Connecting Librarian

I have been checking out various blogs that deal with library related issues.

Mclean M (2010), Connecting Librarian, Casey Cardinia Library Corporation, Victoria, Aust., viewed March 2010, http://connectinglibrarian.com/

The Connecting Librarian is an interesting blog that is written by Michelle Mclean, an Information Librarian, who works for the Casey Cardinia Library Corporation in the outer suburbs of Melbourne. In 2006 she won the Ramsey and Reid Scholorship, which enabled her to conduct a study tour of USA libraries that offer cutting edge virtual services. She lists her main interests as Web 2.0 technologies, virtual serices and reference services. I found her writing is mostly concerned with the growing development of Web 2.0 applications in Libraries. Her blog is well set out and easy to use. I particularly liked the links to other library related blogs that she follows. I think that the owner of the blog being Australian makes the blog information really relevant to our working environments.

Her most recent posts concern the VALA (Victorian Association for Library Automation) 2010 Conference that was held on 9-11th February in Melbourne. The theme was "Connections, Content and Conversations". I think it sounded really applicable to what we are all learning in class. Of particular interest was Michelle's own conference presentation called Evaluating Web 2.0: user experiences with public library blogs which she has posted on Slideshare.