One of my favourite parts of any conference is always the poster sessions. This is the time when you get an opportunity to experience (all in one place) the wide variety of library projects and research initiatives happening all over the world.
Poster sessions are always very busy so I made sure that I arrived early [...]
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WIFI at IFLA 2009…
Posted in Conferences, Library 2.0, web 2.0, tagged access, free wifi, IFLA, IFLA 2009, Librarians, libraries, Library 2.0, milan, web 2.0, wireless on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Instead of talking about the presentations, the hot topic at the start of the IFLA conference seemed to be the WIFI access at the conference centre. Many were discussing the fact that they would have to pay €10 for 4 hours WIFI access. The alternative was to either queue for 10 minutes complimentary access in [...]
From Torino to Milan, for IFLA 2009…
Posted in Conferences, public libraries, tagged IFLA, ifla2009, Libraries as Space and Place, milan, public libraries on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Following a fantastic pre-conference session in Torino, I’ve arrived in Milan for the main IFLA conference. It’s a few degrees cooler here so the Scottish skin is coping slightly better with the heat!
I had a free day on Saturday to explore the city; and what a wonderful city it is! Milan is so [...]
A behind the scenes tour of a government library…
Posted in Books, Conferences, tagged government libraries, IFLA, Legislative Assembly of Ontario, rare books, Toronto libraries on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the best things about attending an international conference is that you get to meet people that you would probably never have come across otherwise. And that’s exactly what happened at IFLA. After spending some time at the ‘Cocktail evening’ with some lovely librarians from the Legislative Assembly of Ontario we made arrangements to [...]
Invited to Speak at IFLA 2008!
Posted in Conferences, Library 2.0, public libraries, tagged Conferences, IFLA, Library 2.0 on April 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was already superexcited about attending the 74th IFLA General Conference and Council in Québec, Canada, but I can hardly contain my excitement now; I’ve been selected to present a co-authored paper on Library 2.0 during the Information Technology Section’s session: “Enabling access to the global library – Small is Beautiful: Distributed deployment of library services for small and [...]
