ALIA is supporting the creation of "a wiki to promote careers in the library and information industry to secondary students and their careers teachers.

We need your help to collect profiles.

Do you know someone who works in the library and information industry whose profile would inspire teenagers to join the profession, if the answer is yes please pass this email onto them and encourage them tosend their profile to chriske@brimbank.vic.gov.au.

The US$1 million award recognises the library’s work to provide free
computer and Internet access and training to Indigenous communities and
for its unique ‘Our Story’ database.

Being the recipient of the Access to Learning Award recognises the

The results of the Reading Victoria summer reading campaign are in. The program suggested 20 titles with settings in Melbourne or around Victoria and ran from November to the end of January. The favourite title was decided by a SMS poll, with over 1800 Victorians submitting votes for their favourite.

A must read article for library staff worried about their futures:

“Are Librarians totally obsolete: 33 re

According to US News - Best Careers 2007, librarian is one of the top 25 hot careers.

Joining the ranks of physicans, urban planners and school psychologists, librarians have been noted as having an "underrated career". At the other extreme, it is noted that police officers, attorneys and teachers are no longer hot!

Distracted Truffle Pig (interesting title)
Lynn Copeland, University Librarian and Dean of Library Services, highlights current library and information issues.

Digital divide
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5256552.stm

The research, part of the Spatial Literacy initiative between UCL, Leicester and Nottingham Universities, aimed to build a comprehensive picture of access to digital technology in Britain.

via lorcan dempseys blog...

apparently its possible to contribute pics to Picture Australia via flickr...???? there is a survey and a discussion at the following link

Generation Y is moving into the workforce. What does that mean for the Baby Boomers and the Gen Xers already there. It means its a whole new world of staff, with different priorities and perspectives.

from charles arthur, guardian technology blog:

It's an emerging rule of thumb that suggests that if you get a group of 100 people online then one will create content, 10 will "interact" with it (commenting or offering improvements) and the other 89 will just view it.