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My 2012
Inspired by Chris Guillebeau of The Art of Non-Conformity I offer you a review of my 2012. It was a fruitful year at work. After three years in a leadership role I feel the library team are functioning...
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The Cruel C
I was so lucky to be able to look my mother in the eyes before The Big C finally claimed her after a four year battle. With both of her parents living healthily into their mid-90’s, it was a surprise...
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Breathe and step
I feel like I’ve been holding my breath for the last four years bracing myself in anticipation for the inevitable crash that was my mother’s messy destiny. I lacked motivation to move or plan of think...
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Time rolls away
Wow! Two months of 2013 have disappeared already. And it’s been busier than ever. What can I tell you about my work at the library so far this year? We installed new movable shelving for our...
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Old words
I have let all of the old words go; dropped them into the dumpster of time never to return. Back in the mid ‘90’s I was inspired by Julia Cameron’s work The Artists Way and like so many people I began...
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The power of the passive
Typically as a Librarian, reader and book lover, I am an introvert. So I tend towards being quiet, reserved, shy, aloof, socially awkward, not fond of big groups of people, and private. I think,...
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On my eBook shelf
So I spent an afternoon traipsing around the city shops of Melbourne in search of two particular books. I asked at the desks and eventually conceded that these two titles were not currently available...
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12 library podcasts
While I drive to and from work each day I listen to podcasts rather than listen to the radio. I have a few favourites that I download regularly and have mentioned previously on this blog. But I was...
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Top 10 fiction favourites
Here is a list of the top 10 of my favourite fiction books in no particular order: Illusions: the adventures of a reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx Zen and the art...
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Top 10 non-fiction favourites
Here is a list of my top 10 non-fiction favourites in no particular order: The happy isles of Oceania by Paul Theroux Beethoven’s hair by Russell Martin The power of now by Eckhart Tolle The dancing Wu...
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A home for geeks
INF443 Creating and Preserving Digital Content is the final subject for my study for the Master of Information Studies that I am doing online through Charles Sturt University. The first module of...
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Challenging
2013 is turning out to be a very challenging year for me and that is why my blogging has dwindled lately. I plan to continue on here but it might still be a little while yet. So stay tuned… On a...
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Melbourne rainbow
So I was in Melbourne at Southern Cross Station filling in some time before my train trip home and I was taking photos using Instagram when a vivid rainbow appeared before me as I walked across the...
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The Oprah Effect
Brene Brown has risen to the surface of noticeability in recent times. She is known for her entertaining talks on TED. One is about ‘shame‘ and the other is on ‘vulnerability‘. She is a researcher by...
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Sitting in my mother’s garden
My mother’s garden is sustaining me at the moment while staying over to keep my father company and help him as he fights his own battle with cancer. For four years he cared for my mother while she was...
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Zombies and the future of libraries
What do zombies have to do with the future of libraries you may well ask? In ‘reality’ if there was a zombie apocalypse, libraries would perish along with all of humanity. And being zombies, one would...
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42 Aussie Librarian Bloggers in 2013
In 2011, I began an investigation into Australian Librarian bloggers: how many could I locate online; who were they; what sector did they work in; the topics they posted about; and the overall look and...
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Happy snaps
I have just studied the subject Creating and Preserving Digital Content through Charles Sturt University for the successful completion of the Master of Information Studies. And it has got me thinking…....
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EOM
Don’t you love acronyms? They are useful if you know what they mean and if you are communicating with others who know the same ones. They exist across the range of human subjects and are specific to...
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The man with many hats
So these past three weeks (indeed this whole year) have been life-changing, defining, difficult, enriching, surprising, sad, busy, purposeful, supportive and a privilege – for me. We left our jobs. We...
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