A Change of Direction

Its been quite a while since I posted to this blog and lots has happened. I've taken 6 months' leave from my position at the hospital library and am working at the nearby University of Newcastle campus library. After 10 years at the hospital I thought it was time to broaden my horizons, not to mention take a break from full-time work and management. At the University library I am doing mainly reference work across a large range of subject areas - not just health but subjects waaaaaay outside my comfort zone such as business, history, etc. Its great professional development and I'm enjoying it immensely.

Just before I left the hospital library I attended the Beyond the Hype symposium held at QUT in Brisbane and sponsored by ALIA. The theme was Web 2.0 and together with my colleagues Lisa Cotter (University of Newcastle) and Gillian Wood (NSW Health Department), I presented a paper on the initial findings of the Web 2.0 and Australian Health Librarians survey we undertook at the end of 2007. Links to the presentation and paper can be found on this blog and other information about Beyond the Hype can be found at http://beyondthehype.ning.com . Lisa has also blogged about the symposium at http://librariesusingevidence.blogspot.com .