While working on the Teaching Reading in Australia project I had the opportunity to work in some of the best archives in Australia for the history of education. These archives are significant repositories of Australian history. Some don't get the attention they deserve, others are well recognised but their education collections are little known. In this, the first of a … [Read more...] about Significant Historic Australian Education Collections – Deakin University, Geelong
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Top 10 Posts for 2011
Blogs and cricket have something important in common - statistics! This week I've enjoyed spending lots of time with my family visiting from interstate and watching the exciting Boxing Day test match between India and Australia. It was a great example of test cricket - four days of see-sawing between the teams until Australia finally won. I tried to write a blog post while … [Read more...] about Top 10 Posts for 2011
GLAMming it up – Canberra in Two Days!
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!
Serendipitous Reading
Much is said about the importance of serendipity for research in the humanities. People extol the rewards gained from unexpectedly finding a relevant and fruitful book sitting on a bookshelf near the book that they had been initially seeking in the library. This year I am no longer a student so I decided that I would read more broadly than I have in recent years. While I still … [Read more...] about Serendipitous Reading
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?