Author Archives: davidwitteveen

About davidwitteveen

IT person. Zine Maker. Level 0 Library Nerd. Doctor Who fan.

Libraries I would like to visit

Posted on February 25, 2018 by davidwitteveen

I’ve been meaning to start a list of libraries that I would like to visit. A blog post seems as good a place as any to make it. I’ll be revisiting and updating this post as I find new libraries, … Continue reading →

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The New Wave of Wunderkammers: the ‘Inside Out’ exhibition at the Melbourne Museum

Posted on February 4, 2018 by davidwitteveen

We went to the Inside Out exhibition at Melbourne Museum. It’s dreamlike and theatrical and slightly creepy. And I mean that as a compliment. Continue reading →

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In the Library, with a Board Game

Posted on January 29, 2018 by davidwitteveen

How should you shelve board games in your library? Continue reading →

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2017 in review

Posted on January 1, 2018 by davidwitteveen

My 2017 in review: new study, new job, and a hug from Laurie Penny. Continue reading →

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The Ethics of Digitisation

Posted on September 20, 2017 by davidwitteveen

I did some research into digitising zines, and instead found a fascinating discussion of ethics… Continue reading →

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The Labyrinth in the Library

Posted on August 23, 2017 by davidwitteveen

We’ve started learning the Dewey Decimal system. I am a little bit lost… Continue reading →

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Confusion in the Library

Posted on August 10, 2017 by davidwitteveen

I went to use the RMIT library today and it made me confused and annoyed… Continue reading →

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Information Organisation

Posted on July 19, 2017 by davidwitteveen

Some notes on Information Organisation, after class started up again last night. Continue reading →

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Onwards

Posted on July 1, 2017 by davidwitteveen

I’ve been thinking about farewells a lot this past month. What does it mean to say good bye and move on? What does it look like? Continue reading →

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Smaller, cheaper fan conventions

Posted on June 21, 2017 by davidwitteveen

The No Award blog reports on some ideas to make fan conventions cheaper and more accessible. Continue reading →

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