Via Open Access News, IFLA has released a statement on Promoting the global information commons -
IFLA advocates a global information commons through which all people will be enabled to seek and impart information.
I am very pleased to see this statement, as the Information Commons is a topic I am deeply interested in (see also: my […]
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Published by February 22nd, 2005 in Library technology and Research/Writing. 0 CommentsIn preparation for my upcoming trip to the US, I’ve been researching library access (No, I never can quite escape my profession, even while on holidays!). There’s two aspects in particular that I’m looking at -
Building access
Walk-in database access
My husband will require both kinds of access to work on his research project while […]
My friend Sean made this page for me, very cool.
One of the things I like doing the most while I’m on holidays is visiting art galleries. Japan was the only country on my last trip where I didn’t visit any, which I regret since I’m such a fan of ukiyo-e , and we missed “Images du monde flottant” while in Paris too. One […]
Leaving on a jet plane
Published by February 20th, 2005 in General, Travel and Research/Writing. 0 CommentsOne week from now I’m leaving the country for 7 weeks. Pete will be at Government House today to formally receive his scholarship from the Premier of NSW and then we are all set to go.
I will be helping out on the research side of things by making full use of libraries all […]
It’s been fascinating to listen to the librarian/library podcasts that have sprung up in the past couple of weeks. It’s interesting from my perspective as a former broadcaster as well, from 2001-2003 I hosted the library and information show, “Between the Stacks” on 2RRR here in Sydney, and uploaded files to the web each […]
