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03 November 2008 15:38

Library play

An interesting article appeared in the Sunday Herald (Dangerous’ directors scoop Arches prize’, 26/10/08) about a Scottish artist awarded funding to write a play called ‘The Library’. Sacha Kyle will be creating an interactive library, with people instead Read More...
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02 November 2008 23:17

Taking Liberties

Spent Friday evening at Late at the Library - an event to celebrate the opening of the British Library’s new exhibition, Taking Liberties: We take our rights for granted. Free speech. A free press. The rule of law. The power to vote in those who Read More...
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18 October 2008 15:02

Future of the Catalogue

One of the highlights of Elisad was hearing metadata expert Karen Coyle speak. Her paper Future of the Catalog was unusual for Elisad in that no reference was made to AOD, but it was no less riveting for that, and probably very healthy for subject specialists Read More...
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14 October 2008 10:07

Mapping it out for Scotland

A new service for people interested in finding out what Scotland’s libraries, museums and archives holds was soft launched today. The interesting thing about the service is the use of a geographical interface using a Google mashup. Check it out Read More...
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04 October 2008 18:39

Shush, please!

Not everybody likes what they work with. Still, it’s always a bit of a surprise to realise quite how much many career librarians hate books and reading. And silence. ~ David Sexton. The sound of silence is all we want in our libraries. Evening Standard, Read More...
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