GLAM is an evocative acronym referring to Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums. I had booked an extra couple of days in Canberra after attending a digital humanities 'unconference' (called THAT Camp Canberra), so I GLAMmed it up and visited some of our national cultural resources. I had a ball, but there was a more serious motive behind it all. Aside from generally … [Read more...] about GLAMming it up – Canberra in Two Days!
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Libraries: Warehouses for Dead Books?
The University of Sydney's Fisher Library has joined a growing list of libraries to attract the wrath of borrowers at the suggestion that a large number of books are to be removed from the shelves. Recently libraries at the University of Denver and the University of New South Wales also attracted criticism from borrowers. These protests demonstrate that libraries are … [Read more...] about Libraries: Warehouses for Dead Books?