Just getting a few things done before heading off to do a late shift and visiting a few of my regular websites that I go to for information on a regular basis. Yes, amazingly I still use the Internet for more than social networking, banking, photos, communication, game playing and fan fic reading, etc etc. …
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Feb 28
Michael Stephens – Web 2.0 and Libraries: best practices for social software
Here’s the notes from the afternoon session of Michael Stephen’s visit to Melbourne. Over 70 librarian, mostly not all from public libraries were presented with an interesting and informative session, with plenty of inspiration to take back to their libraries. World is changing, especially in the last few years. Its getting smaller, collaboration is happening …
Apr 28
Hennepin 1 – Study tour 07
Had a great day at Hennepin County Public Library (HCPL) on the outskirts of Minneapolis, Minnesota. HCPL has a great team managing their web services. They have 4 librarians working on web development (all former adult, teens or childrens librarians), 2 programmers who are also librarians, an intranet staffer, a support staffer and an Office …
Apr 20
PLCMC 2 – Study Tour 2007
An amazing service is provided from the lower area of ImaginOn. Storytimes to go (STG) provides pre-literacy kits for preschool teachers and carers. The kits are themed and aimed at getting children interested in reading. The kits have 8 to 12 picture books, a booklet of original activities written by the staff (of 4), flannelboard …
Apr 18
C IL2007 – Reinventing the Library in the Internet Era – Rebecca Kahl & Aniel Sud/Clyde Miles
A project from Cuyahoga County Public Library. Patron needs were changing, the library profession was changing as was library service. Device evolution put pressure on staff who were uncomfortable with the new technologies. Needed to adapt staff, services and website to meet the changing needs of their community. Wanted more than a site, wanted a …
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- VALA 2018 – Day Three – Thursday 15 February – Disruption Day February 17, 2018And finally – great finish to a great conference. ————————————————————– Keynote 5 – The C Equation: Content + Connection + Community = Contented Customers – David Lee King Content – libraries have traditional forms of content, but also more cutting-edge forms. Some examples are ukuleles for loan, guitars, electronic EDM devices, checking things out to […]Michelle McLean
- VALA 2018 – Day Two – Wednesday 14 February – Data Day February 17, 2018And here are my notes from Day 2 – not including of course, the presentation that I gave with my manager Daniel Lewis. ————————————————————————————– VALA Conference 2018 – Wednesday 13 February Plenary 3 – Linked Data Liminality – Matt Miller Matt is a Metadata Librarian, programmer/developer, adjutant at a library school, worked in public and […]Michelle McLean
- VALA 2018 – Day One – Tuesday 13 February – GLAM Day February 17, 2018Wow, it’s been two years since I posted here. How do I know? My last posts were about VALA 2016. And now I am back with my VALA 2018 notes. I must post here more often. 🙂 Anyway, it was another great conference and it was my honour to be on the program committee to […]Michelle McLean
- VALA 2016 – Day Three – Nancy Proctor, Karen Lauritson and so much more February 14, 2016On Day Three I both chaired a session and presented in another, so there are less notes, but I hope you still find them helpful/useful. The museum as startup – Nancy Proctor (Baltimore Museum of Art) Startup – human institution designed to deliver a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty – […]Michelle McLean
- VALA 2016 – Day Two – Valentine Charles, Kevin Fordham and so much more February 10, 2016Building a Framework for Semantic Cultural Heritage Data – Valentine Charles Valentine works with the Europeana Foundation, which is the central portal for cultural heritage in Europe. Europeana has a huge range of items from European countries, including content from and related to Australia. The European Library was the model on which Europeana was based, […]Michelle McLean
- VALA 2016 – Day One – R. David Lankes, Lee Rainie and so much more February 9, 2016Always take away great thoughts and ideas from VALA – here’s what I got from Day 1. Librarianship: saving the world one community at a time – Dr R David Lankes Technology advances have made the world a smaller place. Expectmorelibrary.com. Not all is well in the world and librarians have a part to […]Michelle McLean
- Leadership Learning Forum – State Library of Victoria – Marianne Broadbent June 18, 2015I was fortunate enough to attend the most recent of these annual events, with guest speaker Marianne Broadbent. She was a very thought provoking speaker. Hope you get as much out of my notes as I did from attending the session. Marianne Broadbent – Implementing 21st Leadership at Multiple Levels Good skills to have are […]Michelle McLean
- Digital Literacy Seminar – Public Libraries Victoria Network (PLVN) June 11, 2015Here are my notes from the PLVN ICT Special Interest Group Digital Literacy Seminar, held in Melbourne on 3rd June 2015. Hugh Rundle – MC Victorian Public Libraries: Our Future, Our Skills Research Report 2014 – http://www.plvn.net.au/sites/default/files/Skills%20Audit%20Report%20FINAL.pdf. 98% of libraries completed survey, 79% of managers. Good basis for skills audit. Public Libraries 2030 came out […]Michelle McLean
- End of an era – print reference March 24, 2015I have had responsibility for our library’s print reference collection. on and off since 1996. When I first took on this role in 1996, our largest branch – which was both the local and regional reference collection, had 85 shelves of reference books. I’m talking full shelves, 2 metre high shelving and taking up a […]Michelle McLean
- Renew, rethink, revitalize – a mini conference at the State Library of Victoria March 22, 2015I was one of the 270 public library staff who attended this great event, created and hosted by the State Library of Victoria. Besides the three keynotes, the rest of the presentations were by library staff doing interesting things in their libraries. They were all awesome. Here are my notes: Renew, rethink and revitalise mini […]Michelle McLean