VALA 2014 – Concurrent Session 9 – Get creative
Tania Barry - learn to play and play to learn using public libraries for creativity and collaboration Libraries as innovators With six focus areas: collections, spaces, staff, programs, technology and...
View ArticleVALA2014 – Matt Finch – The Book of the World: crossing boundaries in culture...
http://matthewfinch.me. Was impressed by librarians response after Christchurchs quake. Librarians were engagin in the community. Library activities for children and young people don't have to cost the...
View ArticleVALA2014 – Mia Ridge – Open University (UK) – Bringing maker culture to...
Libraries have always been creative spaces – we are already makerspaces and have been for a long time. How does this relationship connect to the maker movement and how can we meet those needs. She is...
View ArticleVALA2014 – Concurrent Session 12 – Learning
Tom Joyce – Queensland University – Relying on customary practice when the law says no – justified, safe or simply no go No certainty about copyright. Copyright review is in the governments hands at...
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VALA2014 – Concurrent Session 14 – Skilling time
I need more hands on training – reflections on creating self-directed learning by Con and Michael Wiebrands at Curtin University. They have been running training programs for staff for years. They are...
View ArticleVALA2014 – Concurrent Session 13 – Engaging Culture
Engaging exclusion: what’s next for Australia’s digital future – Brendan Fitzgerald – Infoxchange Infoxchange is 25 years old and have staff of 80 in Melbourne, Brisbane and Wellington. Work with other...
View ArticleVALA2014 – Plenary 6 – Joe Murphy – Library as future
Idea of futures comes preloaded with the idea of what comes next. Libraries have been getting ready and he sees libraries as having a secure future. The outside world has already changed the things we...
View ArticleDigital Content Seminar – Wed 26th March 2014
I am convenor of the Public Libraries Victoria Network – ICT Special Interest Group and get to meet with other ICT and Web librarians in Victorian public libraries on a regular basis. I also get to...
View ArticleBlog Every Day of June – Library website – Sun 1 June 2014
We are looking at moving our entire library website onto our discovery layer. This is going to be a big job and will be a lot more work than what our current website takes, so why? Because: Our users...
View ArticleBlog every day of June – Changing face of the reference collection – Mon 2nd...
As we head into the end of the financial year, I have been finalising the titles that we wish to get on standing order for our print reference collection for the next financial year. I have been with...
View ArticleBlog every day of June – Helping library students – Tue 3 June
I love helping out the next generation of library staff. These are people who are currently undertaking library studies at either TAFE or University, who approach us as they are doing a case study on...
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Blog every day of June – Evolving spaces: Makerspaces
Today I attended this great seminar at the State Library of Victoria. Here are my notes. Jo Watson – State Library of Victoria Spoke on her recent study tour. Makerspaces are about sharing materials,...
View ArticleBlog every day of June – Sometimes days surprise you – Thu 5 June
Today was full of little surprises…. I had a meeting at a new library today. The surprise there was that it was even more awesome than I expected. An added bonus was catching up with colleagues from...
View ArticleBlog every day of June – Best thing about working in libraries – Fri 6 June
There are many wonderful things about working in libraries: the great jobs we have to do the wonderful people we do those jobs for – our library users the toys we get to play with the people we met the...
View ArticleBlog every day of June – Giving back to the profession – Sat 7 June
I love my job and I love my profession. So how can I give back to something that has given so much to me? Well this blog is one way. I can share my experiences, learning, training and more with anyone...
View ArticleBlog every day of June – Delicacy of online communications – Sun 8 June
We have an online form for people to contact us and people use it for a lot of things – asking questions about collections, querying their membership, info about events and so much more. The query...
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Blog every day of June – Great website advice – Mon 9 June
Its always interesting to read the stories, experiences and advice of library web specialists, but never more so than when you are faced with a website redesign. As this is where we are, at present,...
View ArticleBlog every day of June – Reference interview – Tue 10 June
One of my favourite things about being a librarian is the reference interview. I think it is also one of the great skills of the profession and also one that is under-appreciated. I have taught the...
View ArticleBlog every day of June – Changing things up – Wed 11 June
We do an email Quick Quiz once a fortnight for staff. We send an email to them, focused on one of our online resources, asking three questions that involve them just doing quick exploration of the...
View ArticleBlog every day of June – Security is the next big concern – Thurday 12 June
Public Libraries Victoria Network has a number of special interest groups, including ICT of which I am a part. We organise and run one or two seminars a year for public library staff in Victoria and...
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