+ 5 Things - VuFind

I had a look at the VuFind live demo today & there were some features I liked.
* emailing & texting titles
* saving favourites
* the Narrow Search column suggesting other options
* limiting your search to books only with illustrations
* the different formats all shown in one search

I did enjoy searching the National Library catalogue, as they've used VuFind really effectively & obviously done quite a bit of customizing too. When you arrive at the initial screen it's just clear, clean looking & easy to use.


Having recently been to the Central desert & Lake Eyre I decided to look for material on Lake Eyre. The search found so many interesting things including historical pictures, journal articles, books, links to activist websites, when the Arabunna people were in conflict with Western Mining over land & water rights & much more..... a real cross section & treasure trove of information in many forms.
Given that VuFind is open source & customizable it could be really useful to use in conjunction with a new OPAC.

photo:The Australian String Quartet on Lake Hart, a small lake in the Lake Eyre Basin

World's 'oldest blogger' makes final post

Olive Riley
1899 - 2008

The Australian woman renowned as the world's oldest blogger has made her final post, aged 108. Olive Riley, of Woy Woy on NSW's central coast, died in a nursing home on Saturday morning. Read more
I discovered Olive's blog last year when we were doing 23 Things & she was quite
delightful. Straight talking, with a great memory of things past and a wonderful zest for life, quite remarkable at 107! She even has a few clips on YouTube

You may like to check out her blog The Life of Riley or listen to a podcast, from life Matters on ABC RN of Olive talking about her life growing up in Broken Hill

Have a look at some of these a mixed bunch!
I just stumbled upon this link, so thought I'd share it

+ 5 Things - LinkedIn

I've just explored LinkedIn and joined up. www.linkedin.com/in/mthorney
Have completed my profile & invited a few colleagues to be listed in my 'Connections'. Have written a summary statement too, which felt a bit like writing a job application!