ALIA has aligned itself with Google, Inspire Foundation and Yahoo to present a statement on Internet filtering. You can read Core Principles for Effective Action for a Safer Internet on the ALIA site. As one tweeter put it… @katiedatwork smart partnering and a strong stance: http://www.alia.org.au/internetfiltering/ seriously impressed, @ALIANational.
Libraries Interact and friends will be covering VALA 2010 live. VALA2010 – Tuesday 9th February
Twenty-two of libraries finest gathered together at Berth at Docklands for dinner on the eve of the VALA2010 conference proper. Many of us had attended either the Boot Tech Camp or L-Plate Series during the day ( both of which were found to be valuable by those who attended), but we were joined by others [...]
A very good speech from Senator Trood on 2 February 2010 The NLA is a place where resources of national significance are collected, preserved and made accessible to the public. It is a place with a wealth of knowledge that ensures that the nation’s experiences are shared. As the country’s largest and most important reference [...]
Whilst many of us will be at VALA, for those who aren’t, Tuesday 9th February is a day to note, its Safer Internet Day 2010! Even with the issue of ISP filtering is still ongoing, we can’t forget that one of the best protections for children on the internet continues to be education. So on [...]
Libraries Interact writers and friends will be covering VALA 2010 using CoveritLive. Prior to the main event, is the OCLC mashathon. A few of us are attending and our tweets and comments can be viewed here, so you can follow along as we discover a variety of OCLC-provided APIs, including the WorldCat Search API, led [...]
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