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Feb 27, 2019
We Don't Want Your Donation

GLAM Blog Club's theme this month is Donation which instantly sent shivers up my spine thinking about all the terrible books people bring into the (public) library to donate. As...
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Feb 24, 2019
Low Bar

Recently I had the pleasure of attending a talk by Alice Procter entitled Muddling the Museum. It looked at ways museum collections and interactions were being decolonised by external groups,...
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Nov 26, 2018
DoDeDoDo (Production)

It’s been several months since I posted up my prototype of an RFID based library reference tracker that I lovingly called the ‘DoDeDoDo’. Since then I’ve worked through...
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Sep 28, 2018
DoDeDoDo Web – Reference STAT(S)!

Back in July I wrote about an RFID location based enquiry tracking system (DoDeDoDo) and two months later I’ve moved on from prototype to production and they are working...
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Jul 24, 2018
DoDeDoDo – A Location Based Enquiry Tracking System

The Problem For years WA libraries have been tracking information requests/enquiries that staff (mostly front-of-house) handle in their day-to-day work. From this financial year onwards we are now required...
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May 11, 2018
the GLAMR of DEATH

Content warning: Death, & dying. I was invited to speak at Museums Showoff WA this month about anything that interested me. After going through several options I settled on death...
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Feb 28, 2018
Angelheaded Hipsters

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked... - Howl, Part I, Allen Ginsberg. It's the end of what feels like a long month...
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Jan 31, 2018
Ideas For Your Next Conference Presentation

Inspired by @jinglefrisbee's latest blog post Ideas For My Next Conference Presentation I decided to throw some ideas I've been sitting on for a while out into the world. Sadly...
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Mar 26, 2017
The Rule of GLAM

I'm going to preface this by saying I am a terrible student. I've never really enjoyed studying and struggle to take tests and assignments seriously as I prefer real life...
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Shaddow Library

We Don't Want Your Donation

Low Bar

DoDeDoDo (Production)

DoDeDoDo Web – Reference STAT(S)!

DoDeDoDo – A Location Based Enquiry Tracking System

the GLAMR of DEATH

Angelheaded Hipsters

Ideas For Your Next Conference Presentation

The Rule of GLAM

3D Printer

arcade

blogjune

censorship

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digital

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DIY

eservices

ethics

events

goodreads

graphic novels

hack

Library

maker

Makerbot

makerspaces

OPAC

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raspberry pi

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sewing

soldering

tai chi

technology

toast

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wifi

workshops

what if

Stargate

personal

Symposium

professional development

GLAM Blog Club

Learning

2016

Trust

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GLAM

koha ils

koha

SLWA

idea

Consortium

one library card

Hope

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3017

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optical data

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me

edward shaddow

silence

AUSLAN

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How Did I Get Here

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