Last week Barb Reid and I did a fairly impromptu 3-day visit to Perth, thanks to Scoot fares too cheap to ignore, some end-of-year extra money, and the hunt for a keynote speaker.
We are hosting the next Librarians' Knowledge Sharing Workshop here on the UWCSEA East campus in February 2017 (you can register your interest here - https://www.uwcsea.edu.sg/centre/librarian-17) and wanted to approach Brad Tyrrell at Scotch College in Perth as a possible keynote and pre-conference workshop leader on Libguides. (The answer is Yes -- he is going to be one of our featured speakers, with Dianne McKenzie the other.)
The trip was a perfect chance to also visit some libraries, which Brad helped arrange. We ended up seeing 7 school libraries, 2 public libraries, 1 university library, and 1 literature centre.
I'll start by sharing my photos -- and Barb has more. We'll each summarize our big take-aways later, e.g., I'm working on a Storify of the highlights and interest points for me (though what I chose to photograph is a big clue). [Update: May 27: I opted to just annotate the photos in Google Photos - a pseudo-Storify feature.] [Update: May 30: Fixed the "shed" link below.]
[Update: May 28] Here we are with Jenny Doust (whom we met at the last Librarians' Knowledge Sharing Workshop -- in KL) at the Fremantle Literature Centre.
We are hosting the next Librarians' Knowledge Sharing Workshop here on the UWCSEA East campus in February 2017 (you can register your interest here - https://www.uwcsea.edu.sg/centre/librarian-17) and wanted to approach Brad Tyrrell at Scotch College in Perth as a possible keynote and pre-conference workshop leader on Libguides. (The answer is Yes -- he is going to be one of our featured speakers, with Dianne McKenzie the other.)
The trip was a perfect chance to also visit some libraries, which Brad helped arrange. We ended up seeing 7 school libraries, 2 public libraries, 1 university library, and 1 literature centre.
I'll start by sharing my photos -- and Barb has more. We'll each summarize our big take-aways later, e.g., I'm working on a Storify of the highlights and interest points for me (though what I chose to photograph is a big clue). [Update: May 27: I opted to just annotate the photos in Google Photos - a pseudo-Storify feature.] [Update: May 30: Fixed the "shed" link below.]
- Scotch College
- HS Library
- PS/MS Library
- Teaching spaces
- Brad's "Shed" -- i.e., the "stacks" area for his HS Library
- Presbyterian Ladies College (PLC)
- Wesley College
- Penrhos College
- Iona Presentation College
- Shenton College
- International School of Western Australia
- Curtin University
- The Grove public library
- The City of Perth public library - Hay St.
- The Fremantle Literature Centre
[Update: May 28] Here we are with Jenny Doust (whom we met at the last Librarians' Knowledge Sharing Workshop -- in KL) at the Fremantle Literature Centre.
