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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...

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Familiarity 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...

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Lifelong 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...

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Time 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...

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Finishing 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,...

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VALA 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...

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Seeing 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...

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Blog 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...

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Blog 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...

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Blog 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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