well as I’d hoped, but I thought another text-filled post might be hard to digest given the totally awesome response to this year’s challenge of blogging each day of June. So, here it is. [...]

This is great. The Auslan version of Feathers for Phoebe by Rod Clement – made available by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) for National Simultaneous Storytime 2011 (NSS).   The simultaneous bit starts at 11.00am AEST today.

Sometimes, its the simple messages that say the most. A good example is this new video from the Finnish Library Association. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

  Benjamin Wheal from the South Australian Library & Information Network (SALIN) Committee wrote to tell us about their latest exploit.  He writes…. “We’re a grass-roots, unaffiliated group which creates networking and professional development opportunities for people in the Library sector in South Australia (especially for newer graduates). In 2010 we’re 10 years young. This [...]

These reports were produced a little while ago, but they are worth the look. The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) produces the IFLA World Report a biennial series that reports on the state of countries of the world relating to freedom of information, freedom of expression and other related issues. So I checked out [...]

This event sneaked up on me this year and was almost over before I noticed. 18-24th of October. “A global event, now in its 4th year, promoting Open Access as a new norm in scholarship and research.” — http://www.openaccessweek.org/ If you missed it too, here are just a few links I found of interest in [...]