Although Movers and Shakers is a US Library Journal award, Australia has its fair share of librarians who are innovative and deserve this accolade. With Movers and Shakers now being international, why not nominate those Australian librarians and see that they get this just reward. Nominations for 2013 are now open, but hurry, you only have [...]

Library Journal’s annual survey of Placements and Salaries has been released. It is interesting reading for the future of the profession in the US and an idea of what may happen here, but what is more interesting is the Emerging Jobs/New Titles  that new graduates are gaining. Some of the more interesting new titles include: Emerging technologies librarian Data [...]

Yes its back yet again!  Library Day in the Life Round 8, will run from Monday 30th January to Sunday 5th February. You can share a day, days or your whole librarian week, through blogging, tweeting, pictures, video or however else you are inspired. To participate, register at the Library Day in the Life wiki [...]

Somehow, I nearly missed this!  Today starts Round 7 in the Library Day in the Life Project. “The Library Day in the Life Project is a semi-annual event coordinated by Bobbi Newman  of Librarian by Day. Twice a year librarians, library staff and library students from all over the globe share a day (or week) in their life [...]

Yes, its that time of year again, time for Round 6 of Library Day in the Life. On Monday 24th January 2011: “Any one who works in a library can participate. You may share your day (or week) on your blog, Twitter, Flickr and/or YouTube (or any other way you choose. If you have none of [...]

  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 [...]

Nominations are now open for both these prestigious library awards. The Library Journal Movers and Shakers Awards recognise excellence in librarians across a wide range of disciplines, not just technology. They are a great way for applauding the wonderful work librarians do to elevate our services and our profession and to improve the services, organisation [...]

Manic Monday was a mixed bag of treats, some tiring and waning with many memes and exclamations of ‘non posts’ or  reasons for skipping days. So today I will avail you with the five posts that inspired me most (and inspired me greatly at that!): Skinnibitch wrote a particularly thought provoking post on mentoring – [...]

I was among the many relieved to have reached Winter Solstice and start looking forward to gaining my six minutes per day. Strawberries of integrity shared a solstice definition, Bonito Club shared with us his confused eggplant and sardonic smile gave us some ways to continue to beat the Winter blues all the way to Spring. [...]

The challenge continues and more people have joined #blogeverydayofjune. Thirty at last count. This tweet pretty much sums up the feelings of those participating: bonitoclub RT @nomesd Does anyone else find that all they’re doing now is reading blogs? #blogeverydayofjune <– yes, but it’s great fun! I thought I would mention the following post – [...]