Nethui. You should have been there. No really, you should have.

Webstock used to be my no-miss conference until this week. It’s like a combined rock festival and party for geeks – the learning and fun are intense and amazing. If Webstock was a keyword it would be “awesome”. Nethui was not a rock festival, and less of a party in terms of headiness. Yes, there were [...]

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The Book Is Dead? Long Live The Book!

Really? Is the book dead? I don’t think so.  If you define “the book” as a physical artefact of words printed on the page then, no the book isn’t dead it is just transforming. If you define “the book” as the knowledge/entertainment traditionally held within the artefact then again, no, as that is also transforming. [...]

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The Web Is Dead? I Beg Your Pardon?

I have to admit the irony of ready this on a webpage, and then reposting it on a webpage, makes me chuckle. I think I get the distinction between viewing an Internet resource on an “app” rather than a “traditional” webpage. Except I am not quite convinced, as even on their graph a the peer-to-peer [...]

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Library Week: What’s Surprised You?

So it’s library week. We like everywhere else will be holding a number of events to mark the occasion. Despite being a little skeptical at first, I think I sort of like the “was surprised” theme for this week. so in keeping with the theme I had a question. As librarians, what question/request has most surprised you? [...]

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Libraries are Dying (And That’s A Good Thing)? I Beg your Pardon!

This interesting post came to my attention, and I thought it was worth reposting. Guest Post: Libraries are Dying (And That’s A Good Thing) [from See Also a Library weblog by Steve Lawson] Thu 1 Jul 2010, 11:28 am I received this email recently from a person whom I don’t know. He mentions that he [...]

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Libraries ARE The Centre Of The Universe While time Slips Away

I had a realisation this morning that I have not posted anything in other a week. I wonder if that means my love affair with blogging is fading? I do apologise for this woeful lack of diligence on my behalf. Actually it’s more like start of year business/craziness, having shifted desks, shifted houses, finished one [...]

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Something awful this way comes

One of my favourite tasks in libraryland is that of deselection. Imagine my delight when, a few months ago I discovered a blog called Awful Library Books – a wordpress sister blog no less, and one which more than a few of you may know as it has been featured both on nz-libs and Sideswipe [...]

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Un/conscious use of tools

A tool, according to my favourite cheap and cheerful reference source is “an entity used to interface between two or more domains that facilitates more effective action of one domain upon the other.” Goodness. Here’s a clarifying example: “A hammer typically interfaces between the operator’s hand and the nail the operator wishes to strike.” OK, [...]

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A First Post from a Rural Outpost

Why Blog? When sitting down to write my first post for this communal blog I pondered a large number of topics. In the end I came to the conclusion that for my first post, rather than launching straight into a post on a particular theme, I should first address the elephant in the room. That [...]

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