Interesting reading
I have been so busy with changes at work and with my study tour coming up in 2 weeks, that I haven’t had time to blog. As per usual, everything that I want to write about comes up at the same time, so...
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Talking about my generation
I am a borderline Gen Xer. Depending on which study you look at, I am sometimes listed as a Baby Boomer. Labels don’t matter all that much, but I have always felt more affinity to Gen Xers and it...
View ArticleALIA Dreaming 08 – Fri AM Plenary – Stephen Abram
Big Stuff – Library Challenges – Stephen Abram – Sirsi-Dynix Institute We need to tell good stories – tell each other about the good things that happen, not the bad, which is what we usually do....
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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...
View ArticleVALA 2010 L-Plate Series
Here are my notes from the L-Plate series at VALA 2010 conference. I am just cutting and pasting from what I took at the time, so I apologise for spelling and grammar, no time to do anything else at...
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ProBlogger Training Day – Part One
I was so fortunate to be able to attend the ProBlogger training day held in Melbourne today. If you don’t know ProBlogger (Darren Rowse) – check him out. He is one of the foremost authorities on...
View ArticleProBlogger Training Day – Part Two
As so it continues. Here is Part Two of my notes from the ProBlogger training day I attended yesterday. Just to save your eyes and my fingers, there will be a third post, for the last of my notes. In...
View ArticleVALA Presents David Lee King
Was very happy to be able Friday 23rd September’s seminar in Melbourne with David Lee King from Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, fresh from his appearance at NLS #5 in Perth and Hamish Curry...
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,...
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