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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘web 2.0’
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 [...]
Internet Librarian International Conference…
Posted in Conferences, Library 2.0, public libraries, web 2.0, tagged internet librarian international 2009, Library 2.0, web 2.0 on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The full programme for this year’s hotly anticipated Internet Librarian International (ILI) Conference is now online. I haven’t been to this conference before but I’m really looking forward to it as lots of people have recommended it to me.
I’ve also been selected to speak at this year’s conference, which is even more exciting! I’ll [...]
What are we afraid of?
Posted in public libraries, web 2.0, tagged john dolan, public libraries, university of strathclyde, web 2.0 on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
That’s what John Dolan demanded to know during his speech at today’s Library and Information Show in Birmingham.
He blamed “fearful and restrictive thinking locked inside IT offices” for the delay in delivering adequate digital services to public library users and called for “training and development” to better equip library staff to meet the demands of 21st century users.
Interesting, [...]
San Francisco hosts Web 2.0 Expo
Posted in web 2.0, tagged enterprise 2.0, web 2.0 on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Large corporations go where the money is, they always have. And they’ve become increasingly aware of the potential of Web 2.0 in delivering enhanced revenue streams and cost effective communications with shareholders, customers, staff etc.
Enterprise 2.0 is the latest buzz word in the business world and involves commercial organisations driving business via blogs, mashups, podcasting, RSS, social networks, widgets and wikis. It’s [...]
To love or loathe Wikipedia?
Posted in web 2.0, tagged Librarians, web 2.0, Wikipedia on April 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Librarians versus Wikipedia, the debate rages on. There appears to be two predominant camps; those who love it and those who loathe it. I make this assumption based on the amount of messages I receive daily via the library mailing list I subscribe to.
I won’t go into the pros and cons of user [...]
