August 2009 - Posts

28 August 2009
Arrivederci - e grazie - Milano e IFLA

Two years ago, in Durban, they gave me the job of offering the Vote of Thanks at the Closing Ceremony of the IFLA Congress, and I thought it would be a wizard wheeze to say "thank you" in all seven of IFLA's official languages - not hard, I just had to ask a few people what the word for... Read More...

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28 August 2009
Bibliotecchi in recessione

I promised to tell you more about yesterday's conference session on libraries and the global economic crisis,so here we go. It was clear from the comments of the four panellists (USA, Brazil, China, and myself from the UK) and from the floor that the situation is different in different countries... Read More...

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27 August 2009
in caffè e in congresso

In the café across the road from the Convention Centre yesterday lunchtime my "un-conference" conversation was all about managing library associations. This is because I chanced to meet, at various café tables, Keith Fiels and Michael Dowling (American LA), Janice LaChance (Special... Read More...

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26 August 2009
congresso/un-congresso

At the Newcomers Session back on Sunday I talked about the three IFLAs - the "official" IFLA taking place in the lecture theatres and exhibition hall; the "hidden" IFLA taking place in the committee rooms; and the "informal" IFLA taking place wherever delegates sit down... Read More...

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24 August 2009
i frassini ritorno!

Sorry this one has beaten my Italian - but the title is meant to say "the Ashes come home!" I have, of course, been keeping a close eye on the cricket all the time I've been in Milan (grazie BBC website) but I didn't want to mention it until the result was decided. In fact I was having... Read More...

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