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What we are able to do initially If you visit our Library and ask us for assistance, we will advise you on a research strategy, support you to use finding tools effectively and suggest appropriate resources. If you phone us we are generally able to spend up to 10 minutes advising on the most appropriate information resources to guide you in your search. If your enquiry cannot be answered in a short time frame, you may be referred to our research enquiry service. You may also be referred to anot...

Introduction The pervasiveness of sophisticated mobile devices by our users has given rise to a movement towards mobile delivery of library services. Each week Australian libraries are enabling mobile modules in Library Management Systems. Some are adopting more advanced native apps that offer users browsability, web 2.0 features, digital library cards and other utility functions. In 2011 the National Library of Australia released a mobile catalogue app and a mobile audio tour for the Treasures...

Guests: Uncle Dave Williams, Lee-Ann Buckskin, Professor Lisa Jackson-Pulver, Wesley Enoch, Katrina Sedgwick These pieces of information are useful for finding a known item, where the user is searching for a specific broadcast that they already know exists. For the user searching more broadly by subjects or keywords, like “Indigenous” or “World War One”, they’re not going to find this record. We need to capture more information, so that broader searches will find this record in Trove....

The New York Public Library And LYRASIS Announce Next Steps In National E-Book Collaboration - New York City, NY - LYRASIS will continue to engage with libraries across the country and work to make e-reading more accessible.

Free introductory computer classes are being offered at University of Hawaiʻi Community College campuses and public libraries throughout the state. The in-person three-hour “Digital Readiness” classes are open to all Hawaiʻi residents 18 years and older who want to improve their digital literacy. The course is designed to help those with little or no computer knowledge to obtain the skills necessary to continue learning at home or at work. The free computer classes are part of the Workfor...

The winning writers of Penn State University Libraries Short Stories’ “A Night at the Circus” spring 2021 contest have been announced. Representing five Penn State campuses, the latest writing contest encouraged students, faculty and staff across the commonwealth to submit their best circus-themed creative writing in the form of short stories or poetry.

Creative writing entries and voting open March 1 through April 2 Image: Penn State March 01, 2021 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Come one, Come all! Step right up for your ticket to a night at the circus, where wonder and spectacle await you beneath the big top.    Penn State University Libraries invites creative Penn State students, faculty and staff to submit their best circus-themed creative writing to the short stories “A Night at the Circus”-themed writing contest. For this contest, You�...

Curbs on free speech in Karnataka An eminent Kannada litterateur is questioned in a rural police station for his criticism against handling of farmers’ agitation. By M A Siraj|   Updated: 25th January 2021 10:08 pm IST Two incidents seen as curbs on free speech and expression by the BJP Government in the State have drawn criticism from writers, academicians and media in the State. In the first instance, the Public Library Book Selection Committee withdrew its recommendation to purchase the ...

March 9, 2021 (Juneau, AK) –Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy today announced effective immediately the COVID-19 vaccine is available for all individuals who live or work in Alaska and are age 16 and older, making Alaska the first state in the nation to remove eligibility requirements. “This historic step is yet another nationwide first for Alaska, but […]