Louise Pieper from Gold Coast Public Libraries talks about why  abook club blog can build community and reduce social isolation. Public library users often resistant to more formal instruction in information literacy.  Customers don’t want to lose face or to be seen as ignorant or illiterate. They don’t want to be at school. Louse suggests that libraries: Be [...]

ALIA has announced grants of $500 for public libraries to train Adult Community Education providers in Information Literacy Skills. The funding comes from Adult Learning Australia and aims to improve ACE providers’  information literacy, internet searching and web 2.0 skills. Applications close on the 15th September, so you will have to move quickly on this [...]