Clik here to view.
Handling criticism at work
To be clear, I am talking about when your work or an area of your responsibility is criticised. I take great pride in my work and I work hard, which makes it all the more difficult when that work is...
View ArticleALIA Online 2013 Conference – Day 2
Liam Wyatt is a local Wikipedia guru sponsoring GLAM sector involvement. Wikivoyage and Wikidata coming out later this year. Sue Gardner – Wikimedia Audience participation, most librarians are...
View ArticleALIA Online 2013 Conference – Day 3
Charles Leadbeater (via Skype) – Systems of empathy The whole relationship with technology is crucial, its reshaping our culture and our expectations. Is technology for us or are we for it? How is...
View ArticleConnecting the dots: people, libraries and technology
The State Library of Victoria hosted this event, in conjunction with Public Libraries Network Victoria last Friday. There was good representation from libraries across the state and I am happy to say...
View ArticleLeading lights – SLV – Friday 25th October 2013
Leading Lights was a seminar showcasing winners from the State Library of Victoria’s Ramsay and Reid Scholarships and from the Pierre Gorman Award. I was the first presenter, talking about my study...
View ArticleDigital Content Seminar – Wed 26th March 2014
I am convenor of the Public Libraries Victoria Network – ICT Special Interest Group and get to meet with other ICT and Web librarians in Victorian public libraries on a regular basis. I also get to...
View ArticleBlog every day of June – Clearing the deck – Fri 20 June 2014
I had an awesome day at work today. Today I finished lots of little jobs that has been on my to-do list for a while and I also got started on some bigger projects that have been taking more mental...
View ArticleRenew, rethink, revitalize – a mini conference at the State Library of Victoria
I was one of the 270 public library staff who attended this great event, created and hosted by the State Library of Victoria. Besides the three keynotes, the rest of the presentations were by library...
View ArticleVALA 2016 – Day One – R. David Lankes, Lee Rainie and so much more
Always take away great thoughts and ideas from VALA – here’s what I got from Day 1. Librarianship: saving the world one community at a time – Dr R David Lankes Technology advances have made the world...
View ArticleVALA 2016 – Day Two – Valentine Charles, Kevin Fordham and so much more
Building a Framework for Semantic Cultural Heritage Data – Valentine Charles Valentine works with the Europeana Foundation, which is the central portal for cultural heritage in Europe. Europeana has a...
View Article
