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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleMarvellous, 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...
View ArticlePineapple 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...
View ArticleSurfing 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...
View ArticleMarvellous, 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...
View ArticleLIANZA #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...
View ArticleLIANZA #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...
View ArticleMarvellous, 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.
View ArticleThis 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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