@Trishh I can't find photos of libraries 😭 but I've been thinking about how a trip to Iceland (including a few libraries) in 2012 is part of what inspired me to start studying to be a librarian less than a year later while reading Always Home, Always Homesick by Hannah Kent. A formative and magical place for writers and librarians alike! 🥹📚✨️

@saera true 🤩

@saera I was so sad when his screen wasn't working for ages and he didn't get to show us his maps/numbers🥺

cat break between volunteering shifts

up early for a bit of volunteering and the smell of democracy (sausage) is already in the air! 💚❤️✊️

nothing like a day of EndNote Angst😭 to remind you how good Zotero is 😍
UniMelb library folks have made some great resources in case I know anyone who hasn't already made the switch 🙌 https://library.unimelb.edu.au/recite/reference-management-software/zotero#webinars--classes-and-more-help

starting the Easter long weekend with the phrase "rail equipment fault" 😱😴

@Heather of course! it's also partly inspired by Deakin's inagural university librarian, Margaret Cameron, who was very into birds and also resources sharing and unions 🐦📚✊️

@Heather there are a few critical voices in the library and beyond✊️ but not that many super visible ones... I've been thinking about starting a 'Assorted Ibises' newsletter with or reading group for sharing critical library and higher ed sector tech resources and reflections (including impact on environment) inspired by my favourite meme 🐦✊️

@kristina @lavaeolus having learnt EndNote first, I do find myself getting tripped up by how relatively simple it is to do certain things in Zotero in comparison 😅

@kristina @lavaeolus I like to say I know enough about EndNote not to use or recommend it and to use and recommend Zotero instead 😎✊️ EndNote is sadly the only one that's been officially 'supported' in institutions I've worked at but I have been known to argue that Zotero doesn't generally require as much support to use! I've seen and heard far too many EndNote horror stories! 😱

Train replacement bus fun...
Took two hours to get to work yesterday and two hours to get home 😴
Left a little later this morning and I've arrived earlier 🙃
I think something similar might have happened last train replacement bus time 🫠

Please donate to help preserve and update Professor Gary Foley's KooriWeb if you can
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@kristina I reckon I'm pretty jazzed about citation and I love helping others realise why it is FUNdamental to research and study - which means focussing on who you're citing and why/context rather than dwelling on correct commas, italics, full stops etc! no one should ever lose marks for "incorrect" referencing punctuation/formtatting as long as it's clear where the info has come from / who is being cited

it's the queer library worker led queer histories/ queer futures podcast / audio tour we all need right now 💖🏳️‍🌈📚✊️https://www.3cr.org.au/queerhistoriesqueerfutures

"I definitely can't provide as much advice about shoes as I can about news" - me after waking up to a message from dad looking for advice on news sources that provide an alternative to increasingly racist, Zionist mainstream media AND on where to buy affordable fancy shoes for a wedding. I responded passionately to the former 🤓✊️

@eleanorcolla I've been thinking about this lately. some discussion and resources here https://press.library.concordia.ca/projects/engage-in-public-scholarship and https://www.librarypunk.gay/e/118-queer-internet-history-feat-dr-alex-ketchum/

@paulkidd impressive! 😮💻✊️

hoping to visit this blooming corpse plant in real life before work today. it's been an exciting time to be working in geelong 🤓🌹🧟‍♂️
https://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/gbg/plants/corpseflower/article/item/8dcfa8f2e06a22e.aspx

came across this in my favourite nerdy corner of tiktok ✊️ https://www.personalcanon.com/p/research-as-leisure-activity