Poster Sessions at IFLA 2009…

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 [...]

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Public libraries build social capital in Chicago…

Last weekend I was at a party with lots of other librarians (yes, librarians do party!) and I got to talking to East Renfrewshire’s former Head of Libraries Liz McGettigan about the power of public libraries, as you do! Liz brought to my attention a recent report published by the Urban Libraries Council in America [...]

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