03 Dec 2008

SLQ News - How to register for a QPL account

Need help with registering for a QPL account?  We have created an online video that steps you through the registration process.  (This video works best using Adobe Flash 6.0 or higher. If your computer does not have the flash plug-in installed you need to download the free Adobe Flash player. This application will open in a new window).

02 Dec 2008

Interesting Articles

Santa Monica Public Library Mural by Stanton Macdonald-Wright.

This sumptuously illustrated site is dedicated to the 1935 Santa Monica, California, Library mural that is "large in scale and ambitious in theme. Covering nearly 2,000 square feet of wall, the mural cycle details the history of humankind through the evolution of creative arts and sciences." Explore mural panels, read an artist's statement, and learn about the creation and installation of the mural, which "was stored for 40 years." From the Santa Monica Public Library.

02 Dec 2008

ALIA - Best of the Library Stars

'Working Together' Project - Newcastle Region Library NSW

The aim of the 'Working Together' project was to work with the local Aboriginal community to develop and implement a range of initiatives to begin to address the under representation of the local Aboriginal people in Newcastle Region Library's buildings, collections, programs and staffing.  Programs – Family Pictures Project to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1967 referendum the Library invited Aboriginal photographer Mervyn Bishop to record images of the Awabakal elders. The work formed an exhibition of photographs and stories which were launched in NADIOC week 2007.  Public Art Program – Wallsend District Library Aboriginal artists Joe Hurst and Cherie Johnson were commissioned to produce an artwork that would evoke a local Aboriginal story.

26 Nov 2008

Public Library Standards Steering group

The Standards Steering Group will drive the ongoing regular review of the Queensland Public Library Standards and Guidelines. Its purpose is to ensure a timely and consultative review of standards and assist Queensland public libraries in the development of best practice.

25 Nov 2008

The Koori Library Pathways Project - Goulburn Valley Regional Library VIC

The Goulburn Valley Regional Library Corporation (GVRLC) provides library service to three shires in country Victoria. Its regional headquarters and main library are in Shepparton which has the largest population of Aboriginal people in Victoria outside of metropolitan Melbourne. In partnership with the Koori Resource & Information Centre (KRIC), a local Indigenous organisation, the library conceived the Koori Library Pathways Project. This project received a Libraries Building Communities Demonstration Project grant of $60,000.00 from the Library Board of Victoria for the twelve month period October 2006 to September 2007. With this funding KRIC was employed as coordinator and the partnership initiated a variety of different programs to deliver accessible and responsive library services to the local Indigenous community and to better connect the whole community to local Indigenous information and knowledge.

25 Nov 2008

Should We Be Concerned That the Elderly Don't Text?

The elderly are generally “out of the loop” when it comes to texting and other new technologies. On the one hand, the elderly do not often send text messages and thus signal their ability and willingness to use the medium. On the other hand, stereotyping by the younger users perhaps inhibits them from sending text messages to the elderly. Is the non-use of texting by the elderly because of self-exclusion or lack of exposure or both? Should this be of concern to us?

25 Nov 2008

The public library, exclusion and empathy: a literature review

The purpose of this paper is to present a review of the literature within the fields of public librarianship, social exclusion and empathy.

25 Nov 2008

Open Learning Environment Project

A multinational group of libraries is developing the design for an Open Library Environment (OLE), an alternative to the current model of an Integrated Library System. The goal is to produce a design document to inform open source library system development efforts, to guide future library system implementations, and to influence current Integrated Library System vendor products.

25 Nov 2008

Storytime with Dad: engaging CALD (Cultural and Linguistically Diverse) fathers - Fairfield City Library Service NSW

The genesis for the 'Storytime with Dad' program came from a partnership between community agencies: Learning Links, The Smith Family and UnitingCare Burnside and the Fairfield City Library Service. UnitingCare Burnside's Engaging Fathers program - came on board and began a program to encourage dads to read, sing and play with their children in their family languages. We learned that men are more likely to respond to an invitation specifically addressed to them by their child than a general one which says "Dear parent".

25 Nov 2008

The psychology of group decision making in collection development

Significant collection development decisions are increasingly made in a group context. Despite this trend, surprisingly little research can be found in the library literature that addresses the psychological and psychosocial aspects of group interaction and their relation to the decision making process