Friday 23 January 2009

Dr. Williamson visits Univ. of Washington


Geoff, Kirsty, & Terry
Originally uploaded by CSU Information Studies.

Dr Kirsty Williamson is currently in the United States meeting with Terry Asla, an international PhD student in the School of Information Studies. Here is a photo of Kirsty and her husband, Geoff, with Terry outside the University of Washington Library. Kirsty and Terry were invited to the University of Washington by Professor Bruce, Head of the Information School at the University of Washington while he was in Australia conducting the Information Studies School Review. It sure looks cold there!

Wednesday 7 January 2009

Seminar on Broadband, libraries and the creation of Australia’s digital culture

This seminar, the third in a series jointly supported by the National Library of Australia, Charles Sturt University and ALIA, was intended to provide a broad overview of what the creation of Australia's digital culture means for libraries and information agencies in strategy and in practice. It was held in the National Library, Canberra, on Tuesday 18th November 2008.

The proceedings and mp3 recordings of the lectures are now available. To access these, click on the title of this post or the direct URL is http://www.nla.gov.au/initiatives/meetings/austdigitalcultureprogram.html