The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has complied a List of libraries in flood affected areas for the recent Queensland and Victorian floods. The Australian Society of Archivists (ASA) is compiling a similar Register of Disaster Affected Archives. The Register will be used by Blue Shield Australia with helping save cultural heritage. Organisations areRead… Read more »
Niraj Lal, University of Cambridge, will talk on “Making solar cells better with Buddhist singing bowls” at the Australian National University in Canberra, 3pm, 10 February 2011. The title of the talk refers to the bowl shaped nano-structures used to make the solar cells more efficient:”Making solar cells better with Buddhist singing bowls “Niraj LalRead… Read more »
Greetings from the ANU College of Engineering & Computer Scienc, where Lauren Kane from the Flexible Learning Unit is laading an Education Design Workshop on Evaluation.ANU has a “Policy: Student Feedback on Teaching and Learning”, “Guideline: Student Surveys on Teaching and Learning” and a system for student surveys. The standard surveys include “Student Experience ofRead… Read more »
Do you know who needs to be treated like trusted lovers, just friends or passing acquaintances? Successful leaders know how to manage the level of intimacy required to cultivate a range of relationships. Technology, especially with the advent of social media (Facebook LinkedIn, etc.), and search (Google, etc.) has made work life far more intimateRead… Read more »
Oprah’s Ultimate Australian Adventure has one scene where Oprah walks with the Prime Minister Julia Gillard along the Yarra River in Melbourne. The walk past a row of shiny bright blue bicycles. This is an automated bicycle rental facility (called a “station”), part of the Melbourne Bike Share next to Sandridge Bridge, at Southbank (justRead… Read more »
Okay, the contest is over, the results are in and they are statistically valid (okay, so 18 responses may not cut it for statisticians but it’s good enough for me!). 1. GPRA 2.0 (highest number of votes, but it’ll be so retro in 10-15 years!) 2. Other (a close second, but with many options) a.Read… Read more »
The tragedy in Tucson has captured the nation’s attention and increased the anxiety of some federal employees–everywhere from the Internal Revenue Service to the U.S. Postal Service–that they too may face the threat of violence simply by doing their jobs. As the Washington Post chronicled last week, reported attacks on federal employees are on theRead… Read more »
That question – “How can I convince my colleagues to stick around?” – -was posed by an audience member at an event that I attended this morning which launched a new report called “Keeping Talent: Strategies for Retaining Valued Federal Employees.” The report was produced by the Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton,Read… Read more »
What can hornets teach us about solar power? Apparently a lot. According to a recent Renewable Energy World article, researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered that hornets use their shells for photosynthesis. That’s right, a hornet can create energy from the sun. So, what does that mean for renewable energy? Now the researchers areRead… Read more »
Yesterday I got to meet up with Edward Ocampo-Gooding and Mary Beth Baker in Ottawa and we started talking about what the next international open data hackathon: when might be a good time to do it, what might it look like, etc… One idea is to set a theme that might help inspire people andRead… Read more »