Emerging trends in technology: IFLA 2009, satellite meeting

In the lead up to the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) World Library and Information Conference (WLIC), which opens in Milan on Sun 23 Aug, a number of pre-conference satellite meetings have been held across Italy, with a few others taking place in other European destinations.
I attended the IFLA Information Technology Section’s event, titled [...]

Enterprise, engagement and new communications: Web 2.0 in the library

On the warmest day of the year in Edinburgh so far the hottest ticket in town gained admission to this sell out event at the National Library of Scotland where the key themes of the day were communication and engagement.
While some sectors have experienced enthusiastic uptake of social networking technology the public library service has [...]

SLIC FE Conference

The third SLIC Further Education (FE) libraries Conference took place on Fri 28 November at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh. The event was introduced in 2006 as part of the new SLIC membership package and attendance is free to Scottish FE librarians. We had hoped to deliver a live blog of the event on [...]

SIBMAS International Conference: Glasgow 2008

SIBMAS, the international association of libraries and museums of the performing arts, will this year hold their biennial conference in Glasgow. The conference will take place at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama from Mon 22- Fri 26 Sept.
The conference was first held in Zagreb in 1954 and has visited locations across [...]

CILIPS Annual Conference 2008

The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland (CILIPS) held their Centenary Conference in Peebles last week (3-5 June 2008). This year’s Conference also included sessions on health information services and talking to readers about books, which took place on Wed 4 Jun. The Branch and Group Day element, where branches and special [...]