NSW PLA

“So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star." - F. Scott Fitzgerald. Last night’s tables were glitz and glamour for The Great Gatsby themed dinner. 🌟 #switch2019au

Amy Heap from Riverina Regional Library has a wonderful way with words and her summations definitely were an encouraging and bright way to end each day! She is kindly making her notes available on the NSWPLA website so make sure you have a read and share. 🌻📃 #switch2019au

The very engaging and comical Janelle Nisbet, Managing Director of Progress Training Systems shows us the power pose, an act ‘as if’ strategy to build resilience. 🦸🏼‍♀️💁🏼‍♀️ #switch2019au

Listening to a great conversation between @mrbenjaminlaw and Melanie Mutch, @HornsbyCouncil. Benjamin has a brilliant bio - writer of books, TV screenplays, columns, essays and feature journalism. He’s written for over 50 publications and isn’t slowing down. 🖊☄️ #switch2019au

Congratulations to these four ladies who won a full FREE registration to SWITCH 2020! 👏🏻🎟💡 Michaela from Upper Lachlan Shire Council, Sonya from Inverell Shire Public Library, Roslyn from Coffs Harbour City Council and Deb from Parkes Shire Council. #switch2019au

Impressive presentations this afternoon from our panel on ‘Mixed Reality: Libraries Building Resilience Through AR & VR Technology.’ Here is an example from @CanadaBay @canbaylibraries on their augmented reality performances. 📱👀💥 #switch2019au

Our platinum sponsor @Bolindaaudio just treated us to an amazing surprise - Heather Morris, best selling author! Everyone received a signed audio copy of The Tattooist of Auschwitz. 🎧📖 It was also announced that this will be made into a six part mini series! 🎥🎞 #switch2019au

Katherine O’Regan presenting ‘Revolve and Evolve - The World of Libraries’ before leading the panel discussion on ‘Smart City Strategies and Libraries’. “Cities need to harness the addicts, advocates and agitators to solve real city problems.” 🔍🧩 #switch2019au @cli_au

Celebrating together the additional $60 million in funding for NSW Public Libraries. 👏🏻🎉 Thank you to @renewlibraries for this initiative that put a spotlight on just how important libraries are to our communities! 🔦📚 #switch2019au #renewourlibraries

GeriActivists - an Illuminart community arts project. Venture via virtual reality into the future with tech savvy, forward-looking seniors who imagine life fifty years from now. ⚡️👁 Test out the VR at the back of the main conference room. #switch2019au

Yesterday afternoon’s workshop with @aatvos. This group were very happy to receive a signed copy of 3RD4ALL, his book about how to create a relevant public space. #switch2019au #aatvos

@RaecoAU have a trade stand that is bursting with colour and fun furniture. Their cushions look like liquorice allsorts! #switch2019au

@RaecoAU have a trade stand that is bursting with colour and fun furniture. Their cushions look like liquorice allsorts! 🌈🍭 #switch2019au

Looking forward to hearing from Katherine O’Regan, Executive Director at Cities Leadership Institute this morning. She works to build the capacity of urban leaders to make cities, towns and communities great places. 🏢🏘🙌🏼 @cli_au #switch2019au

Make sure you visit the the Indigenous Literacy Foundation stand in the trade exhibit and find out how this book charity is working to close the literary gap. They have reached 280 remote communities and distributed 350,000 books! 📚🐨 #switch2019au #readingopensdoors

Damien Webb, Manager of Indigenous Engagement @statelibrarynsw & Nathan Sentence, ATSI Project Officer @australianmuseum challenge us to think about library neutrality when selecting & categorising our collections, planning programs & making our spaces inclusive. #switch2019au

Libraries are the new black...🕶📓 Afsah Haque from Essential Media sharing that today’s libraries are much more than the traditional norm, serving a broad range of community needs. #switch2019au

Congratulations to the 2019 Award Winners that were announced last night for Multicultural Excellence, Innovation in Outreach Service and the Colin Mills Scholarship. 🎓🏆🏅 #switch2019au

To launch us into the ‘engaged’ theme for today is @aatvos. “We all need a third place! A place where you feel safe, at home, are invited, can stay as long as you like, are just around the corner, are relevant to you, facilitate your visit and are free!” #switch2019au #aatvos

Thank you to Dr John Vallance, State Librarian of the State Library of NSW and Councillor Dallas Tout, President of NSWPLA for their welcome addresses to open the SWITCH Conference. 👏🏼👏🏼 #switch2019au