Posted on November 16, 2009 by scottishlibraries
The morning of Friday the 13th of November saw the Ask Scotland Development day at the Mitchell library. The day was a chance to outline the overall strategy of implementing the service and was also an opportunity for the first group of librarians involved in Ask Scotland to ask questions about it and give [...]
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Posted on November 6, 2009 by scottishlibraries
An overview of the SLIC IDF Showacase, provided by SLIC Assistant Director Rhona Arthur.
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Posted on October 28, 2009 by scottishlibraries
A report on proceedings compiled by CILIPS Assistant Director Rhona Arthur, featuring developments with the Information Scotland journal, CILIPS Annual Conference and updates on all other CILIPS initiatives.
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Posted on October 23, 2009 by scottishlibraries
On Thursday 22nd October the 9th Annual E-Books Conference was held at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow. This event felt timely due to the recent increase in dedicated mass-market e-book readers available on the market and the proliferation of large screen smart ‘phones, such as the iphone.
The first presentation, for which Colin Galloway kindly [...]
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Posted on August 26, 2009 by gillianhanlon
As part of the IFLA Conference in Milan, a focus group meeting was held on Monday 24 Aug to discuss virtual reference projects and initiatives taking place in libraries across the world. The meeting was hosted by OCLC, who developed the QuestionPoint virtual reference system that powers our AskScotland service.
The AskScotland pilot service was launched [...]
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Posted on August 20, 2009 by gillianhanlon
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 [...]
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Posted on July 22, 2009 by cathykearney
CILIPS, as an early adopter of microblogging, developed a Twitter presence as part of our research into how Web 2.0 tools might support member engagement and also be incorporated into workflows – activity which in turn is supporting our efforts to lead discussion on the usefulness to our membership of emergent technologies. What we [...]
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Posted on July 8, 2009 by cathykearney
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 [...]
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Posted on December 8, 2008 by scottishlibraries
Last Friday’s ministerial launch of the ScotlandsPeople discount voucher scheme in public libraries seems to have done a good job in raising the profile of the initiative (view press release). Details of the launch appeared in several newspapers including the Daily Record, the Scotsman, the Sun and the Sunday Telegraph. SLIC has also experienced increased [...]
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