What a day for information.
The Attorney General Mark Dreyfus announces that Australia is joining the Open Government Partnership and the interpretative conversation begins.
Also it was NSS13, so I could watch 40+ children being enthralled by a telling of The Wrong Book and a costumed performance of it afterwards at my workplace.
What is the ROI on Australian libraries. It is $2.90 on every $1 spent, see:
Here are some things about that thing, that relate to Australian collections or management – in case you wanted some quick sports reference help. They come from this conference paper Sports archives and collections in Australia which has some links at the end, to save you opening the document here they are:
National Sport Information Centre, Australian Sports Commission
Davis Sporting Collection (State Library of New South Wales)
Tom Brock Collection (State Library of New South Wales)
MV Anderson Chess Collection (State Library of Victoria)
History of the Paralympic Movement in Australia (Australian Paralympic Committee)
Olympic and Paralympic games digital archive (National Library of Australia)
Athletics in Australia, 1890- (Paul Jenes, Peter Hamilton, David Tarbotton, Fletcher McEwen and work from Bert Gardiner)
Empire Games, Sydney, 1938 (National Archives of Australia)
Olympic Games, Melbourne, 1956 (National Archives of Australia)
Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies Oral History Project (National Library of Australia)
National Sports Museum
Australian Centre for Olympic Studies
Orange City Council Sporting Hall of Fame
Picture Australia – sport (National Library of Australia)
Australian Rules Football (State Library of Victoria)
Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games (Powerhouse Museum)
Clearinghouse for Sport (Australian Sports Commission)
Criteria for Judging Heritage Significance, Australian Sports Commission
Heritage Significance Assessment of Objects, Australian Sports Commission
Sport Australia Hall of Fame
NSW Hall of Champions
Australian Society for Sports History
There are a number of people tagging sport in TROVE, here is an example
To answer that by way of illustration and example, I was giving a talk a few years ago to a group of librarians back home about provenance and the importance of historical evidence, and one of them came up to me at the end and said I work in the Library of the Royal Society of Medicine, I recently accessioned a contemporary book that had belonged to a distinguished living haematologist, which had his pencil notes on the flyleaf commenting on a recently introduced drug, saying how ineffective it was and how it shouldn’t be used. Of course, he said, I had to rub those out before putting it on the shelf, as it wouldn’t be appropriate for anyone to see them. To which I said, You did what? That was probably the only part of that book that had long-term historical value; the text probably exists in an online version already and if it doesn’t now, it will do one day.
David Pearson at: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/libraries-as-history/4647104
Well a Manly Library assistant certainly gained some probably unwanted worldwide notoriety with their humourous sign
Source @Dane_Murray https://twitter.com/Dane_Murray/status/293497606884184064/photo/1
What amused me more is the idea, still apparently prevalent, that the books in the non-fiction shelves are still perceived to be ‘true’ or something. Didn’t anyone notice the 130s, 200s or 994s before.
It’s like nobody has read any Derrida at all, out there.
The Queensland VET Libraries Association (QVLA) Inc. is hosting a two-day national conference next November.
TAFE is actively involved in delivering education to tertiary students at a school, VET and Bachelor levels and the TALC conference will offer a relevant and engaging professional development opportunity for library-focussed people.
They are interested in attracting potential speakers for the conference.
The details are as follows:
TAFE Australasia Library Conference (TALC)
“Adapt, Change, Evolve”
Southbank Institute of Technology
Brisbane 21st – 22nd November, 2013
If you would like to present at our conference contact us via our website or email address.
If you would like to attend the conference, you can book online at our website at http://www.talc.org.au or contact us:
Email: talc2013@gmail.com
Website http://www.talc.org.au
Registration categories and prices
Full registration Day registration
Early bird QVLA member 260 QVLA Member (no social) 160
Early bird non-member 290 Non-member (no social) 175
Standard QVLA member 325
Standard non-member 350
Student 260
If you’re a consumer of ebooks, you’ll be pleased to know that some publishers are now ditching DRM (Digital Rights Management) on their books.
The Tor online store proudly displays its intent to go DRM free
Tor/Forge Books in the US and Momentum (an imprint of Australia’s Pan Macmillan), have both recently announced that they no longer intend to restrict the use of their ebooks using DRM.
‘The problem,’ said Joel Naoum, Momentum’s publisher, ‘is that DRM restricts users from legitimate copying – such as between different e-reading devices. We feel strongly that Momentum’s goal is to make books as accessible as possible. Dropping these restrictions is in line with that goal.’
Speaking at Tor/Forge Books announcement, Charles Stross noted that
[restricting a consumer's use of their purchase] “is at the heart of customer resentment against DRM: once you buy a hardback you are free to do whatever you like with it — read it, lend it, or sell it on…but…DRM e-Books don’t work like that.”
Tor/Forge plans to begin selling DRM free ebooks by July, Momentum by early August 2012.
There are lots of events happening as part of Library & Information Week and tomorrow is National Simultaneous Storytime. This year’s title is The very cranky bear by Nick Bland. ALIA have a range of resources on their website to support NSS, including the AUSLAN version (below) of the story being read. If you’d like to get involved, you can find your nearest storytime location in the Australia wide list here.
How secure is your library? It’s not something you might normally pay a lot of attention to in your work during the day, but the good folks over at American Libraries have roped in Warren Graham, author of The black belt librarian : real-world safety & security, to give some pointers about security in the library. Whether you want to make sure your collection items or personal belongings are safe or to ensure your own personal safety or that of your patrons, Warren Graham is on the case.
Some of my favourite tips from Graham include:
For good measure, you might also want to:
Librarians at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina are protesting over the alleged corruption of director Ismail Serageldin. How much fire lies behind the smoke?
http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/the-angry-librarians-of-alexandria/123/
http://www.ag.gov.au/Consultationsreformsandreviews/Pages/Extending-Legal-Deposit.aspx
Extension of legal deposit to electronic materials – it’s a good idea – please make a submission.
May you all find lovely things at your library this Library Lovers Day.
Library Lovers Day
And don’t forget to get involved with the National Year of Reading which will also be launched today at the National Library of Australia. There are lots of things that you can get involved with right around the country – don’t miss out!
