Collections in flux
Our collection development policy is under constant review, but has a major rewrite every three years. That time is now. Its amazing how much has changed in the last three years. We are no longer...
View ArticleFamiliarity breeds contempt
I was at a meeting in the city today, walking up the Paris end of Collins Street back to catch my train, when I realised my whole viewpoint of that area had changed. I used to be reticent about having...
View ArticleLifelong learning
I’m well and truly in middle age now, so am watching the older generation to see how to age gracefully. Unfortunately, all too often I see older people for whom everything is too much to learn. They...
View ArticleTime for a change
So I have been thinking about making a change for a while and finally decided to go ahead with it. No, I’m not talking about changing jobs, but amazingly the same criteria apply for that as for this...
View ArticleFinishing off
Today is the last day of Blog Every Day of June, so I thought it appropriate to talk about when a project should finish in a library. The quick answer is never. Let me clarify. Any new service,...
View ArticleVALA Presents David Lee King
Was very happy to be able Friday 23rd September’s seminar in Melbourne with David Lee King from Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, fresh from his appearance at NLS #5 in Perth and Hamish Curry...
View ArticleSeeing what you haven’t seen before
Have you ever looked at an object or person and seen something that you know has always been there, but that you have never really noticed until that moment? I had another of those moments today. I get...
View ArticleBlog June 2013 – Day 1 – What’s new?
It’s the first of June and the first day of Blog Every Day of June for 2013. A lot has changed for me since last year’s event and I think I’m going to find it interesting to come up with something new...
View ArticleBlog June 2013 – Day 8 – Tipping point
For those who have worked in libraries for a while, you have been through several tipping points. The point where content formats change over, where the new whiz bang format takes over from the older...
View ArticleBlog June 13 – Day 12 – Handwriting – a dying art?
Today I had cause to write a note repeatedly. It was less than 20 words, but I chose to write it out the 8 times required, rather than type it, because I thought it would be quicker and easier. Not...
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