On Friday I attended the LIANZA and Te Ropu Whakahau Future of Libraries Summit in Wellington. Several people have already blogged their perspectives of the day (here, here and here) and there are also a couple of storified tweets from the day (here and here). I found the day uncomfortable and awkward. The discussion was dominated by three…
Category: NZ Libraries in 2025
MOOC-ing About
By Morag Gray, presented at LIANZA Otago-Southland Weekend School, 15-17 November 2013. Professional Development While there are many opportunities for professional development provided by LIANZA, Invercargill (where I live) and Southland District (where I work) are a long way from anywhere much. The closest courses offered are usually in Dunedin, which is a 2 and…
I Have A [Library Technology] Dream
Last Friday I facilitated a workshop hosted by Catalyst where the topic of the day was: if you had no budgetary or political restraints, what would the library technology suite of your dreams look like? What would it do for you and your community, now and in the future? The participants dreamed big, bold and beautiful leaving with a…
Why Do We Do It?
This is the second post on The Atlas of New Librarianship webinar held on 20 September 2012. In the first post I wrote about the need to distinguish libraries from librarians. Anyone who knows me well will know that I ask a lot of questions about everything. I ask questions because I want to understand….
Libraries and Librarians
Last week David Lankes hosted a webinar for New Zealand librarians who had registered for The Atlas of New Librarianship discussion groups. David’s presentation contained so many gems that it’s going to take me a long while to unpack, polish and share them with others. But I am working on it; and here is the…
FINDING HEROES 