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The hold shelf

The hold shelf sits just inside the entrance, level three, close enough to the doors that it feels less like furniture and more like part of the building’s ci… Read More »

Bowled over by the MCC library

Bowled over by the MCC library

On a trip to Naarm in early February, I had the opportunity to visit the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) Library. The Library is housed at the Melbourne Cricket…

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Knowledge, reading and culture

Adult non-fiction is where libraries stop sounding abstract and start making calls. This item or that one. Credible or crank. Solid synthesis or confident…

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Moon festival at Fisher library

As the full moon rises across many parts of Asia, families gather, lanterns glow, and stories of reunion fill the air. At the University of Sydney, we brought…

Promotional graphic for Library Gen-AI workshops at Curtin, with event details, QR code, and a student seated in a classroom.

Small UX, big insights

As academic libraries respond to the growing presence of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, it’s easy to assume we know what kind of support our students need….

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Crafting consistency

The Web and Digital Experience team at Monash University Library explains how an AI‑driven prompt assistant was created to strengthen voice consistency across…

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