Have you checked out our list of Australian Library blogs recently? That link top right of every page on this site…. Thanks to Corey we now have a custom Google search so that you can search across all the Australian library blogs we have listed there. He even figured out how we could get the results to display within our page and modified the colours to match! Let us know, if you want your Australian library blog listed and included in the search. You can email us at librarian<@>librariesinteract.info.
Also new, Search LINT is now available in our sidebar to the right. In case you are not sure what LINT is.. it’s our pet name for this blog, derived from LibrariesINTeract. There are now over 100 posts and 198 comments so searching will make it easier to track down the old post you remember from way back last month 
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November 7th, 2006
Posted by
Peta Hopkins | About this blog, All sectors, Blogging |
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There is not long to go before NLS2006. Here is the latest news and resources to check out:
Internet access: this is being provided by UNSW library, which is situated opposite the Scientia where the symposium is being held. You may also want to explore the library and chat to a librarian about academic librarianship.
Library tours: On 30 November, there are some great library tours on offer at some of Sydney’s cultural places of interest. Group 1 will explore the libraries of the Art Gallery of NSW, the Australian Museum, and the National Art School. Group 2 will tour the State Library of NSW, Sydney Conservatorium Library and Customs House Library. Group 3 will enjoy visiting the ABC Ultimo Library, UTS library and Law Courts Library. To find out more and to book your spot, check our satellite events page. Hurry, because places are limited to 10 per group.
NLS2006 now has a forum! This is a place to discuss things about the symposium, such as finding out which other people are attending from your state, what you think of the papers and social events and discuss session schedules, getting recommendations on where to stay and what to visit and finding some buddies who are interested in joining you on some of the things you want to do. You will first need to register to use this forum. The forum is at http://forums.alia.org.au/ .
Tips and Tricks info: We had some great responses for the Tips and Tricks competition and now you can get the latest advice from your peers to enhance your conference experience.
View the latest photos of the NLS2006 committee working hard planning and preparing for the big event at our Flickr group. There are also shots of the Scientia, the conference venue.
There is still time to register for a satellite event to add to your library skills toolkit. Find out more about how to market information services and cataloguing principles and practice. Visit our site and register with CAVAL.
There’ll be more news to come next week so stay tuned. Until then, if you have any questions or feedback, we would love to hear from you. More details about the symposium at our website.
November 7th, 2006
Posted by
Fiona | New graduates, Conferences, All sectors |
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You may be sick of hearing about Web 2.0, and you may have already seen this feature mentioned elsewhere, but for those who haven’t, take a look at The Guardian’s Web 2.0 issue.
Interviews with the creators of Bebo, Blogger, Craigslist, Del.icio.us, Digg, Feed Burner, Flickr, Last.fm, Netvibes, Technorati, Wikipedia, WordPress, and Writely.
Each person was asked: “What is Web 2.0?” I particularly liked the response given by Caterina Fake and Stewart Butterfield (the Flickr creators):
Web 2.0 is like a return to the web’s roots. When everyone first got to be online, the thing that was really magical about it was that you could suddenly have these conversations with Danish Borghese scholars in the middle of the night because they happened to be online. What’s changed is expanding on that theme of communication and personal publishing and making it available to millions of people who don’t have technical skills.
This blog is a testimony to that last statement: methods of online communication and personal publishing are now available to people who don’t necessarily have technical skills. When I started I had very little few skills and am enjoying learning as I go! (My writing skills on the other hand are taking longer to hone 
November 7th, 2006
Posted by
CW | All sectors, New technologies |
one comment
I watched, with interest, the discussion among school librarians in America after the spate of attacks on schools recently. They were having to consider locking their libraries. Obviously school libraries, and probably school buildings, are very different from the ones I’m used to here. I guess I knew that, but had never considered it in these terms before. It is a huge issue, because so many describe themselves as having no walls and some had no doors.
I grieve for a situation where we have to lock our school doors, although “lock-down” practice has been a part of school life for several years now. And I was heartened by the ironic humour that permeated the posts of the school librarians, as it always does.
But I will always remember the concept of a “library without doors” - tickles my imagination!
November 7th, 2006
Posted by
Bronwyn | School libraries |
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