Today, I was excited to be in a room of passionate people attending the Canadian Association of Law
Libraries Conference where the session title was «Should We Still Be called Librarians?»
Not exact matches
As a public space similar to, for example, the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne, the Asian Century Institute could consist of a café,
library and gallery,
where rotating exhibitions could be held, as well as meeting rooms and a lecture theatre for symposiums, classes and / or
conferences.
OXFORD, U.K. — Behind locked doors in one of the oldest
libraries in Europe, two dozen scholars mill around a
conference table
where rare medieval manuscripts perch on lecterns, illuminated by natural light streaming in from floor - to - ceiling windows.
They were inspired by a talk given by academic and author David Vinjamuri at the 2013 ALA Annual
Conference in Chicago,
where he noted that
libraries were paying $ 84 for books that patrons could buy for $ 14.
The CEO of Overdrive Steve Potash conducted a «Crystal Ball» presentation at the Digipalooza
conference where nearly 500
library and school partners from around the world came together with publishing executives in Cleveland to develop plans and enhance the future of the
library world.
-- Setting up booths:
libraries have begun setting up booths at large
conferences and trade shows,
where they promote new books from indie authors.
The County
Library is a light filled, spacious and customer - orientated building which provides a large and up - to - date book stock, free state of the art computer faculties, self service terminals, printing and photocopying systems, a digital training and a
conference suite, a teen zone, a children's
library and a local studies area, a download zone
where customers can download audio books directly to their mp3 player or iPod from our award winning on - line service and assistive technologies for people who have visual or reading difficulties.
I'm writing this post from (at the moment) sunny Winnipeg
where I am attending the Canadian Association of Law
Libraries annual
conference.
Earlier this week, I was at the annual
conference of the Canadian Association of Law
Libraries in Windsor,
where I had the opportunity to hear Pierre - Paul Lemyre from LexUM.
The comments above by Simon C. about Prof. Ziegel's
conference papers is well taken; given the ease of electronic publishing, these should be put online; we often received requests for past
conference papers
where the print version had gone missing or was not added to the
library's collection.
This virtual community features a pub and
library where residents exchange news, views and IP, a job centre,
conference centre, business centre, and school.