The #blogjune challenge has started off again. There are no plans to blog every day here, but if anyone wants to try writing a post without setting up their own blog, please register and writings on any LIS topic are welcome. If you want to join in, let @flexnib know so she can add you [...]

What’s the best, worst, funniest use of this literary technique that you have read? It may not have been considered such a clumsy method back in ancient times when the pantheon was as familiar to the audience as mobile phones are to us. Original image by Amanda M. Hatfield used under a creative commons licence.

Libraries that focus on specific subjects often have things in their collection that the average person does not associate with libraries. I’d like to hear more about Australian special libraries and their collections. If anyone is interested in telling the world about their special library, you can always write a post for us on Libraries [...]

My local library – Elanora Branch of the Gold Coast Library Service.  

My own photo this time. I think this was when there was a user group meeting for Ex Libris products at the State Library of Victoria. I know that Dave Allen from SLQ accompanied me on a wander around the library when I took this photo, so it was either that or maybe a VALA [...]

A question for those of you who have to manage personnel… What books or articles do you recommend on this topic? A quick browse through my library catalogue/discovery service and this one caught my eye. Accelerating Performance: Powerful New Techniques to Develop People by Sunny Stout Rostron “In training there are two distinct camps emerging – [...]

022 – Administration of Physical Plant, a photo by petahopkins on Flickr. It’s much more fun to look after the plants in the library than worry about the state of the air-conditioning. Original image by Tarkowski used under a creative commons licence

021 Library Relationships, a photo by petahopkins on Flickr. Catching up again on Blogjune. I had the trading cards ready, but just too busy to get the posts organised on time.Original image by Super Furry Librarian used under a creative commons licence.

  Original image by justgrimes used under a creative commons licence.http://www.flickr.com/photos/notbrucelee/2690005836

  Another cataloguing tale from the 20th century. When my library moved from card catalogues to an online public access catalogue it was pretty exciting, but a little frustrating. Although the capability was there for we cataloguers to create records directly in the system, we had to use a paper worksheet to write the details [...]