Hey, it turns out I was a Ning member of Library 2.0 anyway, so I didn’t have to worry about setting up stuff. It turns out I’d registered for this Ning so I could be a part of an online
Some delicious twitter evaluation
Twitter:Well, I liked the Commoncraft video, but I mostly find twitter useless. I don’t really have a lot to say about myself on a regular basis, and putting things like “eating porridge” online seems a tad silly to me. That
Week 13: Back to the web program
We are doing the Web 2.1 program at work (this time through the State Library of NSW – http://newsouthwalespubliclibrarylearning21.blogspot.com.au/) The first week of the program involves us logging in to our blog and giving it a refresh. I changed the
e-Book Reader trial at ADFA
My notes on a webinar I was at by Cathy Burgon on 07/04/2011. BackgroundA project was undertaken to review several e-book readers and decide which one to purchase and loan to students. The material on the e-book reader would be
Social media in and out of the university classroom
My notes on a webinar I was at by Howard Rheingold on 29/03/2011.Twitter hashtag: #smuni About Howard RheingoldHoward is an expert in social media. He initially began teaching social media issues by using social media because there wasn’t much theorising
EBL-James Bennett Textbook panel
I attended a discussion a few weeks ago on the possibility of e-textbooks being sold to libraries. Currently publishers will not sell electronic versions of textbooks to libraries because of the significant loss of income it would mean to them.
ACOC 2010 – Describing resources in a web services world
The Australian Committee on Cataloguing (ACOC) 2010 seminar was held on October 21 at the National Library of Australia. I’ve summarised each of the talks below.Papers, presentations and audio are available at http://www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/papers2010.html Keynote Address – David Lindahl – eXtensible
Using my phone for work (not as a phone)
Recently I purchased a brand new HTC Desire phone. It’s like an iPhone but doesn’t allow me to access Apple’s iStore. The software in the phone is called Android and has been designed by Google. It’s quite swish. HTC (and
Interesting theses
So I’ve spent the last few weeks faffing about in our archives doing a stocktake of our pre-1990 theses collection. In 1990, the Canberra College of Advanced Education (CCAE) became accredited as a university and tada, the University of Canberra
University of Canberra Libraryland
Wow, university libraries are so different. I’ve been here a few weeks now and am amazed by some of the differences. 1. People are quite happy to listen to instruction. Me: Well I know you need to know about how