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Swansea and the Todmorden Room branches, which have the lowest number of open hours in the city, will be staff-free during the extended hours, but will still have staff during their regular hours. “These are two very small branches and they’re only open 28 hours a week, so this is really to extend service to the community beyond what they’re already open,” said Moe Hosseini-Ara the branch operations and customer experience director for Toronto Public Library.
TAFE NSW Intranet. Office of the Children's eSafety Commissioner. Australian Government Office of the Children’s eSafety Commissioner Quarterly report October – December 2016 Our latest research shows what cyberbullying looks like for young Australians… For these teens aged 14 to 17: 43% were socially excluded 39% were called names 38% received repeated unwanted online messages 36% had lies or rumours spread about them.
Eora Nation #41: Anita Heiss' indigenous classics reading list - Mornings - ABC Radio. Last week's major high school syllabus overhaul has prompted us to think about what indigenous literature classics should be part of what we read in school.
Well-known author and Wiradjuri woman Anita Heiss joins stand-in host Dom Knight for this week's Eora Nation. Anita has provided her reading list below: Suggested reading this Friday…For those listening to the yarn I had with Dom Knight on ABC Sydney this morning, here’s the titles I mentioned…• Women of the Sun by Hyllus Maris and Sonia Borg • We Are Going by Kath Walker (Oodgeroo Noonuccal) • The Cherry Pickers by Kevin Gilbert • Benang: from the heart by Kim Scott, • Carpentaria by Alexis Wright • Mullumbimby by Melissa Lucashenko • Hard Yards by Melissa Lucashenko • Too Flash by Melissa Lucashenko • Killing Darcy by Melissa Lucashenko • The entire UQP Black Australian Writers Series. Why losing a dog can be harder than losing a relative or friend. Recently, my wife and I went through one of the more excruciating experiences of our lives – the euthanasia of our beloved dog, Murphy.
I remember making eye contact with Murphy moments before she took her last breath – she flashed me a look that was an endearing blend of confusion and the reassurance that everyone was ok because we were both by her side. When people who have never had a dog see their dog-owning friends mourn the loss of a pet, they probably think it’s all a bit of an overreaction; after all, it’s “just a dog.” However, those who have loved a dog know the truth: Your own pet is never “just a dog.” Perhaps if people realized just how strong and intense the bond is between people and their dogs, such grief would become more widely accepted. What Is Folksonomy? A folksonomy is a classification system determined by everyday people.
It's like a taxonomy, only with "folks. " To understand this further, let's first understand what a taxonomy is. A taxonomy is a scheme for organizing and classifying information, objects, life forms, and other items. The field of biology is well known for developing an extensive taxonomy. Sydney TAFE: Log in to the site. Designing libraries in the 21st century: lessons for the UK. 20 January 2017 The ramp at Dokk1, Aarhus The report provides an overview of how design is being used as a tool to enhance the experience of customers and change the behaviour of staff in public libraries in twelve locations across five countries in two international contexts.
It suggests that the most successful designs are those that are the simplest – open plan with good visibility across the floorplate and excellent connectivity - allowing staff and customers greater freedom to change the form and function of the public library over time. Icebreakers that Rock. We’re coming up fast on the beginning of another school year.
That means a new batch of students to get to know, students who need to be made comfortable in your classroom, and who need to get to know each other. It’s essential to start building relationships with your students right from the start. How to Track the Impact of Research Data with Metrics. By Alex Ball (DCC), Monica Duke (DCC) Published: 29 June 2015 Browse the guide below or download the PDF.
Library campaigners present 'innovative agenda' to rescue struggling sector. Campaigners have requested an urgent meeting with ministers to discuss measures to address the crisis in public-library funding.
The appeal follows news that Plymouth is the latest council to propose cuts to its service in order to shore up its overall budget. In a letter seen by the Guardian, campaigners led by former Faber & Faber director Desmond Clarke propose measures to improve efficiency that include merging library authorities, boosting book budgets, introducing a national ebook-lending scheme and updating technology. Clarke, who received an MBE in the New Year honours list for services to the library sector, voiced strong criticism of the Libraries Taskforce, which was set up to find ways to rescue a sector that has been victim to severe budget cuts and closures. The most radical measure proposed in the letter is a reduction in the number of separately managed library authorities in England from 151, a number four times larger than the number of police authorities.
How to Create Awesome Book Displays. I work full time at a public library, and even though I work in the Adult Reference department, I’m fortunate enough to spend most of my work hours on book-related responsibilities. But if I had to pick an area that takes up the majority of my book-related time, it would be creating displays. Now, for some libraries or book stores, creating displays requires nothing more than printing off a sign and slapping a few marginally-related books on a shelf and calling it a day, but that’s what separates the amateur displays from the awesome ones.
10 Mysterious Libraries Around the World. Quick Chocolate and Coconut Slice recipe. Inquiry report - Intellectual Property Arrangements Productivity Commission. Australia's intellectual property (IP) arrangements fall short in many ways and improvement is needed across the spectrum of IP rights.IP arrangements need to ensure that creators and inventors are rewarded for their efforts, but in doing so they must: foster creative endeavour and investment in IP that would not otherwise occuronly provide the incentive needed to induce that additional investment or endeavourresist impeding follow–on innovation, competition and access to goods and services.Australia's patent system grants exclusivity too readily, allowing a proliferation of low quality patents, frustrating follow–on innovators and stymieing competition.
Background information. Books on the Rail: the guerrilla library infiltrating Melbourne's Metro. The first book that Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus deliberately left behind on a train was the historical love story The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons. “This is Ali and my all-time favourite book,” says Kalus. The pair credit The Bronze Horseman for turning them into “totally obsessed bookworms”. They left a secondhand copy on the train in the hope that someone else would pick it up, read it and be likewise transformed. Thus began Books on the Rail, a Melbourne-based organisation that populates public transport with free books for anyone to pick up and read – a guerrilla library on the move.
Books on the Rail is modelled on the UK project Books on the Underground; Ali met its founder, Hollie Fraser, while working at advertising agency in London last year. Library and Information Services. Libraries Transform. Outlook Web App. Yahoo - login. Education on Air: It Takes a Teacher. NYPL Unveils a New Book Roller Coaster on October 5. It houses some of the greatest works of literature known to man, but now, the New York Public Library is bringing a different kind of classic to its Rose Main Reading Room when it reopens on October 5 — a train. 100-Year-Old Theater Is Now A Bookstore And It’s Spectacular. NYPL Launches SimplyE App, Integrating Access to Multiple Ebook Vendors. The New York Public Library (NYPL) on July 12 announced the launch of SimplyE, a new app for tablets and smartphones that employs a single interface for browsing, borrowing, and reading ebooks from multiple different vendors, as well as public domain ebooks.
Enabling patrons to discover and start reading library ebooks with as few as three clicks, this initial version of the app is the fulfillment of a goal set two and a half years ago by the NYPL-led Library Simplified project. Are Librarians becoming Data Analysts? Blog. A library for social connection and creative discovery. Story time at an aged care facility. LibApps Login @ TAFE NSW - Sydney. Video gallery. Top 40 of the Best Excel Shortcuts You Need to Know. [Image Source: Hooton & Microsoft]
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Arizona Literacy & Learning Center » Glossary of Terms. 504 Modification Plan An individual learning plan that modifies what the student is expected to demonstrate due to a disability. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act protects individuals with disabilities from discrimination due to disability by recipients of federal financial assistance. A 504 Modification Plan may include changes in instructional level, content, and performance criteria, may include changes in test format and includes alternate assessments. Glossary of Language and Literacy Terms. Sydney TAFE eLearning Moodle: Log in to the site. Dictionary of Sydney. Check Us Out! - Library, Arts & Culture - Ep.8. Librarians can do anything. Free HTML5 Digital Publishing Platform for Magazines,Catalogs,Brochures,Lookbooks & More...- PUB HTML5. How libraries can save the Internet of Things from the Web's centralized fate. How to Measure the Digital Literacy Capabilities of Library Staff – FINDING HEROES.
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