August 2008 - Posts

27 August 2008
Back to the office

So here I am, back in the office with my appetite sharpened - professionally speaking - by conversations in Quebec and a few days of relaxation over the Bank Holiday. On my way in to the office this morning (track work on the Trent Valley line causing Read More...

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16 August 2008
Au revoir, Quebec

This will be my last blog post from Le Congres de l'IFLA en Quebec. I hope you've enjoyed the running commentary. Normal - more intermittent - service will be resumed from Ridgmount Street some time next week. Yesterday (Friday) was the day after the Read More...

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15 August 2008
Not quite the end

Well (thank you for asking) this afternoon went well. In the Council meeting we approved the changes to the Statutes and left any tidying-up to the Secretary General. In the Closing Session we were invited to Milan for the IFLA Congress in 2009 and heard Read More...

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13 August 2008
Headlines from Quebec

What a great headline on the sports section of today's Globe and Mail - "Sync and swim." The article is (of course) about the synchronised diving in Beijing. I really like daft wordplay (the dafter the better) so thanks to the subeditor who made me smile Read More...

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12 August 2008
Pictures from Quebec

It's just taken me an hour to get from the conference session I was in back to my hotel room and this computer - a walk that, without pause, would take ten minutes. Why so long? Because no sooner has the walk started than it stops for a chat. Conversations Read More...

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11 August 2008
Ceremony, culture, cuisine

One of the pleasures of the IFLA Congress is experiencing something of the host community and today (Sunday) we experienced the culture and history of Quebec in the Opening Ceremony and the Cultural Evening. There were longeurs and naff bits as there Read More...

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09 August 2008
You gotta have FAIFE

I first got involved with FAIFE (the Core Activity of IFLA which deals with freedom of access to information and frreedom of expression) back in the year 2000 when I attended my first IFLA Congress - not counting the one in Brighton in, I think, 1987. Read More...

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09 August 2008
Let the Congress commence!

Hot news from Quebec! No longer are we to call this gathering the "IFLA Conference" or "WLIC." It's a Congress (much more status than a Conference) and we're promoting the IFLA brand - therefore, for those of us who are on message, this is the 2008 IFLA Read More...

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07 August 2008
Oops Canada

Well, here I am in Quebec ready for this year's IFLA Conference. It's rainy and a bit chilly but the view from the 23rd floor of the Hilton hotel is spectacular. I sat up there this morning, having my breakfast and reading the Globe and Mail which styles Read More...

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04 August 2008
Going global

I was amused to learn, as I drove to the station this morning, that the General Assembly of the International Olympic Committee is already in session in Beijing several days before the official opening of the Games - amused because in a couple of days Read More...

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