Author: Hugh Rundle

  • GLAM Blog Club – September 2019

    GLAM Blog Club – September 2019

    I have a half-written blog post about space sitting in my drafts. Perhaps some of you do too. We’ve entered the ‘mid year slump’ phase of the GLAM Blog Club year, where we traditionally tend to see a downturn in the number of posts, as everyone’s new year resolution to blog more gives way to all the other things you’ve promised to do.

    Some Club members, of course, provided us with great thoughts to ponder. Ellen asked, “Who do you make space for in your library?” Clare wrote about feeling reinvigorated by two experiences of queering GLAM spaces, whilst Rebecca visited four exhibition spaces in two museums whilst she was in Melbourne – nice one! Liz shared her reflections on NLS9 and how different physical and mental spaces did and did not work for her, whilst the Thesis Whisperer dropped in with some tips about specialised writing spaces to help you finish that PhD.

    Feeling inspired for September? No? Well, you can keep your lack of confidence a secret, and post something anyway! Blog Club is all about sharing your GLAM thoughts and ideas, whether fully formed or half-baked, so don’t keep them a secret – get blogging on our September theme of ‘secret‘ (thanks for the suggestion, comrade), and remember to tag your post with GLAM Blog Club (and if you’re tweeting about it, use the hashtag #GLAMBlogClub). If you haven’t already registered your blog, don’t forget to do that too. Happy blogging!

  • cardiParty 2019.09 Melbourne and AGM

    cardiParty 2019.09 Melbourne and AGM

    Museum of Broken Relationships

      Registration is closed for this event
    Have you had your heart broken? Join Hayley Haynes and Roza Schenk at No Vacancy Gallery for a special look at Museum of Broken Relationships. Then enjoy the romance of the newCardigan AGM that follows…

    About the Museum of Broken Relationships
    An innovative visual art and true-story experience. Part of Melbourne Writers Festival 2019.                                                          

    Croatia’s Museum of Broken Relationships, lauded as one of Europe’s most daring collections, will bring an innovative visual art and true-story experience to our shores for a month-long exhibition. Showcasing local stories and pieces from the permanent collections in Zagreb and Los Angeles, this special exhibition offers a temple of heartbreak and healing.

    About No Vacancy 

    Founded in 2008 by Andrew Chew, No Vacancy Gallery is a Melbourne-based contemporary hire-gallery that provides a link between artist run initiatives and the commercial art world. Since its inception, No Vacancy has promoted and exhibited local and international emerging artists, designers and curators.

    No Vacancy is dedicated to showcasing the best of what Melbourne has to offer across a broad range of medium through curated group shows, solo exhibitions, festivals, launches, fashion shows, performances, workshops, one-off events, and more. 

    This exclusive tour of No Vacancy and the Museum of Broken Relationships will be followed by the newCardigan AGM (don’t worry, it will be quick!)

    Getting There

    Train: All trains to Melbourne Central

    Tram: 1, 3/3a, 5, 6, 16, 64, 67, 72

    Bus: 200, 207, 250, 251, 302, 303, 304, 305, 309, 318, 350, 905, 906, 907, 908, 941, 942, 944, 945, 951, 952, 955, 961, 966, 969

    Accessibility

    The No Vacancy Gallery and Café are wheelchair accessible.

    Lifts are located on the Gallery’s floor in the QV center and provide access to the QV building. Accessible toilets are available on the first floor in the QV center.

    If you’d like to talk to about particular access requirements, or if you need more information about accessibility at No Vacancy, please contact info@no-vacancy.com.au.

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    The Moat
    176 Little Lonsdale St
    Melbourne

    When
    13th September 2019 from  6:30 PM to  9:30 PM
    Location
    34-40 Jane Bell Lane
    Level 3, QV Building
    No Vacancy Gallery
    Melbourne, VIC 3000
    Australia
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  • GLAM Blog Club August 2019

    GLAM Blog Club August 2019

    As usual, in July we gave you a GLAM Blog Club theme to help you think of something to write about. Did you see what I did there? That’s right, the theme was ‘Help’!

    Anne took on the theme with gusto, encouraging readers (viewers?) to help out by learning Aboriginal languages for NAIDOC Week (and the International Year of Indigenous Languages!), and offering to help out herself by suggesting some reading on cultural competencies.

    Ellen came up with a lot of questions to think about, sparked by our theme. Libraries and librarians like to say they’re here to help, but Ellen asks How equitable is the help your library provides? 

    Mel was also thinking about how libraries help people, and the processes used. It’s safe to say she thinks there’s some room for improvement.

    It will shock you to read that in July, Alissa blogged about library cataloguing. This time it’s something of a meditation on how libraries have and do define ‘customer service’, ‘help’, and what sort of work gets to be part of that.

    You might have noticed that this post is a little late. Apologies for that – I was assigned to write it but after some dental surgery I was a little spaced-out on painkillers and completely forgot. And speaking of space – it’s our theme for August! Do you have some thoughts on exhibition spaces? Been waiting to share your ideas about the use of space in your favourite genre of art? Perhaps your library has been re-arranging spaces and moving more books into offsite storage? Have you been contemplating the effect on your inner space of handling upsetting archival material? Or maybe you’re just excited about outer space after the recent moon landing anniversary?

    Whatever the link you’re making, ensure that you tag your post GLAM Blog Club and if you’re sharing it on social media, use #GLAMBlogClub. And if you haven’t already, register your blog on the app.

    We can’t wait to read your thoughts about space!

  • GLAM Blog Club July 2019

    GLAM Blog Club July 2019

    Happy New Financial Year!

    Yes, the month is over already, and our month of radical blog posts has also come to an end. Anne started us off with some radical ideas about happiness, but on a less happy note, Lisa Dempster explored whether public libraries really are as equitable as we might like to think (spoiler: probably not). Kathryn delved into some fascinating research to write about radical kindness, I wrote a highly opinionated taxonomy of librarianship (though admittedly most things I write are highly opinionated), and Andrew asked the radical question Where are all the radical librarians of colour? If you’re shouting “I’m right here!” read his post and get in touch with him. Clare reflected on librarian stereotypes and whether radical action is needed to change them, whilst Alissa started to wonder whether the idea of being radical is entirely a matter of perspective. Rounding out our tour was Michaela, writing about her nan’s bias. I finish with these two posts because Michaela suggested our June theme of ‘radical’, and Alissa, along with Nargis Munni, suggested our theme for July: Help. Thanks team!

    Sometimes the GLAM sectors have been included in the term ‘helping professions’ – perhaps you have some thoughts on that. Is there a big idea you need some help with? Or a small thing? Have you got a great story about something you have helped with? However you interpret the theme, be sure to tag your posts “GLAM Blog Club” and tweet about them using the hashtag #GLAMBlogClub. We can’t wait to read them.

  • GLAM Blog Club – April 2019

    GLAM Blog Club – April 2019

    In March we blogged about Serendipity!

    Well, except for Sarah, who cheekily snuck her post in today. Sarah is making use of her librarian skillz by advising on the ‘library vision’ for her kids’ school – nice!

    Alissa wove an amazing story of serendipity in publishing, cataloguing and reference work that is so incredible the only reason I believe her is that is it such a Tasmanian thing to happen. Rebecca’s story of serendipity seemed just as improbable – I mean an award-winning wine made in Queensland of all places, in a winery named after one on the Rhine? Pull the other one, Rebecca, it’s got bells on. (Actually this story is amazing, you should read it).

    Kylie reflected that what she has tended to call ‘serendipity’ is perhaps more down to  hard work. Kylie got over her Imposter Syndrome by writing out a giant list of ‘professional stuff’ she’s accomplished.

    Meanwhile Anne took her own advice to try new things, and made a vlog about the relationship between serendipity and happiness – including a book recommendation! I must admit I was so distracted by the revelation that Anne shelves her books by colour that I had to watch the video twice.

    David provided a content warning on his post, before sharing some thoughtful and personal reflections on masculinity, children, and the relationships between boys, fathers and grandfathers. Niamh told us about her achievement of presenting to a new batch of students about her own practicum experience (complete with link to the talk), and right at the beginning of the month I shared the story of how I accidentally built a serendipity machine.

    Our April topic was suggested by Nikki Anderson (thanks, Nikki) and is …Transform.

    Perhaps there’s a GLAM practice you want to transform. Or maybe you transformed your library, archive, museum or gallery. Perhaps it’s you who has transformed from one thing to another. However you choose to interpret the theme, make sure you tag your blog post ‘GLAM Blog Club’ and your social media links with ‘#GLAMBlogClub’ – and of course if you haven’t already done so, register your blog.

    We can’t wait to see what you write!

  • GLAM Blog Club – March 2019

    GLAM Blog Club – March 2019

    Our February donation drive is over, and we were overwhelmed by the generosity of the newCardigan community. With $1200 in the bank, we’re set for another year of awesome GLAM goodness. On the blogging front, Elise echoed Nein Quarterly, boldly declaring that we are what we delete – or in her case, what we don’t delete. Sarah has been learning heaps whilst accessioning an entire donated collection. Meanwhile Clare contemplated what might happen when someone decides to donate their blog. I wrote about donating my personal discards to a library (kinda) and Andrew wrote about how ungrateful he is when people do this. Alissa contemplated the difference between a donation and payment for services rendered. Meanwhile Kylie has been learning all about Creative Commons licensing – a kind of donation of some legal rights back into the commons – and David has been playing with Koha ILS – an integrated library system built on a pile of open source donations.

    Our March theme is Serendipity – suggested by cardi community member @kazstar99 on Instagram!

    We’re hoping we’ll be lucky and have lots of posts to read by the end of the month. Don’t rely on serendipity for everyone to find your posts though – tag your post #GLAMBlogClub on social media and ‘GLAM Blog Club’ on your blog. We’re all about controlled vocabularies and metadata standards here at newCardigan. If you haven’t yet done so, consider registering your blog with Aus GLAM Blogs and your posts will be tweeted by the @ausglamblogs twitter bot.

    And remember folks: if you’re feeling a bit anxious or indecisive about blogging, JFDI!

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