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Displaying numbers 1 to 10 of a total of 41 current news stories
20 Nov 2009
Task Force Urges Centralization, Collaboration, and Access (vs. Acquisition)
By Norman Oder
A Harvard University Task Force on University Libraries has released a report aimed at building a 21st-century library, knitting together the university's robust and disparate library units, collaborating with peer libraries, and emphasizing access to materials rather than acquisition. The task force makes five core recommendations including a rationalization of the systems for acquiring, accessing, and developing materials and greater collaboration with peer libraries and other institutions.
Source: Library Journal, 12 November 2009.
20 Nov 2009
We are glued to our screens
By Melanie Christiansen and Paddy Hintz
Technology is steadily taking over our lives, with 70 per cent of Queenslanders admitting they spend at least three hours at home every day in front of some kind of screen. The average household now has nine screens, including televisions, computers, PDAs, MP3 players and mobile phones. For nearly half of all Queensland homes, that includes three or more TVs, according to a survey of 500 people done by Pure Profile Research for NRMA Insurance. Our love affair with technology means we are defying international trends. NRMA Insurance spokesman Frank Adler said most households denied their screen time was impacting on family interactions but it was now "normal" for family members to be using different forms of technology at the same time.
Source: Courier Mail, November 13, 2009.
20 Nov 2009
NewspaperDirect Launches PressReader for Smartphones
NewspaperDirect, Inc., a provider of multichannel newspaper and magazine content distribution and monetization, has launched iPhone and BlackBerry versions of its PressReader application. The move significantly expands the audience of full-content newspapers and magazines for NewspaperDirect's publishing partners, and it lets millions of owners of the two most popular smartphones download their favorite daily read from a selection of more than 1,300 newspapers and magazines available on PressDisplay.com, an online newspaper kiosk.
Source: Information Today, 16 November 2009.
20 Nov 2009
Sidewiki causes a PR headache
By Julian Lee
Already struggling with the mountain of blogs, forums and social networks, public relations consultants are weighing up whether a new Google tool that enables consumers to leave comments next to a brand's website is a threat or a challenge. Google Sidewiki gives a new and very transparent avenue for disgruntled customers to air their grievances against companies.
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 November 2009.
20 Nov 2009
Let's call an end to 'intuitive' devices
By Will Harvie
Tech journalists often used the word "intuitive" to describe devices and websites. Farhad Manjoo, one of the best American technology journalists, said this about Windows 7 on slate.com recently: "[It's] the fastest, most intuitive, and most useful consumer desktop operating system on the market today". He means it's easy to use, that buttons are in the obvious places and do the things he thinks they ought to do. He's saying he can make the software work instinctively or naturally.
Source: Stuff.co.nz, 17 November 2009
12 Nov 2009
Latest Job vacancy (2)
Senior Library and Information Services Advisor - Banana Shire Council. If you enjoy a challenge, and are passionate about leading and developing a dynamic Library team, then this is the role for you! You will ideally possess a Degree in Library and Information Science, and must be eligible for professional membership with ALIA. A prior history of budget development along with strong leadership skills and the ability to stimulate a high level of performance and teamwork amongst a multi disciplinary workforce are essential.
Source: Banana Shire Council, 11 November 2009.
12 Nov 2009
Latest Job vacancy (1)
Branch Librarian (Mobile located at Southport Depot) - The Gold Coast City Council library service is offering an opportunity to an enthusiastic professional librarian to manage the Mobile Library service. The successful applicant will be a motivated leader looking for new challenges and will have a passion to work in a dynamic library service that is second largest in Australia. They will have the ability to drive and operate a Mobile Library as well as have the responsibility of developing a skilled team to deliver excellent customer service to the community.
Source: Gold Coast City Council, 11 November 2009.
12 Nov 2009
School chooses Kindle; are libraries for the history 'books'?
By Greg Toppo
Cushing Academy is the very model of a modern New England boarding school, but last summer began getting rid of most of the library's books. In their placeis a fully digital collection. Library watchers say it could be the first school library, public or private, to forsake ink and paper in favor of e-books. Critics see the value — and inevitability — of increasing libraries' digital collections but say that to remove virtually all printed materials is a mistake.
Source: USA Today, 27 October, 2009.
12 Nov 2009
Murdoch hints at online charging delay
News Corporation chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch says the media group might not start charging readers this financial year to access content on the company's newspaper websites. Mr Murdoch said the goal of having users pay for content on the media company's newspaper websites by the end of this financial year may not be met. News Corp, which owns local newspapers such as The Australian, The Herald Sun and The Daily Telegraph, had flagged in August plans to charge users of the group's newspaper websites.
Source: Brisbanetimes, 5 November 2009.
12 Nov 2009
2009 Prime Minister's Literary Awards
The Prime Minister's Literary Awards celebrate the contribution of Australian literature to the nation's cultural and intellectual life. The awards, held annually, recognise literature's importance to our national identity, community and economy. A tax free prize of $100,000 is awarded to the works judged to be of the highest literary merit in each of two categories: fiction and non-fiction. 2009 Fiction winner The Boat by Nam Le. 2009 Non-Fiction winners shared by House of Exile: The Life and Times of Heinrich Mann and Nelly Kroeger-Mann by Evelyn Juers and Drawing the Global Colour Line by Marilyn Lake and Henry Reynolds.
Source: Dept. of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, November 2009.
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