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Suzana Sukovic   These two pictures have been recently posted on the LARK Facebook page. They reflect how I often feel about research. There are times when research is on top of my ‘to do list’, but it doesn’t get done -- and times when I give up even putting it...

http://www.alia.org.au/ausfavlibrarian/ Gaby Haddow  Why do people choose to become information professionals? This question is important to educators and to the profession more widely. For educators, it relates to how we attract students and, for the profession,...

Suzana Sukovic Earlier this week Sydney was a gathering place for participants in the 8th International Conference on Persuasive Technology. I saw their announcement on a mailing list and decided to send a last minute one day registration. Since the organisers were...

LARK is proud to announce that it will publish the latest articles from the column LIS: Investigations Where ALIA’s Research Committee brings you news from the world of library and information services research. The column is published in InCite, the news magazine of...

Janine Schmidt Rethinking reference and instruction with tablets. Edited by Rebecca K. Miller, Carolyn Meier and Heather Moorefield-Lang. Library Technology Reports, vol. 48 (8) Nov/Dec 2012  ALA (American Library Association) Techsource has consistently provided...

Suzana Sukovic In the wake of the latest international testing results (TIMSS, PIRLS) the Australian media is struggling to provide an explanation as to why Australian students are not rating very high in maths, science and reading. International tests like these are...

 Adam Carron We can all agree that technology strongly shapes how we conduct research. The very idea of “research” has monumentally changed in this digital world. The approach in which this is carried out effectively still needs to be addressed in our schools....

Amy Croft Image from the iCommons website: http://icommons.org/post-archive/1755 This week is the 6th international Open Access Week, an annual event to promote the benefits of open access to the academic and research community. So what better time to discuss its...

I am starting to see a value of hanging in one place long enough. The LARK Diigo group started in 2010 when a few librarians from UTS prepared a presentation for a workshop at Information Online 2011. The presentation was called Two birds with one evaluation and it...

Suzana Sukovic The most of this blog first appeared on ALIA Sydney blog, 30 June 2012 For the first LARK post, here is my plain and bold statement: librarians need to do research. It is necessary for us and good for the rest of the world. And here are six reasons...