Bittersweet social media milestone

It’s a bittersweet day for me. The work blog is 1000+ posts old, we are 1000+ photos on Flickr, our Twitter account is going great, (our FB account less so)…and the man who inspired it all, Paul Reynolds, is being farewelled today. My first memory of Paul is attending a Hikuwai session at Auckland Library. [...]

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Are the days of free public libraries coming to an end? Radio New Zealand Nine to Noon Segment

In case you missed it there was an interesting segment on Nine to Noon this morning. Are the days of free public libraries coming to an end? With Rick Curach – Tauranga City Councillor and Bob McKee – the Chief Executive of CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) of the UK. (duration: 20′15″)

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Barking Up The Wrong Tree? Informing Voters

It may be that I am indeed barking up the wrong tree, but it seems to me that a 150-word profile on the ballet papers may give you the briefest amount of information about candidates for elections, but it is not enough information to make an informed vote. As promised, here is a fuller post [...]

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It’s Been An Interesting Year: Happy Anniversary To Us

Last year on the 18th of May we launched The Room of Infinite Diligence upon the unsuspecting world.. Since then we have had 550 comments on 193 Posts. It has been quite an interesting year, I look forward to another one. So Happy Anniversary to us

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Paul Reynolds: The Passing of Inspiration

I was saddened to hear of the passing of Paul Reynolds on the weekend. I imagine that there will be a great many words written on the Internet as a memorial to him. This will be fitting considering his abiding passion for the Internet, and for communities being created using Social Media.  It was most [...]

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Electing the LIANZA President-Elect: Politicking and Campaigning

Earlier this year I decided to run for council. As there is a vacancy for the Ikaroa Regional councillor, I pondered whether to stand for that position, or to stand for President- Elect, as I was attracted to both positions. It had been pointed out to me that it might be wiser to stand simply [...]

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NZ Music Month

Just a bit of fun.  As part of New Zealand Music Month there have been some performers giving the library a bit of boom boom. I think there should be more dancing in libraries. Today some of our students from the Diploma of Contemporary Music performed some of their own compositions – a sonic poem, [...]

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Facebook: Library Presence and Personal Privacy

Last year I created a Facebook page for Tararua Library. I confess I haven’t been been that impressed or happy with how it works and the traffic it garners, but that isn’t enough for me to totally drop it yet. Maybe time will pick up traffic. What concerns me though is the privacy issues surrounding [...]

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Your reading for today

This article was promoted on my FriendFeed and I thought I would share. Read/Write Culture: What Open Means for Learning, Research, and Creativity Barbara Fister Presented at the ILA/ACRL Spring Conference, April 2010: The Library is Open: Open Minds, Open Doors, Open Access, Presentation slides available online at Prezi.com I liked this quote in particular. [...]

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ALA’s Choose Privacy Week

Choose Privacy Week Video from 20K Films on Vimeo. The ALA writes: This week marks the inaugural Choose Privacy Week, a celebration of our right to privacy and an opportunity to engage libraries, librarians, and the general public about the importance of this issue in our increasingly public world.  Sponsored by the ALA Office for [...]

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