Christine

It’s VALA time in Melbourne

Posted by Christine on 6 February, 2008 in Conferences

The 14th biennial VALA conference in Melbourne has a real buzz around it this year. VALA Libraries/Technology and the Future/Inc. celebrates its 30th birthday this year - providing an opportunity to celebrate the past and look forward to the future. Attendance is up 20% over the last conference, and of course the major topic is [...]

Integrating web 2.0 into ordinary everyday library life

Posted by Christine on 25 November, 2007 in Blogging, Public Libraries, Social Software

Today I see that Web 3.0 and the semantic web are the next things. Here at Yarra Plenty we are still working on web 2.0  and finding out how to integrate the various tools into our regular offerings. We are doing that a number of ways.
 Firstly, our library blog is now a forum for me as Library [...]

The Librarians on television

Posted by Christine on 4 November, 2007 in Librarians, Library Humor, Library News, Public Libraries

from Christine… 
“The Librarians” premiered on the Australian Broadcasting Commission last week, with much celebration by the profession including special showings and parties. Set in Melbourne, it features characters that you would probably recognise and sets you certainly would. Most people’s favourite is the front door which announces Interactive Learning Centre, with a word processed sign [...]

Victorian public librarians in planning mode

Posted by Christine on 14 October, 2007 in Public Libraries, Social Software

from Christine… 
I’m just back from a planning retreat for library managers and senior staff from Victorian public librarians and the State Library of Victoria. SLV administers the Statewide projects which are projects that benefit all public libraries in the state  and we are going into a new triennial funding round. It was a great 3 [...]

Inspired by Stephen Abram

Posted by Christine on 3 October, 2007 in Public Libraries

from Christine 
We have been fortunate to have Stephen Abram in our part of the world, he presented a workshop for CAVAL as well as addressing the participants of the Learning 2.0 program at the State Library of Victoria on Monday, 1st October. His fascinating insights into the future of libraries provide us with much food for thought. [...]

Hello from Downunder….

Posted by Christine on 25 September, 2007 in Blogging, Public Libraries

…from Christine
Well, this is my first guest blogging gig - thanks for inviting me Max. I spend my lunchtimes going through my Bloglines as I munch on my corn thins, its the best way I know to keep up with what’s happening and its really interesting to see the different styles that bloggers have.
The big [...]