I am very excited by the thought of using new technologogies in the library. There was a great article in Tuesday's Age (June 17 2007 p3)about using RFID ( Radio Frequency Identifaction tags) so people can self check out resources. This will hopefully leave more time for staff to work with customers using computers , accessing information, choosing library resources and helping them access web 2.0 software. This sort of technology would work well in a one person library.

A day in the life of a tafe librarian

Today I have escaped my library hard walls to travel through cyberspace. I am attending a workshop on web 2 tools. I am interested in these tools because I want to explore alternative ways of creating and present information. I don't only want to help people access information I want to help them create it. I like the idea of the democratisation of information. I would like to explore the idea of who and what is a reliable source of information. The idea of debating what is true and what is not; the idea of exploring perspectives and versions of events, is particarly important currently when our prime minister is suggesting that students should be taught that there is only one way of looking at things, namely his way.