I’ve been at Curtin University for a week and a half now. The students are back next Monday. As part of the Library Day in the Life project, here is a 5 minute video post about what my day was [click to read more ...]

I’ve been working at Curtin University for a week now. On my way from the carpark on my first day, I tweeted that I had just heard a segment about the whether the  ”paperless office” fulfilled its promise on ABC [click to read more ...]

I’ve been on holidays, so I fiddled about with making Suffusion the theme for this blog. I used the Featured Content option. In the Reading option in Settings, I set the home page to be a page that uses the [click to read more ...]

Help! I need a librarian’s librarian. Anyone have any ideas about how to solve this one? I *can’t* be the only one who has spread her content over many,many sites. I start at Curtin Uni next week and I want [click to read more ...]

Yep, I just signed the contract and handed all my paperwork into Human Resources. I’m starting the position as Associate Lecturer in Information Studies at Curtin University of Technology on 15 July, teaching the unit about Information Management Technologies and [click to read more ...]

I am leaving the Grove before we move into our fantastic new building in August … more about that in my next post. But if you have: Seen the slideshow of how the sun soaked building is shaping up Heard [click to read more ...]

Yeah, I know the theory… but when I find myself using phrases like “We must include post titles in the URL so we get better Google juice” when trying to explain Search Engine Optimisation, then I know that I really [click to read more ...]

I wonder why I sounded so croaky on the radio this morning? I really don’t know. It may have been delayed panic from nearly missing the interview when Google Maps and my iPad conspired to send me to the wrong [click to read more ...]

As mentioned earlier, I am working on a project using WordPress 3 to replace our custom-made library website that has few features, little flexibility and is expensive to change. With the look of the blog, there are a few challenges: [click to read more ...]

I’m going to be on ABC Radio National’s Book Show this Wednesday 30 June talking about the future of public  libraries along with other guest, Ian McShane from Swinburne University.  I record at 8am, with the show being broadcast at [click to read more ...]

Yesterday, John Blyberg, Darien Library Assistant Director for Innovation and User Experience, explained the function, future and innovations in public libraries to a group of ” thought leaders [sharing] ideas on common challenges and best practices on issues ranging from [click to read more ...]

A couple of months ago, a group of librarians where I work came up with a Digital Strategy to guide our use of resources and help us make decisions in the future. We are a single-branch public library, employing around [click to read more ...]

This is one of those “where were you when…?” moments. Where was I when Kevin Rudd stood down as Prime Minister so that the party could vote on who would be Prime Minister in the morning? Making a website for [click to read more ...]

…looks around and says “Is the bar tender here?” *boom, tish* Welcome to the bottom of the barrel for post 24 of the 30 posts in 30 days challenge.

Our new library was named a few weeks ago. It will be “The Grove: Leading, Learning, Living”. There was a lot of public debate in the months leading up to this, after the community rejected the original consultant’s suggestion that [click to read more ...]