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You can see it in the eyes of others, the tiredness is starting to set in at ALIA. That said day three started with a popular talk from a futurist offering 6-7 keys areas librarians and the IT related scene should consider for the future in regards to their service delivery. When I get home I [...]

Just saw a great presentation on the use of e-books at La Trobe University. A nursing cohort followed over 3-4 years embraced e-books but (and there’s always a but) their recall of use was heavily dependant upon their lecturers use of e-books in reading list material. The main problem was quite a few lecturers simply did [...]

It’s been a smooth start to my time here in Sydney. The temps do take some getting used too and from a purely tourist point of view the hustle and bustle of the place is very evident. ALIA rolls on with a number of interesting speakers interspursed wth a few dry ‘i’m reading from the [...]

Here I am typing this from the Internet lounge at the ALIA information online conference at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre. So far I have attended three sessions ranging from engaging teens online to looking at ways the national library of Australia is using Flickr and Google Maps mash-ups to enhance photo imagery uploaded to [...]

Information Online is the 14th Australian Library and Information Association exhibition and conference. This year it will be held at Darling Harbour Exhibition and Convention Centre, Sydney from the 20th to 22nd January 2009. It will be my first visit to the event and I’m looking forward to the range of speakers they have lined up. [...]