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Sing Me A Library: @IAMLAustralia keynote 2017 in Canberra #IAMLCBR

I’ll be back in Canberra on 28th September to give the opening keynote of the music librarians’ conference, IAML Australia 2017. “Sing Me A Library” will explore managing knowledge through sound, and...

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A new strategic vision for Queensland public libraries

My University of Southern Queensland colleague Kate Davis and I have won the tender to review the strategic vision for public libraries in Queensland, Australia. We’ll be drafting a successor to the...

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Marvellous, Electrical: Lusophone

We’re revisiting two previous instalments of Marvellous, Electrical in a new form this month. My partner Marta Cabral reads “The Dough“, about Brisbane’s baker of Portuguese pastries, in a bilingual...

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Pineapple GLAM with @amywalduck

Today I’m joined by Amy Walduck, Queensland State Manager for the Australian library association ALIA. Amy’s a government research librarian, musician, social media maven, and culture professional...

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Surfing to Salford: @Mozlandia and The Long Fetch

“We look to Los Angeles For the language we use London is dead, London is dead…” I never really listened to a lot of Morrissey, thinking about it. I mean, I had a bit of a Smiths phase at university...

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Marvellous, Electrical: That One’s On The House

September’s Marvellous, Electrical newsletter tells the story of Jay, who found himself running the sole pub in a country town of twenty thousand during a year of renovations. Hear about face-offs with...

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LIANZA #Open2017 – Future Sound of Libraries / The Process

This is part one of a three-part series on the LIANZA #Open17 library conference. In August last year, the organisers of LIANZA Open 2017 invited me to be a keynote at their conference, the national...

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LIANZA #Open17 – Podcast with @turbittnduck

During my recent visit to New Zealand, I guested on the inaugural episode of new Australian library podcast Turbitt and Duck, hosted by Sally Turbitt and Amy Walduck. Good news friends! We've released...

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Marvellous, Electrical: The No and the Yes

From Christian evangelists in Kazakhstan to coming out over burgers in Brisbane, this month’s Marvellous, Electrical listens to stories from Australia’s marriage equality debate.  

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This Digital Life @usqedu @thewritplatform: Mums, Dogs, and Inmates

The Writing Platform has published my three-part series on the work of Australia’s Digital Life Lab, an academic unit at the University of Southern Queensland exploring our experiences of the digital...

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