I’m again helping to organise (unorganise? disorganise ?) the Western Australian Library Unconference. This year the theme is Library 2.0 and beyond: getting our hands dirty . More information at the unconference wiki and the post I just made at librariesinteract.info, but the basic details are:

DATE: Friday 22 August 2008
TIME: 9:30am – 5pm
VENUE: State Library of Western Australia

REGISTRATION: Opens 1 July 2008

BarCamp Perth 2.0 Badges Uploaded to Flickr on April 23, 2008 by CannedTuna

I find the idea behind unconferences so empowering – if you turn up, then YOU are the right person. In a twitterish conversation a couple of weeks ago, a librarian was asking what techniques others used to fit in at non-library unconferences like barcamps. My suggestion was to jump right in with both feet and offer to present. The whole point is that it is about passion and what interests you – if not enough people are interested, then your session won’t go ahead – nothing lost. If enough people are interested, then you get to share and learn – lots gained.

I’m very sad that I won’t be able to make it to Perth Barcamp 2.0 the weekend after next. I had a ball at the last one and learned so much. I loved the different perspectives, and the fact that there were really quite a lot of librarians and educators there. They even have badges this year. Already people are offering sessions on presentation skills, twitter and Tiddlywiki…as well as some more techie sessions that I would happily sit in on to learn something new.

Hope to see lots of great blogging so I know just what I missed.

Details:

DATE: Saturday 10 May 2008
TIME: 9am – 5pm

PLACE: Central TAFE, 140 Royal St, East Perth

REGISTRATION: Add your name to the wiki