Internationally recognised US Web 2.0 commentator, blogger and library academic, Dr Michael Stephens, has been appointed the 2009 CAVAL Visiting Scholar. On behalf of CAVAL and its project partners: CityLibraries Townsville and Dominican University Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Dr Stephens’ research project will seek to measure the value and effect of Learning [...]

The Courier Mail has reported that Australians now spend much more time online. The news come from Nielsen Online’s Internet and Technology Survey of more than 2000 Australians and found that : Australians spent an average of 89.2 hours a week consuming media which is equivalent to 80% of waking hours – which is possible [...]

The list is out.  Library Journal has announced their 2009 Movers and Shakers. There are many well-deserved names on this years list and many others who I am looking forward to finding out more about.  Check out the Library Journal Movers and Shakers 2009 list and the links to their respective blogs (courtesy of Bobbi [...]

The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced a new service. Members are now able to access the ProQuest Library Science journal package as a membership benefit. There is no additional fee. ALIA  reports that ”the (…) member survey conducted in 2008 clearly demonstrated that ALIA’s members were eager to have access to LIS online full-text [...]

According to a recent news report (Web censorship plan heads towards a dead end), the Federal Government plan to introduce compulsory internet censorship at the ISP may be over before its barely begun. According to the report, such a mandatory filtering scheme will require legislation.  If that is the case, then at this time, the [...]