By Rachel I was traveling on the train from York to Lancaster today. The conversation I had with the man across from me triggered this post, I think because it got me a little worked up, brought out my passion a bit. So now I'm going to share some of that with you Our conversation …
A couple of French libraries
By Rachel So I wasn't intending to do another library post. I wasn't actually thinking I would be going into any more libraries. But...you know how it is, you go for a walk and lo and behold there's a library - and it looks kind of cool. Can't NOT go in. So it was in …
Grand library spaces – the State Library
by Rachel As we count down our last days in Adelaide and Australia, another library-related post only seemed appropriate. It's down to the wire, but we finally got ourselves to the State Library of South Australia (we've only walked by it I don't know how many times!). The State Library is one of the grand …
Community libraries of southeastern South Australia
By Rachel This past week I had the pleasure and the privilege to travel with my colleague from Public Library Services and the State Library of South Australia through the southeastern portion of the state. Over the course of the two days we visited ten libraries in small towns and villages - five were public …
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Working without an office…
by Rachel Working without a dedicated office space - and staying focused - can sometimes be a bit of a challenge, but I'm happy to say that we have fallen into quite a nice rhythm in Adelaide. Most mornings we go to the Adelaide City Library, right in the midst of the CBD in Rundle …
City of Onkaparinga Libraries
By Rachel On Thursday I had the pleasure and privilege to spend the day with the Associate Director of Public Library Services for South Australia visiting four City of Onkaparinga libraries: The Hub (a joint use secondary school/public library); Noarlunga (a joint use post-secondary/public library); Seaford (a joint use secondary school/public library); and Aldinga (a …
The Cook Islands National Library
By Rachel As a librarian (and because it was just down the road from where we were staying), I had to check out the national library. It is important to say, before I go on, that the Cook Islands covers 2million square kilometres of ocean and has a population of only 25,000 spread over 11 …
A year of discovery 