YouTube Video - Roving Librarians

2011 Lianza Presentation

Here is a link to this year's presentation.

http://www.conference.co.nz/files/docs/lianza/wednesday/1330%20joanne%20smith.pdf

Carnegie Centre - Dunedin

Interesting mini tour of the old Dunedin Library by local library "celebrity" Mary Ronnie. I use celebrity loosely, no doubt she is well known and popular but as a past library manger not anything too rock & roll. She would have to be 80+
Beautiful space in terms of the architecture but totally impractical as a library.

Athenaeum Library - Dunedin

Would seem like a quirky little library if Williamstown had not just relocated into the Mechanics Institute! As it was I found it cute, although thank goodness I don't have to work there. Subscription of $69 per year, customers can borrow up to 3 items at a time, everything is totally manual (not a PC in the place) WOW!!

Lianza - SUNDAY AM

Oh My! up at what felt like the crack of dawn to get to the library tours at 9am. Would have been 7am in Melb (a time that means nothing to me on a Sunday!) Saw the Athenaeum Library (which is subscription based) the Carnegie Centre (which was the public library from 1908-1981) and the Public Library (toured pre-opening Ooooo exciting)

Certainly worth getting up for!

Dunedin - SATURDAY

Well I made it here for Lianza again this year. I am speaking on Wednesday, which is a bit of a pain. I will be tense in anticipation all through the week. Dunedin is beautiful, it was lovely and warm when I changed in Wellington but Dunedin is misty and mysterious!

2010 Margery C Ramsay Scholarship

Tomorrow the next winner of the MCRS will be announced, I am heading along to the presentation at the SLV. I wonder how the person feels?! If they are half as excited as I was they will be up all night. Good Luck to you ...whomever you are!

Williamstown Library Closure

Re-development of the Williamstown Library reached the point of no return today when we opened in a temporary site at the Mechanics Institute in Electra Street. This temporary service will operate over the construction of the new building, which is expected to be completed in mid 2012.

http://hobsons-bay-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/williamstown-library-pulls-up-stacks/

2nd Incite Article

While I am sunning myself here at the ALIA Conference in Brisbane I was very excited to discover that I have managed to get my 2nd article into InCite for the year!
Super exciting that I could just happen upon it by flicking through the September edition at the ALIA stand but even more exciting that hopefully others will read it and consider running a Food for Fines Campaign, our 2009 Campaign was a wonderful experience for staff, customers and local Emergency Food Relief Organisations.

http://www.alia.org.au/publishing/incite/2010/09/

Winter trip for some Summer sun

Holidays

Off on holiday to the UK for 3 weeks. Intend to squeeze in a few library visits while I am there. Naturally a visit to Bath but also perhaps the new one in Swindon. Will also squeeze in some ice-creams....isn't a holiday without ice-cream!!

Retail Techniques

Great little snippet on Today Tonight last night, talking to the Retail Doctor about the placement of stock and targeting of customers, what retailers do to position stock within the store for maximum attention etc. Lessons for us all!

http://www.retaildoctor.com.au/media-center/news/43-today-tonight.html

April InCite

My article made it.....page 19. Oh my wow how exciting!!
If you submit an article don't be discouraged they don't actually tell you, you just get a surprise when you flick through the pages!
http://www.alia.org.au/publishing/incite/2010/

Cool people love libraries

Good old Keith, he fits the rosters "no name double up" criteria if nothing else!

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7086815.ece

45 years overdue!

Funny things happen in libraries :)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/8574978.stm

The Librarians - Series 3

KD had a phonecall from our old mates the Librarians they are about to begin production on Series 3 with filming to commence in June.

ALIA 2010

Unfortunately my abstract was not selected so I am not speaking at ALIA this year....SO disappointed :(

Opening Day...Part Two

Part II @ 2pm...this is the really important one, the public opening.

The library opened at 2pm with over 40 people waiting in the car park for the ribbon cutting. KD & I held the ribbon while Cllr Raffoul held the scissors.

We had really positive feedback on the layout, signage and so far customers seem happy with the subject lounge concept, we will see what happens.....

Opening Day...Part One

Official Opening 10am...my role "car park security"

The choir were lovely, the turn out not overwhelimg but perfect for the space and the Hon Richard Wynne made his delivery with such a positive energy that I was really engaged and if I had not assisted in dot-pointing for the speech myself I could easily have believed the words were actually his own. In addition to the info we provided he threw in a few relevant and interesting adlibs which only added to the experience.

AND apparently the catering was lovely...although I was putting bins for paper towels in the loos at the time...I guess an Operations Co-ordinator's work is never done! Obviously not as I also had to be in pics which I hate :(

The dawn of opening day

After pulling a late one on the night before opening (I was greeted at the front door by a bleary eyed man & dog at 11pm) it is here. Opening Day fingers crossed all goes well.