"those schoolgirl days...."

End of an era in this household.
Ms12, our youngest, graduated from Year seven, which is the last year for Primary education,here in the West of Australia.
She had a graduation assembly and a really nice dinner dance on the next night.
Hats off to all the teachers who have influenced her and helped her in her primary education.
Her last teacher was a new graduate, young, and totally professional.
She introduced good homework, took them on camp, and inspired my daughter to read more.
What more can a parent ask for then that? Thank you Miss Lamb.
We, as parents realise that this is the last of 13years association with the same school.
This is a long time, these days for any relationship and we will miss some aspects, and not others.
Notes- the day before, I wont miss those...Smiling helpful staff, I will miss.
Bouquets to all dedicated teaching and support staff everywhere.

Library 101

FromHere!

Beginning of the week gratitude....

I have things to be grateful for this week, even at the beginning,

1. Panadol
2. Husband
3. Tea
4. warmer weather
5. my own bed....

I am really grateful for the opportunity to go to Perth to the #ASLA2009 Conference and the Library camp Perth 2009.
I will appreciate it more when I am well...(just sitting up for a few minutes to appreciate lying down again soon..)

{Sneeze}
@kalgrl

Beautiful

let yourself feel. from Esteban Diácono on Vimeo.
Olafur Arnalds - Music

let yourself feel. from Esteban Diácono on Vimeo.

Perth Library Camp 2009 - Unconference

Why not sign up for the:
Perth Library Camp 2009 - Keeping the Fire Burning
Perth Library Camp
I attended the 2008 unconference and I thoroughly recommend the experience, just for the networking alone.

I looked at gadgets, tinkered with apps, listened to Library Staff from many different types of Libraries talk about their experiences with Library 2.0 and the 23 Things devised to increase knowledge of the new technologies now being used in Libraries and on the Web.

I was slightly overwhelmed by the amount of information and new tech on offer, but I choose a few of the 'things' to work on in the past year.

Only 100 people can sign up and the unconference rules are: here
SEE you there! :-)
Kalgrl

Shanachie Tour "Downunder" - Brisbane City Council Library

What a great Library, loved the spaces and the 'fast floor'...

Brisbane City Council Library from Jaap van de Geer on Vimeo.

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Books you remember...15 of them...

Via Ruminations

"Fifteen in Fifteen minutes"

the fifteen that I remember with ease seem to fall into two basic categories,
SciFi and historical.. I was a voracious reader and my neighbour 4 years older than me had an interesting bookcase, as did my Grandfather and my Mother.

A Traveller in Time - Alison Uttley (Mary Queen of Scots/war time Britian)
Dune - Frank Herbert (Control, complete control of yourself..)
Dragonflight - Anne McCaffery (Dragons and SciFi mixed)
Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes (So tragically sad and well written)
I Robot - Issac Asimov (the robotic laws etc.)
Time enough for love - Robert Heinlein (longevity to the max)
Consider Phlebas - Iain M. banks (my introduction to his work)

These old Shades - Geogette Heyer (Historical novel with witty hero)
A tale of two cities - Charles Dickens (Historical novel with noble tragic hero)
Forever to Remain - E.V. Timms (Historical Novel...family saga exodus to W.A.)
Les Miserables - Victor Hugo (Huge 'soap opera' in with 2 or more noble heroes)
Katherine - Anya Seton (Historical novel about the mistress of the Duke of Lancaster/ black death, Chaucer etc...its all in it)

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Wild Swans - Jung Chang
The Riders - Tim Winton

Most of them are not classic literature and I am not aiming as Flexnib says at a "Highbrow list" just memorable - for me, reads.
Cheers
@kalgrl

What Dewey No. are you?

What can I say? I am the 300's apparently :-)
Cheers
@kalgrl

Teresa Bennett's Dewey Decimal Section:

353 Specific fields of public administration

Teresa Bennett = 0585912544500 = 058+591+254+450+0 = 1353


Class:
300 Social Sciences


Contains:
Books on politics, economics, education and the law.



What it says about you:
You are good at understanding people and finding the systems that work for them. You like having established reasoning behind your decisions. You consider it very important for your friends to always have your back.

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