Prof Lisa Given, FASSA“the National Library’s work in the digital space [has] one great driver – democratising access to our collections and the collections of other cultural institutions and making sure that they’re available to all Australians” #InformationAccess #Libraries https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jan/06/national-library-of-australias-free-digital-archives-may-be-forced-to-close-without-funding
Jane Garner
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Library & Information Science academic at Charles Sturt University. Working from Wurundjeri country in Melbourne. Interested in information, books, libraries and reading in the lives of disadvantaged communities, especially people living in prisons and those experiencing homelessness.
Are you interested in information theory development? You might like to watch a recent seminar where I critique Chatman's theory of information seeking in small worlds against modern data here: https://youtu.be/OemxukcOdMk #lisresearch #prisonstudies
'Taking Chatman back to prison - Rethinking the theory of 'Life in the Round'' by Dr Jane Garner
Want to learn more about prisoner information needs and libraries in prisons? This free seminar will be of interest. I am looking forward to presenting along with a prison librarian and a prison library user. #prisonlibraries https://tinyurl.com/ycktba3t
Why do public library staff think people experiencing homelessness are visiting our libraries? You can read the answers here along with what we know from the homeless community themselves. We might have it wrong: https://thinkspace.csu.edu.au/librariesandhomelessness/
Why do public library staff think people experiencing homelessness are visiting our libraries? You can read the answers here along with what we know from the homeless community themselves. We might have it wrong: tinyurl.com/5rm42jbz #DECRA
Michelle Kelly-IrvingI found quite a few folks I was following on the birdsite by using this tool recommended by @PophamFrank
I'm not trying to replicate things here, but its nice to find friendly faces 😀
pruvisto.org/debirdify/