r u game?

The inaugural r u game? Games & Public Libraries seminar is on today at the State Library of NSW. I wish I was there.

However, just because I couldn't make it doesn't mean I can't participate & share in the wonder that is today.


I'm wearing my r u game? shirt which I got from RedBubble.

And I'll be following all the action on Twitter.



I think Ellen Forsyth has done a great job in preparing both today's seminar and especially tomorrow's event in World of Warcraft. This is such an exciting thing she's achieved, I hope everyone pays attention.

CRL's online newsletter - June

Here's the latest news from Clarence Regional Library's online newsletter

Lots of things happened around the branches during Library & Information Week and a lot of fun was had by all during National Simultaneous Storytime too. I had loads of pictures to put into this newsletter but given the constraints of the newsletter program could only add in 1 for each section. I'm working on plans to open up the sections a bit more over time so I can put loads more photos in.

Anyway, enjoy.

Simple things often best

We've been living with our new CRL website for over 12 months now. It was a long time coming and took quite some effort to pull together but we were really happy with it (trust me, after our previous one it's fantabulous!). Anyway, as with any good website we didn't just sit back on our laurels we recently did a complete audit of it and made a few changes. They aren't big changes but just enough to keep the website fresh and interesting and more importantly to show that we're growing and changing with our community.

A recent blog post from Craig Thomler at eGovAU on reinventing website perfection iterates this point: "the ability to be flexible and agile to meet changing needs quickly and be capable of making a wesbite more and more effective over time, improving reputation and reducing legal risks".

It's nice to know we're trying to get it right.

r u game?

Ellen has created this great little Slideshare 'how to...' for the online section of the r u game? games and public libraries seminar on June 24th.

r u game online 2010 : getting ready

View more presentations from Ellen Forsyth.

CRL website development [sigh]

It's website review time again at work - actually I think it's everything review time [sure feels that way].

Anyway, we're revamping things just a little and as a result I get to go play with Google calendar, or whatever other calendar options are out there that we could use for our website for a "What's On" page/section/etc.

I love playing so that's the good thing. Not too sure how helpful it's going to be though - the biggest challenge to any What's On page is always getting the branch staff to contribute and tell us what they're doing (sometimes it's harder than pulling teeth, and trust me, I can get blood out of a stone!!). A few branches are really active but some of the others, ........... [sigh]

Not to worry, spot of lunch and then it's valid play time....... yay!

r u game? games and public libraries

Coming soon to the State Library of NSW is a fabulous seminar exploring the role of games in public libraries! Thanks to the hard work of Ellen Forsyth r u game? on June 23rd will start the conversation which continues on June 24th with an online gaming seminar in the land of World of Warcraft. Check out the games and public libraries wiki for more!

To cap off this great event, you can also buy the #rugame2010 tee shirt!!

risg2010 presentations

Great to see the presentations from the 2010 Reference @ the Metcalfe seminar going up on the RISG blog

Ref ex wiki update 2010

Ellen & I both presented an update, what the stats have shown, and future plans for the Reference Excellence wiki at the 2010 Reference @ the Metcalfe seminar on May 4th.

Ref ex wiki update 2010

View more presentations from Clarence Regional Library.

risg2010 and RedBubble

risg2010 and RedBubble

View more presentations from Clarence Regional Library.