Tag Archives: libraries
Let the reader’s voice honor the writer’s pen
I have the greatest respect for authors, artists, musicians and creative souls who make my world a beautiful place in which to live. To read a book, listen to music, or to look at stunning photography can often turn a … Continue reading
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5 Lessons from VALA 2012
Last week was a huge week on the Victorian library calendar with the biennial VALA 2012 conference at the Melbourne Convention Centre. Having been to this conference over a few years, it was good to see how the infrastructure has … Continue reading
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SOPA-Journey to the Dark Side
On January 18 or today, Wikipedia will go dark, or disappear from view for 24 hours in protest to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) … Continue reading
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Ready, Set, Read!
2012 marks the National Year of Reading and is part of a compaign by libraries and library associations to help children learn to read, help readers find new stories and inspiration and to promote reading across Australia. Many notable Australians … Continue reading
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I find stuff
Library and Information Week is a big deal in library land. Lots of activities, posters and bookmarks mark the event, including the National Simultaneous Storytime which was held today. The theme of Library and Information Week is ‘We find stuff’. … Continue reading
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S is for…
Stormont Call it professional curiosity, call it a tax break, others would say ‘nerd alert’, but I like visiting libraries while on holiday. My last overseas trip in 2001 involved me visiting libraries in Scotland and the Linen Hall Library … Continue reading
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We are worthy
Sue’s insightful post on blogging got people thinking in a very good way about the nature of what they blog about and why they blog. A couple of weeks ago I wrote the my blog is my soapbox. If there … Continue reading
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Oops…
Has it been THAT long since my last post? Tsk, tsk, tsk… Well I guess that’s what happens when Master BG has a 5th birthday extravaganza, which seemed to stretch on forever, a presentation for library staff on Web 2.0 … Continue reading
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