During November I covered the length (if not the breadth) of Australia delivering IFLA’s Measurement, Evaluating and Demonstrating Impact of Library Services training. It was a delight to spend time discussing how we can better tell our story, and the resources we need to ensure that it is effective. Together we were able to highlightContinue reading “Criss Crossing the Country”
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A Sense of Place
I don’t know about you but before I travel I like to get a sense of the place I’m visiting by reading about it. For me ‘reading about’ isn’t sitting down with the relevant Lonely Planet guide ( though I will refer to it), rather it’s a matter of immersing myself in a story setContinue reading “A Sense of Place”
IFLA Information Futures Summit
Home Advantage for Australian and New Zealand Colleagues For the past few months I have been working with a small group of Australian colleagues, and the IFLA HQ staff based at HQ in The Hague as part of a team developing the Summit program and everything that goes with it. The IFLA Library Futures Summit (or IIFS)Continue reading “IFLA Information Futures Summit”
‘Behind every successful person is a substantial amount of coffee.’
It is widely acknowledged that the success of any conference is judged not only on the robustness of the program, but also on the quality of the catering. Based on this logic I jumped at the chance to be the coffee sponsor at the 2023 NSW Public Libraries Association SWITCH Conference which was held earlierContinue reading “‘Behind every successful person is a substantial amount of coffee.’”
The World Through Picture Books
On Tuesday last week the 3rd edition of the World Through Picture Books was launched at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Rotterdam. This was a great achievement for IFLA’s Libraries for Children & Young Adults (C&YA) section and in particular for the editors, Annie Everall OBE from the UK and Australia’s ClaireContinue reading “The World Through Picture Books”
Serendipity
Serendipity. I love that word both for it’s beautiful sound and the concept it encapsulates, ‘the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.’ I had a series of serendipity moments last week all related the libraries and Denmark. Intrigued? Let me explain. It started when Kevin Hennah, library merchandisingContinue reading “Serendipity”
PLOTY
Entries for PLOTY, or to give it its full name the 2022 IFLA/Systematic Public Library of the Year Awards are now open. Applications close on 29 April. Established in 2014 these Awards were developed to celebrate libraries which have been built in new or re-purposed buildings in the preceding 12 months. For the 2022 AwardContinue reading “PLOTY”
A new chapter
The past couple of weeks has been a whirlwind of all things IFLA – the wind up of the 2019-21 term; the World Library and Information Congress; and the start of the 2021-23 term. Normally IFLA in August would signal an overseas trip to some wonderful location (think Milan, Puerto Rico, Helsinki, Lyon, Singapore, CapeContinue reading “A new chapter”
Reflecting on IFLA
Today I was looking for something in my IFLA files and found myself heading fast down the rabbit hole of memory. And what memories! My first IFLA WLIC was Milan in 2009 when I went in my role as ALIA President. As gigs go it was pretty good! My friend Vicki McDonald ( who isContinue reading “Reflecting on IFLA”
Members!
I am currently engaged with colleagues from public libraries across New South Wales in talking about members, how we engage with and retain them, and how we expand our membership base. It’s a timely discussion as, in many communities, use ( and membership) has been significantly affected by COVID. This is an initiative of theContinue reading “Members!”
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