Subject area: AI and libraries: Enhancing services and engaging communities Format: Webinar https://learn.webjunction.org/mod/page/view.php?id=7625 Length: 2 hours Audience: library professionals Organisers: OCLC (https://www.oclc.org/en/about.html?cmpid=md_ab) Presenters: Linda W Braun, Juan Rubio, Dianne Connery   Reflection: This objective of this webinar included demystifying AI (artificial intelligence) definitions, related concepts and their potential uses, understanding the role of libraries in […]

Subject area: Discussion on a documentary about a book robbery in Palestine Format: Podcast Length: 1 hour Audience: library workers, historians, general audience interested in libraries and Palestinian history Organisers: Library Punk Podcast Presenters: Librarypunk hosts   Reflection: The objective of listening to this episode was to gain insights, awareness and knowledge about a vast […]

Subject area: The New York Public Library Format: Documentary film accessed via Kanopy Length: 3 hours & 30 minutes Audience: information professionals, general audience with interest in libraries Director: Fredrick Wiseman   Reflection: I went into this viewing of ‘Ex Libris: New York Public Library’ without a clear objective. However, having heard about this legendary […]

Focus of content: Inclusive libraries for young children (ages 0-6) with disability and their families Format: Online course (containing 7 modules with lessons, videos, and other resources) Length: 5 hours in total (self-paced) Audience: library staff, early childhood intervention practitioners, council policy makers, families and carers Organiser: Plumtree   Reflection: The objectives of the Plumtree […]

Subject area: Disability awareness for library staff Format: Webinar recording available via YouTube  Length: 1 hour Audience: library professionals Organisers: ALIA Disability Presenters: Jillian Black (NDIS), Darlene McLennan, Dr Jo Kaeding, Anne and Marie from the Plumtree team   Reflection: The objective of this webinar is to increase library staff awareness of disability needs for […]

Subject area: Diversity in Children’s Books Format: 6-Part series podcast (episode 1 & 2) Length: 1 hour Audience: Librarians, professionals/academics interested in Children’s literature, public library workers delivering children’s reading programs Organisers: Better Reading Presenter: Cheryl Akle (Director of Better Reading), Randa Abdel Fattah (Palestinian-Australian author and advocate) and Maxine Beneba Clarke (Afro-Carribbean Australian author) […]

Subject area: Social Media by Proxy: how older adults work within their ‘social networks’ to engage with social media Format: Journal article Length: 1 hour Audience: Information professionals and sociology academics Organisers: Information Research Journal Authors: Gemma Webster and Frances VC Ryan   Reflection: Social media has permeated both our personal lives and the professional […]

Subject area: Indigenous self-determination and sovereignty: Decolonising practices in libraries and archives in Australia Format: open-access webinar  Length: 1 hour Audience: GLAMR professionals Organisers: CILIP The Library and Information Association, 22 March 2022 Presenter: Dr Kirsten Thorpe (Senior Researcher, Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research, UTS)   Reflection: The overall objectives of this webinar […]

Subject area: Neurodivergence and Autism friendly libraries Format: open-access webinar Length: 1 hour Audience: Library professionals Organisers: ALIA Disability and ALIA Adult literacy Presenters: Matthew Oastler and Emma Gallagher from Aspect Autism Australia   Reflection: Neurodivergence and autism are close to my heart and topics of unending interest for me as I was raised in […]