It’s been a month of fantastic conferences and the gathering of excellent ideas and practices so I’m going to do my best to make note of some of the highlights from each. There was a lot to take in at ICEPOPS 2019, from music copyright, to literacy models, and my favourite section was the World … Continue reading ICEPOPS 2019 – Highlights
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ICEPOPS 2019 – My first Keynote
I attended the first ICEPOPS conference in 2018 and was a huge fan, so when they got in touch to say that they wanted to hold the 2nd ever ICEPOPS conference in Edinburgh for 2019, AND that they’d like me to give a keynote presentation. Gosh. I was over the moon. Especially since this was … Continue reading ICEPOPS 2019 – My first Keynote
Planner Update – Organization Tools Series
I’ve been playing more and more with planners and productivity applications. I have learned a lot about what works for me, and thought it might be time for an update. Planner Update I have switched from the Productivity Journal to the Passion Planner Academic Medium (Pro). This planner provides space […]
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Rare find
I started volunteering in a collection at the Queensland Museum last week. Specifically, I’m in the Science Centre, which was merged with the museum years ago. This was the highlight of my day: a nearly ancient book, still intact, resting comfortably i…
Thing 10: Wikimedia
I am writing this post listening to the sound of Wikipedia being edited in real time. The one sound I never hear is silence, a powerful reminder of the site’s pervasiveness. The task of Thing 10 is to spend some time with Wikipedia by playing the Wikipedia Adventure Game, a tutorial designed to teach new… Read more Thing 10: Wikimedia
Thing 6
Accessibility Accessibility refers to how easy or applicable it is for everyone to access or use a resource/tool. When I was reading the articles, one concept on accessibility, I never really would have categorized here previous. That was the idea of gendered language or terms, and encouraging inclusivity. Apparently, the most common example of this […]
Heroic Librarianship
We don’t often associate the work of librarians, archivists, or curators as being particularly heroic. Frequently though, they have been, and I’ve been giving a lot of thought to this in the past few weeks. Most recently, this piece alerted me to the “…
Thing 3 – Digital Footprint
Hi everyone, I’m back with Thing 3 to cover Digital Footprint, which is basically described as the print(information) we leave behind in the digital world. Apparently, the first and best place to start is by Googling yourself, so that’s what I did!&nbs…
Thing 6 – Accessibility
Years ago my husband and I started a little import business and built our website from scratch. We spent hours planning the content and working on our site. The topic of accessibility was an eye opener for me. I learned many things but mainly I learned how uninformed and ignorant I was about the range […]
Thing 5 – Diversity
I have enjoyed using emoji’s since they were introduced and had no idea of the hidden meaning behind some of them. To me a peach is a peach! The use of emoji’s make messages more personal and I think everyone should be able to choose emoji’s which are representative of their person, culture and beliefs. […]
Thing 4: Digital Security
This was a worthwhile and long overdue exercise. I was quite pleased with my permissions settings on my device – only one app had been given unneccessary permissions. This was a game my son had installed. I downloaded the My Permissions app through the Apple Store and was surprised to find that three apps had […]
Today’s “thing”: I’m reflecting on information security and my smartphone
Reading Time: 3 minutes I’ve been spending a while between these last few blog posts for my digital capabilities adventure because I wanted to take some proper time to reflect on things. A lot of what’s involved in this project are things …