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To acknowledge your local indigenous people in your Acknowledgement to Country for the oral presentation.

Just because.  I like this because it shows that Librarian's have a unique role in society.  We are important people in our respective social infrastructures.  So, let's enjoy this journey towards proficiency in "preserving every aspect of human knowledge." :) 

A Mediawatch critique of how the Australian media handled the Asylum seekers/"Boat people" controversy.

Mindmiester is a fairly basic tool that allows people to collaborate on mindmaps. The free version is limited but the academic version is a lot cheaper than Mindmanager. There are also some good example of mindmaps.

Mindmapping has been mentioned several times in lectures and I thought it would be helpful to provide some links to resources

Powerful platform for real-time and always on interaction between people and content.

An BBC experiment using translation software to allow people to communicate in seven languages is hailed as a success.

Dispossession of Aboriginal people

Includes Photographs and selected text from; Godden, C. 2005. Eighteen: From adversity to hope - five photo essays on young Australians. Melbourne: Photo Essays

This book was a project my Niece completed for part of her Masters of Arts in 2005. It shows the lives of some people that could be described as "different"