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After a 12 month break (almost to the day), we are are getting back in game with a bit of a reboot to cardiCast. Shorter seasons that focus on specialist subjects and a touch of project development time in-between. Good quality conversations that, hopefully, spark community conversation with a framework that will allow a little […]

Hugh Rundle interviews Open Education practitioner Nikki Andersen. Nikki is the editor of Enhancing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) in Open Educational Resources (OER), identifies as disabled and Deaf, and speaks nationally about issues relating to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. She has received several awards including the USQ Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in […]

Clare took a trip out to Anglesea and had a chat with Jocelyn, who was working on the Bellarine and Surf Coast Mobile Library branch of the Geelong Regional Library Corporation. Between some squeaks and creaks, they discuss the joys and challenges of offering a service like the Mobile Library. A small cast of local […]

The Cygnet Seed Library is a community project in Tasmania’s Huon Valley. Hugh chats with Heather Macfarlane about the philosophy behind the project, how it works, and why the organisers chose to call it a “library” rather than something else. Conceptualised as a way to bring new and established residents of Cygnet together in a […]

The Commons Social Change Library is an online library providing resources in a variety of digital media to support the work of activists working to further social justice and environmental care.

Bec Muir is a librarian, researcher, and advocate. By weekday she works as Manager, Libraries West at Victoria University (Australia). By night and weekend she is PhD candidate at Charles Sturt University. In this episode, Bec speaks with Hugh about her inspiration for becoming a librarian, how libraries can better serve those with “invisible” disabilities, […]