As a part of my consulting engagement with Public Library Services (PLS) of South Australia, I have produced a draft ‘digital vision’ statement (published below) for the SA library network for 2019. The vision statement is written from a retrospective viewpoint with the current date being ‘July 2019’. The vision statement is my own work. It…
Month: May 2016
Mindfulness and the Chinese Librarians
Last week my organisation farewelled ‘May’ and ‘Charles’, two librarians from China’s Shandong Province who have spent the last ten weeks working here in Adelaide with the State Library of South Australia on an exchange program. I hadn’t had a lot to do with May and Charles during their stay, but before they left for home,…
My little weakness
There was a time when I was too proud to admit any form of weakness. My time in the military taught me never to let my insecurities or vulnerabilities bubble to the surface for fear of being judged by my peers, superiors and subordinates in what was a highly competitive milieu. With my recent study…