If you are going to be in Melbourne for VALA, then you have to stick around for Library Camp Australia, which is happening the day after VALA finishes – Friday 10th February. Registrations are open now, so get in quickly so you don’t miss out on what is going to be an awesome day!

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 [...]

This just in from VALA: “****Information technology award**** VALA is inviting nominations for its most prestigious award, the Robert D. Williamson Award 2010, and we’d like them by Monday 15 November 2009 (but keep them secret!). This biennial award, always a surprise to its recipient, is presented to an individual or organisation who or which [...]

Yes, its nearly 15 months away, but its time to start thinking about VALA 2010.  The theme for this must-be-at-conference in 2010 is Connections. Content. Conversation. The invitation is out for interested persons “to submit abstracts relating to the use of information and communications technology for connecting, content and conversations across the galleries, libraries, archives [...]

Nominations for VALA travel scholarships and the VALA award for innovative use of information technology close on the 27th of October. The VALA award is open to all libraries and information centres in Australia. It is presented every two years and applications implemented between July 2006 and June 2008 are eligible. The travel scholarships include [...]

It’s amazing how fast a 3 day conference can come and go. VALA 2008 is finished and we are looking forward to VALA 2010 in the new Melbourne Convention Centre, being built just across the river from the existing site. But for the wrap-ups. Kathryn and Con did a great job presenting on Libraries Interact [...]

Today a new look was unveiled for the Libraries Interact blog. If you’re reading this post via your feed aggregator please come and check it out. Many of the members are attending, and even presenting, at two conferences in the near future (Beyond the Hype: Web 2.0 and VALA 2008) and so we thought this [...]

A few of the Libraries Interact team will be in Melbourne for the VALA 2008 conference from 5th to 7th February and are getting together for dinner. We are keen to catch up with each other and with fellow bloggers and Libraries Interact readers. So it is with great pleasure that the team from Libraries [...]