When I heard that a half day Virtual Reference (VR) training session was going to be held in Sydney I immediately paid the nominal $30 fee because I thought it was a valuable skill to learn and until now I’d never heard of Virtual Reference training offered anywhere in Sydney. The session was run by [...]

Click on the image to view full size at Flickr – the joke is in the fine print. Image created by Libraryman I wonder if we’ll ever see community service announcements on search sites, recommending that information seekers should ask for expert assistance when their information needs are of serious import. Or will a search [...]

If you are not subscribed to ALA TechSource, you may have missed Michael Stephens post on recent developments in the US where libraries are being threatened with report to the US Justice Dept. if they provide access to Flickr on their public use computers. In addition, public libraries that are open to children (which ones [...]

This site is a thali of library treats, so here’s another thali of treats What’s this ?

Just so that the blog doesn’t tell you you’re looking for something that isn’t here! We’re here! Test picture: A. Samad Said (Malaysia’s novelist laureate) Test word file