Yeah, finally a task that I don't have to do much work for!
I discovered RSS aggregators about two years ago when I was doing a project for SLT and have used Bloglines constantly since then. I subscribe to ABC News, Crikey, Salon and a few other news ones as well as 'The Good Library Blog' which drives me nuts but is really good at keeping me thinking, the Ann Arbor Library which I find endlessly inspiring, a whole lot of other work related sites that I only check on occasionally (about information literacy, libraries that are 'doing' technology well, inspiring libraries) plus a some wonderful author blogs to remind me why I originally started working in libraries. I was very excited to find that Susan Hill - a writer I admired a lot growing up in the UK - (she seemed to be one of the only people I was reading who was still alive!) has a blog and it is just as interesting as I would have imagined! She has some great links to other author sites.
Well it is Sunday afternoon, I can hear the kids screaming at each other and my husband is sounding as if he has had enough! I will rejoin family life and return to my blogging next weekend ...
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Library Thing
Finally back blogging. Have added my books to Library Thing - find it an interesting tool in TalisPlus
http://catalogue.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/item/?q=storm+prophet&i=1&id=MACSPRO98000
but hadn't created a library before.
Have put some books I have read recently or bought recently!
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/HobartBooklover
Saw Neil Gaiman when he was in Hobart a couple of weeks ago (thank you Ellison Hawker) and was really impressed. An author who can talk as well as he can write. Took my 10 and 14 year olds as well which gives you an idea of the wide ranging audience he attracts (though mainly 20 something vaguely goth looking people). Really loved Coraline. Now reading Neverwhere.
I've included the mention of Storm Prophet by Hector Macdonald because I met him when he was in Darwin working on his next novel. He did an author session at Northern Territory Library and was very appreciative of the library staff which always goes down well! Storm Prophet is a fast-paced, exciting read with a strong female lead character - I can see the movie already!
http://catalogue.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/item/?q=storm+prophet&i=1&id=MACSPRO98000
but hadn't created a library before.
Have put some books I have read recently or bought recently!
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/HobartBooklover
Saw Neil Gaiman when he was in Hobart a couple of weeks ago (thank you Ellison Hawker) and was really impressed. An author who can talk as well as he can write. Took my 10 and 14 year olds as well which gives you an idea of the wide ranging audience he attracts (though mainly 20 something vaguely goth looking people). Really loved Coraline. Now reading Neverwhere.
I've included the mention of Storm Prophet by Hector Macdonald because I met him when he was in Darwin working on his next novel. He did an author session at Northern Territory Library and was very appreciative of the library staff which always goes down well! Storm Prophet is a fast-paced, exciting read with a strong female lead character - I can see the movie already!
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Flickr
Task 2, day one and I can already see Task 3 looming! aaaargh!
This could all end up taking up a lot of time because it is so much fun!
I never thought I could edit photos but I just managed to get a great 'buddy icon' (not sure about the language) from one of the photos I had just uploaded. It does it all for you!
I have just put a group of photos from a trip to Werribee Open Range Zoo last December on to Flickr.
Interesting that the issue of privacy has come up. My partner was horrified at the idea of me putting up photos of our kids on the web. He actually took the animal photos and has no worries about them being used, but not the kids!
This could all end up taking up a lot of time because it is so much fun!
I never thought I could edit photos but I just managed to get a great 'buddy icon' (not sure about the language) from one of the photos I had just uploaded. It does it all for you!
I have just put a group of photos from a trip to Werribee Open Range Zoo last December on to Flickr.
Interesting that the issue of privacy has come up. My partner was horrified at the idea of me putting up photos of our kids on the web. He actually took the animal photos and has no worries about them being used, but not the kids!
Saturday, April 26, 2008
It's a bit of a cliche having a librarian declare themselves a booklover, but I thought that if I was going to have to write about something, this was one subject I could be certain to have something to say on!
I'm a bit late as well - technically it is still only week 2 but I am well aware that week 3 begins tomorrow and if I don't get started I'm not going to get anywhere!
Setting up a blog is reminding me a bit of when you get leaving cards to sign at work - trying hard to say something witty or clever but coming up fairly blank!
Anyway, to the books. I've just finished 'The darkness and the deep' by Aline Templeton following the recommendation from the staff picks page on our new website (got to get a plug in somewhere!) http://www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/readrelax . I really enjoyed it and didn't work out who did it or their motive until it was revealed at the end which is always a bonus. Sometimes detective fiction can be fairly predictable, but this was a good one.
I'd also recommend Peter Temple's last book 'The broken shore' which I thought was brilliant. Peter is an Australian writer and I think he manages to portray contemporary Australia and some of the big issues in our society, while at the same time writing a very clever detective novel.
I'm a bit late as well - technically it is still only week 2 but I am well aware that week 3 begins tomorrow and if I don't get started I'm not going to get anywhere!
Setting up a blog is reminding me a bit of when you get leaving cards to sign at work - trying hard to say something witty or clever but coming up fairly blank!
Anyway, to the books. I've just finished 'The darkness and the deep' by Aline Templeton following the recommendation from the staff picks page on our new website (got to get a plug in somewhere!) http://www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/readrelax . I really enjoyed it and didn't work out who did it or their motive until it was revealed at the end which is always a bonus. Sometimes detective fiction can be fairly predictable, but this was a good one.
I'd also recommend Peter Temple's last book 'The broken shore' which I thought was brilliant. Peter is an Australian writer and I think he manages to portray contemporary Australia and some of the big issues in our society, while at the same time writing a very clever detective novel.
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