Library surrealness on the radio

2007 October 10           
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I’m in Brisbane to give a talk at QUT today. Surrealness happened via the radio in the taxi on the way from the airport.

First surreal thing – Nick Earls, a novelist who wrote Bachelor Kisses , is the radio announcer. It’s like switching on to find Tim Winton doing the night shift in Perth.

Second surreal thing – radio quiz is happening and contestant is a librarian. At QUT. Where I’m speaking the next day. Instead of launching straight into the questions, Nick says something like “Librarians aren’t just about shelving books anymore, are they?” – giving Julie-Anne a two minute spot on statewide radio to talk about what we do now. She went for it – mentioning Social networking and Web 2.0 and reference support via VoIP. Hooray for Julie-Anne.

I think I’m going to love this town too.

UPDATE: I met Julanne at the unconference this afternoon. And that’s how you spell her name :)

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  1. 2007 October 17
    Julanne permalink

    My name is also Julanne and I also work in a library. When I saw the brief description for this entry I thought you had met me at the LT conference in Melbourne last week! I can’t work out which is the stranger idea, the possibility of someone at the conf writing that they’d met me or that there’s another Julanne working in a library!

  2. 2007 October 17
    Kathryn Greenhill permalink

    Julanne -…I’m starting a Facebook Group called “My name is Julanne and I work in a library”. I now know at least 2 charter members. It just gets more and more surreal…

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