Archive for 'Travel'
Queensland - the other Sunshine State
Ok so no jokes about the name of the state I am in (and by that I mean one of the states of Australia.) I arrived in Brisbane on Tuesday evening after teaching two days in Sydney. So Sydney was unfortunately very short, but I hope to go back someday. Brisbane is [...]
Posted: May 11th, 2007 under Australia & New Zealand, I Librarian, Training, Travel.
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How I Spent My Birthday This Year
Posted: May 9th, 2007 under Australia & New Zealand, Photos, Travel.
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New South Wales
I arrived in Sydney about 3 pm local time yesterday (Sunday.) After I checked into the hotel (a very nice place - the Menzies Sydney Hotel), I changed and walked down to Circular Quay (about 3-4 blocks from the hotel). This is where I got my first look a the famous Sydney Opera [...]
Posted: May 7th, 2007 under Australia & New Zealand, Training, Travel.
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Final Days in Melbourne
My time in Melbourne is winding down shortly. I spent some time Wednesday and Thursday this week at the State Library of Victoria doing some work and catching up on emails etc. I even got my Library Card! (Ok, I’m a total library geek.) I spent a lot of time in the [...]
Posted: May 3rd, 2007 under Australia & New Zealand, Entertainment, Film, I Librarian, Tech, Travel.
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Victoria and RexLibris
I am still in Melbourne at the moment, and working this week. I’m teaching at a fantastic training facility in the CBD (Central Business District) in Melbourne. I’m meeting up with some librarians from Yarra Plenty Regional Library on Thursday to talk about blogging etc. in their libraries, and then head to Sydney [...]
Posted: April 30th, 2007 under Australia & New Zealand, I Librarian, Training, Travel.
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The Day that Never Was
It’s Tuesday evening here (5:48 pm) and I arrived in Melbourne this morning. I didn’t really have a Monday, we sped across the Pacific and basically skipped it. I left home at about 10 am on Sunday with my sweet Andrew and got to LA about 2:30 pm (PDT) and then flew out [...]
Posted: April 24th, 2007 under Australia & New Zealand, Travel.
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I’m going on a Quest
Well not really. Maybe I am. But what I mean is I found out today at least initally where I will be staying in Melbourne when I arrive next Tuesday. I definitely am starting to get excited about this trip. Not that excitement wasn’t in my head before, but honestly so [...]
Posted: April 19th, 2007 under Australia & New Zealand, I Librarian, Training, Travel.
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Colonial Williamsburg
I just arrived in Williamsburg this afternoon, so that I can teach a Train the Trainer session on Web 2.0 for some fun librarians here tomorrow, and then in Richmond on Friday. Then I fly home for like 1 1/2 days and then on to LA and Oz.
Thanks to Andrew, I got to see [...]
Posted: April 18th, 2007 under I Librarian, Tech, Training, Travel.
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Ruston - An Oasis of Wonderfulness
I have to say - I did not really know what to expect from Ruston, Louisiana. I have never been to this part of the state - and to me it is a really a beautiful town. There are numerous beautiful homes here - it’s very green and has a quaint downtown with [...]
Posted: April 6th, 2007 under I Librarian, Photos, Training, Travel.
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Photos from Eastern Shore
Thanks to Dale for posting some photos of the Future of Small and Rural Libraries session I did on 3/30/07. Take a look: (though some of them are of me and a scary cat)
When Caligulas Attack
Faeries
Chatting
Kemp House Inn
So Serious!
Posted: April 3rd, 2007 under Photos, Training, Travel.
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