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ALIA Library Applied Research Kollektive (LARK)
Virtual smell, transliterate world
By Suzana Sukovic The smell of the latest muffin recipe from my Mufficious group is emitting from my phone screen so deliciously - you can almost bite into that picture. I’ll certainly try the recipe tonight. But I better check the minutes of our last meeting! My project group is meeting in the...
LARK meeting
Suzana Sukovic Yesterday LARK had its second meeting ever. The first meeting was a year ago when the group came into existence. Yesterday we met again to touch base and discuss where we are heading. LARK isn’t and shouldn’t be a closed club, said someone in the meeting. The gathering was a case in...
LARK meeting on 7 November 2013, 5-7 in Sydney
Making a way to the place in future
By Suzana Sukovic Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldbycycle/ Thanks to Kristina Stoney for her generous permission to reproduce her and Nicolas Arney's beautiful photos. In transition (Turkey) This week I learnt at some majestic places – NSW Art Gallery, State Library and...
Library users & design
Edward Kostraby UNSW main library tower lahznimmo.com Getting the right fit between a library, and users is an ever evolving environment. Libraries, are no longer archetypal, but with constant refurbishment and build of new spaces and constructs, design, plays an ever increasing central role in...
Collection development: An update for the digital world
Mary Anne Kennan This article first appeared in InCite, August 2013 The theme of this issue is collection development. In volunteering for this column (LIS: Investigations) I thought a lot has probably happened in this space since I last actively thought about collection development in 2004 and it...
Is research one more thing to do?
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 on the list. There are times...
Accidental information professionals: Pathways to selecting our courses
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, it is associated with...
Persuasive Technology
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 CSIRO and NICTA, I expected...
LARK brings the column LIS:Investigations
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 the Australian Library and...
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