I swear I’ve read a hundred books since I reviewed my last read here! Yes I know, I’ve been slack with my reading project – I have read but just not written anything about them. Ok, so here’s what I call my speed book review whereby I will try and remember the books I’ve read since…
Cataloguing ain’t my forte
Recently, I have attended some cataloguing training using Symphony by SirsiDynix. Surprisingly, I enjoyed it! The State Library of Tasmania (LINC Tasmania) and most state government school libraries use the system. I think it’s superior to some of the library management system I have come across with. For those who don’t know what cataloguing is,…
A long overdue update…
My sincere apologies for the long silence. It’s been almost a year since I’ve posted something here but I’ve been caught up with a lot last year – including my 365-day blog project I called 2:45pm. It was fun but time consuming. Anyway, I’m back….and will write more and on a regular basis. So an…
Market Ready Seminar
As the coordinator for the ALIA New Grads Group, I recently organised an employability seminar for the students, new graduates and interested library folks in Tasmania. The event was held at Searson Buck (Tasmania’s locally owned recruitment agency) on Wednesday the 29th of May 2013 and was facilitated by one of Searson Buck’s senior consultants,…
Graduate Programs
I’m not sure about other Australian states but here in Tasmania library jobs are far and few. As a recent Masters graduate, I have been applying for graduate programs within various Commonwealth government departments. This involves going onto their websites to apply. The following are links of the government departments I recently applied for: Department…
SMARTY SQUID 