This afternoon I went to Delft and met Erik Boekesteijn and Jaap Van De Geer from the DOK (and the Shanachie Tour) and had a really fun library afternoon.
We started with a tour of the staff backroom. In many libraries, backroom areas are sadly neglected and overrun with stock and stuff. At the DOK they’ve […]
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Libraries are fun! Visiting the DOK
Published by February 23rd, 2008 in Public libraries and Technology. 0 CommentsMentions of libraries in strange places
Published by March 14th, 2006 in General, Associations and Public libraries. 0 CommentsLast night’s episode of Enough Rope (an hour-long interview show - dare I say it, Australia’s version of Parkinson) featured Bono who apart from talking about U2, Bob Geldof and Product Red, told a story about the burning of libraries in Sarajavo -
“[…] We took our shoes off, we went in to meet this war-time […]
NLA and Flickr
Published by January 31st, 2006 in General, Library technology, Public libraries and Commons. 0 CommentsThe NLA project to add contemporary photos to PictureAustralia via Flickr is now live [Via Jessamyn]. Instructions for adding photos to the two groups are available and there’s already several hundred photos available. Most of my photos on Flickr are of holidays, but I’ve added my pictures from the 2005 Sculpture by […]
The ultimate game
Published by January 6th, 2006 in Library technology and Public libraries. 1 CommentA post at Joy’s Wanderings today reminded me of an idea I had 3 or 4 years ago. Joy asks -
“Could games take the place of on-line tutorials at library websites?”
When The Sims first came out, I thought it would be really great if there could be a game in the same vein which […]
What are libraries for?
Published by July 1st, 2005 in Library technology and Public libraries. 0 CommentsJessamyn had some great links recently to discussions about the role of technology in libraries. On my trip to the US I visited lots of libraries, public and academic across the country. They were all completely different in terms of technology, design, patronage, and usage. But what stood out for me is that there […]
I just realised that I haven’t mentioned my visit to the new City of Sydney Customs House Library yet. It has a bit of a Seattle Public Library feel to me - it’s beautiful, it’s busy, but it’s a little difficult to actually use. Instead of being one level like the old Town Hall […]
The benefits of consortia
Published by June 17th, 2005 in Public libraries and Open Access. 0 CommentsKaren Schneider points out the biggest benefit of a consortia that includes public and academic libraries -
Not only that, but as long as I continue living near a public library with Link+ access, when I graduate from University of San Francisco next year I won’t lose access to scholarly or hard-to-get materials.
This […]
Here’s a very neat new app/widget for Mac - Library Books (via Library Stuff). Even neater, given the list of libraries supported in the app, my guess is that the developer is Australian. I’ll install it as soon as it supports a library I use (I’m a regular borrower from City of Sydney).
More on “Who owns culture?”
Published by April 11th, 2005 in General and Public libraries. 0 CommentsAn ad I saw prior to a film this evening in Canada has caused me to think more about Lessig’s call to a War on War of sorts regarding the downloading debate.
I am not sure if it is running in the US, but an ad I have seen in both Canada and back home in […]
Last night I attended “Who owns Culture?” at the New York Public Library which was a major highlight of my time in the US. The first great thing was that it was happening at the NYPL, the line up of events that are part of the Live from the NYPL program is amazing (next up […]
