ALIA Dreaming 08 – Fri AM 2nd Plenary – Alan Smith
Re-imagining library services: a new collaborative vision by Alan Smith – NSLA NSLA comprises the Australian state, territory, national libraries and the national library of New Zealand. They are...
View ArticleShanachietour Down Under 2008 hits Melbourne
I had the great pleasure of attending the latest stop in the Shanachie Tour down under, held today at the State Library. I introduced myself to them before we started, and as expected, to be absolutely...
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More from Shanachietour and NLS4
Today was the first day of NLS4, which I have blogged about already, but only the last afternoon session and plenary. I missed a lot because I ended up spending most of the day with other public...
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Newspapers and the Internet
There have been a lot of stories going around the last few months, about the future of newspapers and how they are in jeopardy because of the Net. (great links and summary of key articles at Rosen’s...
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Ada Lovelace Day 2010 – Kathryn Greenhill
Ada Lovelace March 24th means its Ada Lovelace Day and I am taking the opportunity to blog about a woman in technology in libraries that I have great admiration for. Before I do, if you want to read...
View ArticleInsight into Victorian Public Library Experience with Downloadables
Its Day 11 of the 30 blog posts in 30 days challenge and as promised, here’s my notes from yesterday’s seminar. Insight into Victorian Public Library Experience with Downloadables – Thursday 10th June...
View ArticleDoing the old things – for traditions sake?
Its Day 12 of the 30 blog posts in 30 days challenge and my pondering today came out of a walk with the dog. I regularly walk the dog past a water basin in our area, which is heavily fenced off, with a...
View ArticleLibraries & the Post-PC era – Jason Griffey – VALA 2012
Steve Jobs 2010 – analogy to cars – we have had PCs for 30 years, but now our needs are being fulfilled by other devices – pads and smart phones for example. Once upon a time………… there was a princess,...
View ArticleEmpowering e-Science, eMpowering libraries – Xiaolin Zhang – VALA 2012
Xiaolin Zhan is the head of the National Science Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences Lots of information challenges to e-science: eScience is built on a lot of data – it is smart data, not just...
View ArticleGuinness Archive: unlocking the potential of an iconic global brand – Eibhlin...
Working as an archivist in a business, specifically in a brand environment. Guinness Archive framework– digitisations, dissemination of information, types of users and their needs, accessibility to...
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