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 will try and post some of these ideas up but a lack of easy access to the net via my [...]

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 not use e-books at all instead viewing them as a clunky somewhat unknown option for students. I enjoyed the speakers definition of [...]

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 powerpoint’ presentations. A great talk yesterday about ‘being happy’ and ‘games in libraries’ got me thinking. I also enjoyed a [...]

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 the Flickr commons effort. A major disappointment has been the lack of wireless access for my laptop. I was under [...]