What’s your Queensland story? Applications are now open for five research fellowships totalling $60,000 as part of the Queensland Memory Awards. Use State Library of Queensland’s vast resources to uncover and share your stories. Researchers from all backgrounds and disciplines are encouraged to apply. The Queensland Memory Awards include: John Oxley Library … Read more
Increased membership and engagement are common library goals, and at Moreton Bay Regional Council libraries we hope that a renewed focus on community engagement will help us achieve this, as well as deliver on some of our other priorities which include increasing access to our collections and attracting new and diverse audiences. Across our ten … Read more
Dementia Australia describes a dementia-friendly community as a city, town or village where people with dementia are understood, respected and supported, and confident they can contribute to community life. Your library can help create a dementia-friendly community by supporting library staff to understand dementia, and people with dementia and to help people with dementia remain actively … Read more
State Library is excited to announce that the new Service Level Agreement (SLA) for First 5 Forever is now available for 2019-2021. The new SLA will take the place of the old Best Start four year agreement which expires on the 31 December 2018. To continue to participate in First 5 Forever and receive your first … Read more
Help promote libraries and Indigenous Knowledge Centres (IKC) as the natural home for budding artists and scientists. The 2018 Fun Palace at State Library of Queensland (State Library) is being delivered at The Edge on the 6 October from 10am-3pm and we want to offer a unique professional development (PD) opportunity to four public library … Read more
Queensland Multicultural Month (QMM) is held annually in August to celebrate Queensland’s cultural diversity. Join in the state’s largest multicultural celebration that aims to promote Queensland as a unified, harmonious and inclusive community. Queensland is a multicultural success story and QMM is the time to showcase and celebrate our unique diversity that deepens and enriches … Read more
How do you kick off Library and Information Week in the best possible way? Just go ahead and open a new library! But not just any library, in any town, in any region… the library that Livingstone Shire Council Libraries re-opened on the 21st May 2018 was very, very, VERY unique! For starters it has … Read more
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC is celebrated not only in Indigenous communities, but by Australians from all walks of life. The week is a great opportunity to participate in a range of activities and to support … Read more
In this three part blog series ‘Educational Technology’, Advance Queensland Community Digital Champion, Emily de la Pena answers her question, ‘If I had $2000 to spend on educational technology, what would I buy to get the most out of it?’ Emily has been visiting regional libraries around Queensland delivering coding and robotics training to library … Read more
In this three part blog series, Advance Queensland Community Digital Champion, Emily de la Pena answers her question, ‘If I had $2000 to spend on educational technology, what would I buy to get the most out of it?’ Emily has been visiting regional libraries around Queensland delivering coding and robotics training to library staff. She’s … Read more
