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Social media in public libraries

Social media in public libraries

By Edward Kostraby https://pixabay.com/p-488886/?no_redirect Leading the pack and constant innovation, seem to be part of the routine of managing any business venture and equally applies to libraries. The myriad of influences is simply overwhelming: the need to...

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EBLIP8: Grass, trees and a landscape

EBLIP8: Grass, trees and a landscape

By Suzana Sukovic Poster session in The Cube #eblip8 amazing! pic.twitter.com/6KeEFPOUsc — EBLIP8 (@EBLIP8) July 7, 2015 The excellent EBLIP8 closed on Wednesday, but it opened many possibilities. One is strengthening an often tenuous link between academic and...

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#DH2015  with a woman’s touch

#DH2015 with a woman’s touch

Digital Humanities 2015, University of Western Sydney, 29 June-3 July 2015 Watching 2 corellas destroying the building during #dh2015 lunchtime session on research infrastructure #irony pic.twitter.com/umSHlA0jxm — Fiona Tweedie (@FCTweedie) July 2, 2015 By Suzana...

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EBLIP8

EBLIP8

8th International Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Conference  Suzana Sukovic A whole conference devoted to applied research  – it’s a nerd dream come true to a LARK. I am looking forward to EBLIP8 so much that I allowed it to rule my weekends...

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LARK event tonight

LARK event tonight

Suzana Sukovic The LARK event - tour of the UTS library retrieval system and workshop How to get published?, followed by dinner at a Japanese restaurant - are tonight. Everyone involved in organising this event is looking forward to an evening of stimulating...

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Special guest at the LARK workshop on 25 June

By Suzana Sukovic   LARK is delighted to announce a special guest at the LARK workshop How to get published? Dr Joycel Kirk will join Dr Bhuva Narayan and me in answering your questions and planning the best publishing route for you.  Dr Joyce Kirk has been...

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Workshop ‘How to get published?’

Workshop ‘How to get published?’

&Tour of the UTS Library Retrieval System  When: Thursday, 25 June 2015 Where: University of Technology, Sydney For this outing, LARK has organised everything you need to be informed, intellectually stimulated and entertained. Sounds like a tourist brochure,...

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Leadership: nature or nurture?

Leadership: nature or nurture?

By Diana Hodge With the focus on newly appointed ALIA leaders, I thought it might be interesting to highlight some research into leadership; I was interested in what skills leaders require and the question of whether leaders are born or can be trained. I found a very...

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On the Mothers’ and Other Mothers’ Day

On the Mothers’ and Other Mothers’ Day

http://pixabay.com/en/paper-flowers-arts-and-crafts-paper-655387/ By Suzana Sukovic   There is a direct line between this blog and a sunny Saturday morning many years ago in which I lie in a bed covered by crispy linen, in my favourite pyjamas, a little bell...

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