AusLib #learn12

Posted September 13th 2012 @ 8:22 am by Peta Hopkins

Learning for all Public Libraries in Australia and New Zealand conference is now on at the State Library of Victoria. Follow #learn12 on Twitter, or follow tweets below Program Learning for all Public Libraries in Australia and New Zealand

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IATUL 2012 is on now

Posted June 4th 2012 @ 2:52 pm by Peta Hopkins

IATUL 2012 (Conference of International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries) is on now live in Singapore. Since the time zone is not too different from Australia there should be plenty of timely tweets in our stream to get a feel for what’s going on at the conference. The conference runs until the 7th [...]

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Virtual Conference Coming to a Screen near You

Posted May 10th 2012 @ 12:46 pm by Peta Hopkins

For several years now I have observed the increasing success of the Virtual International Day of the Midwife (an online conference for midwives) — Sarah Stewart’s “baby” so to speak. Now there is one for anyone interested in the library world. Library 2.012 Worldwide Virtual Conference October 3 – 5, 2012. It is a free [...]

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Alia Information Online 2011 #aliaioc

Posted February 6th 2011 @ 11:01 am by haikugirloz

It’s been two days since I returned from Information Online and I woke up from a dream about writing a blog post so here it is. My takeaways from the conference are: Break the rules @thelib – Sarah Houghton encouraged conference participants to be prepared to break some rules in order to deliver the services [...]

2009 QPLA / PLA Conference – Challenge & Change

Posted September 2nd 2009 @ 2:22 pm by Warren Cheetham

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 [...]

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Another library 2.0 unconference at SLQ

Posted October 1st 2008 @ 11:46 am by Peta Hopkins

Registrations for the second slq Library 2.0 UnConference are now open. THEME:    Web 2.0. Now what?  DATE:       Thursday 20 November 2008 TIME:         8:30 – 4:30 (coffee available from 8:30am, post-conference drinks from 4:30pm). VENUE:     State Library of Queensland COST:       $40 (includes an admission entry to the Game On exhibition being held at slq, and all [...]

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Conference in SL

Posted March 1st 2008 @ 5:22 pm by Peta Hopkins

If, unlike my avatar, yours has 8000 lindens (about US$30), you can register to take part in the Virtual Worlds: Libraries, Education and Museums conference. “The purpose of this conference is to provide a gathering place for librarians, information professionals, educators, museologists, and others to learn about and discuss the educational, informational, and cultural opportunities [...]

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