I came across another article today that covers some similar ground and scope to my unfinished librarians in the media content analysis:
Robinson, L T K, (2006) “Curmudgeons and Dragons? A Content Analysis of the Australian Print Media’s Portrayal of the Information Profession 2000 to 2004“, LIBRES, Vol 16, No. 2 (PDF)
Sensibly, Robinson has a much, […]
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Published by January 19th, 2007 in Research/Writing and Australia. 0 CommentsNLS2006 Audio now available
Published by December 15th, 2006 in Associations, Conferences, Australia and nls2006. 1 CommentEdit: All 19 recorded sessions from NLS2006 are now available as a podcast!
Add the NLS2006 podcast with enclosures to your RSS reader, iTunes or podcast software to get started.
This podcast is a first for NLS and a first for ALIA conferences. Thanks to the venue who made it possible, and the speakers for being willing […]
Via Open Access News, the wonderful news that there are now four OA mandates in Australia:
NHMRC
ARC OA Policy (from eprints)
Queensland University of Technology
University of Tasmania School of Computing
The first two, from two of the largest grant and research administration bodies in Australia, are significant.
Although not mandated, papers from ALIA conferences are recommended to be deposited […]
NLS2006 programme summary
Published by December 5th, 2006 in Associations, Conferences, Australia and nls2006. 1 CommentOne of the big goals we had with NLS2006 was to take all the great things about NLS2, like peer presentations, and see how far we could run with them. We ended up with 25 peer sessions, most by newgrads and many first-time presenters, three keynotes and three plenary sessions (the debate, leadership panel, and […]
NLS2006 wrapup
Published by December 4th, 2006 in Associations, Conferences, Australia, nls2006 and blogs. 10 CommentsI’m sure I will have many things to write about NLS2006 over the coming days but to start: thank you to everyone who was involved - to the co-convenors Alyson and Adrianne, fellow committee members, Liz Baker for assisting with programme, venue staff, ALIA national office, all the sponsors, Kate Sinclair, all the speakers, and […]
Huge news for connectivity in Sydney:
The NSW Government has announced it plans to install a free wireless broadband network throughout the Sydney CBD and other major centres by early 2008. Sydney Morning Herald.
Hoping this comes off. Wifi is currently very sketchy in the city - the number of wifi-enabled cafes etc in the city is […]
Australian Library 2.0 Unconference
Published by November 25th, 2006 in Conferences and Australia. 0 CommentsI really wish I could go to this: Library 2.0 Unconference in Melbourne [via LibrariesInteract], March 2 2007:
You would have come across the idea of Library 2.0 / Web 2.0 and
perhaps you are interested to know more about it and how it might be
applied to your library service. Now is your chance to not just […]
Life after NLS2006
Published by November 25th, 2006 in Associations, Conferences, Australia and nls2006. 3 CommentsIt seems a little perverse to be thinking about what I’ll be doing after NLS2006 when the conference doesn’t happen until next week, but it’s something that a few of us on the committee have been discussing.
The first step will be to write about our experience, in the hope that the work we’ve done in […]
Australia doesn’t have TiVo, so do whatever you can to catch a new six-part drama series coming to the ABC next year:
“A drama series called The Librarians wouldn’t be every network’s idea of a way to drag back lost viewers, but it is a key ingredient in the ABC’s master plan for winning over Australia […]
ALA wrapup in inCite
Published by November 1st, 2006 in Conferences, Research/Writing and Australia. 2 CommentsA little wrap-up thing of my time at ALA is in this month’s inCite, focusing on the benefits of new grads attending Annual.
Two pages after that is an interview with Jessamyn. Good news, fellow sandgropers: She’ll be here real soon.
