library 2.0

America the Beautiful, Re-United States, Global Age, Techno tribalism.Good news?

Top Trends for 2007 by Gerald Celente “We believe that the technotribalism is going to unite people in ways, via the computer, that we’ve never seen before. What we see in the ‘re-United States’...

gr8 lol~ Great Libraries of Learning

Support for school libraries in Far North Queensland is gr8!  The team at the Far North Queensland FNQ Learning Development Centre – ICT, have put together a fabulous brochure promoting change...

British Library sound archive

The Guardian reports that the British Library revealed it has made its vast archive of world and traditional music available to everyone, free of charge, online. That amounts to roughly 28,000...

Who we are; what we do

What types of media, access, and support do cutting-edge media centers and school libraries offer students? How are teacher librarians and library media specialists leading the charge to help...

Libraries of the Future

Students and researchers expect to be able to access information around the clock from almost anywhere in the world. Libraries are at a turning point. As technology rapidly transforms the way we...

School libraries in the 21st century

Today more information is stored digitally than in all the libraries in the world combined. We simply don’t need to ‘remember’ everything. The output of our digital mediums exceeds the wildest dreams...

Emerging technologies= librarian

Thanks to my friend (and fellow chocoholic) Kathryn Greenhill for sharing this fabulous set of slides and presentation -  which really puts into perspective what librarians should be about – if...

Marketing and design in your library

I am delighted to be in Cairns at a full day workshop organised by the Catholic Education office for the schools in this area.  “Contemporary School Library Design” - the whole day is...

A Week in the Life of a New Media Teacher Librarian

Sharing a bit of fun with you!  Why not write your own - you’ll be amazed at how much you can do in a week Posted in Australia, Library 2.0, Web 2.0

Jumpstart with blogging and twitter

My head is in ‘library zone’ these recent weeks - and so I am on the lookout for ideas, promotional materials, design ideas, pedagogical inspiration and more. Bit of a bower-bird for a...

The 21st Century Librarian

The Future of Reading: The Digital Librarian  - “In a Web Age, Library Gets a Job Update” - third in a series of articles from the New York Times looking at how the Internet and other...