Having had a quiet morning reading through a couple of conference reports and removing content from one of the library iPads, today I thought I’d focus on some of the new technologies we use in the library to support our users.
A major project was launched during the back end of last year to ‘introduce a [...]

The other day I was quietly working away when I overheard:
But I don’t want to use Twitter, I’m not interested in what people are having for their lunch.
Firstly, how can you not be interested in what people are having for lunch? I actually find this fascinating and often recommend good places for people to get [...]

And so Mr. Steve (King of the World) Jobs gives birth to the iPhone 3G! But what about us early adopters? Well O2 are offering upgrades – for £99!! Where’s the saving in that you tight-fisted tossers? I already spent £269! You think I sweat dollar bills huh?
I think I’m spending far too much time [...]

A couple of weeks ago I attended a SINTO training event called, Ills and Document Delivery in the Web 2.0 Environment. The purpose of this day long course presented by Stephanie Taylor of Critical Eye Communications was for document supply librarians to learn more about new methods of inter-lending and the benefits of social-computing. During [...]

After a long day at the Library and Information Show courtesy of Birmingham’s NEC I feel ready to count my free pens and stress balls… All day I’ve been wondering why so many exhibitors offer free stress balls! It seems to suggest that us librarians are easily stressed?? Yet if we were really that stressed I [...]