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From the editor...This edition of Library Life takes us from Wainuiomata to Sydney, from Wellington to Buckinghamshire, from Flickr to Youtube. LIANZA ActivityCeleste Daymond, a colleague of mine at Wainuiomata Community Library, and new student with the Open Polytechnic. Celeste has taken the plunge and become a LIANZA member! A champion of furthering readers advisory services at libraries, Jane George of PubSIG has set up a new Readers Advisory Group on the LIANZA site. Check it out, and post a response or new forum topic by clicking “join” on the right-hand side and you’re away! A LIANZA CPD event Leadership in Times of Change, is on in Wellington on the 22nd of February. See the event page for content coverage and to register. Kim Salamonson shares his thoughts on the IT-SIG Bar Camp sessions, held post-conference in Dunedin, and hosted by Kris Wehipeihana. Have a read on the Community Page and IT-SIG Education and Training forums. LIANZA Awards and a call for expressions of interestApplications for the LIANZA awards and recognitions are now open - click here for more information LIANZA is calling for Expressions of Interest for the 2011 LIANZA Children’s Book Awards Judging Panels - click here to apply Across the DitchNaomi Doessel gives us the lowdown on Australasian conferences in 2011 Stop doing listSally Pewhairangi has some words of advice for us on evaluating what we do well, and what we could consider to stop doing. Sean the StorytellerSean Murgatroyd waxes lyrical on his experience in working with children and creating narratives News from SLANZADonna Watt, Communications Leader of SLANZA gives us an update of what’s on their radar for 2011 Daily Image 2011 : a Flickr challengeKathryn Greenhill, an Australian librarian based in Fremantle Perth set a daily image challenge for 2011. Read about it here. There's a few of us taking part, even some of us in NZ! 80% are non-librarians according to Kathryn so it makes for some interesting viewing. It's not all cats and crocheting you know! South Island Children's and Young Adult's Librarians' Conference “Creating legendary experiences”Be a part of this legendary conference, March 2-3 at the Marlborough Convention Centre in Blenheim. See http://www.marlboroughlibraries.govt.nz/whats-on/ for programme and registration details. Library clears its shelvesYou may have heard about the problems faced by UK public libraries at the moment, with many threatened with closure. One story that has made it all the way to New Zealand is that of the small library at Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire. The local community came out in support of the library, which faces closure, as a result of a campaign on Facebook . The campaign was for every single book in the library to be taken out at the same time, as well as starting an online petition to save the library. The community rallied around and the shelves were soon empty. This story has prompted action from other small libraries under threat across the UK. In the next issue there will be a longer report from Kathryn Oxborrow about the ways in which libraries and their communities in the UK are standing against the threatened cuts… Auckland Library tweetupA few librarian’s in the Hikuwai region have organised a librarian meet-up. So if you are in the Auckland area, and feel like talking shop on Waitangi Day, go along to the Domain, 12 noon Sunday 6th February. See here for more details. A final giggle...from the audiovisual internets : “My blackberry’s not working!” The One Ronnie courtesy of the BBC. |
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