On the day when Borders closes its doors, it would be easy to get quite depressed about the decline of reading the printed word, visiting and browsing in bookshops and libraries. The Bookseller (www.thebookseller.com) points out in its editorial of 18/12/09 that in 2000 some 154 million books were sold. This year, that total is likely to be around 240 million. So, is it true that the public are buying more books rather than borrowing books from librarie… Continue

Thought you might be amused to know that I referred to our Tweeting antics at ECEI09 in this blog post which originally appeared here.

Why is Twitter good for conferences?

1. your tweets from a conference can act as your conference notes - I am just reflecting on the conferences I've been to and I can read my tweets and those of others using a tool su

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The Scottish Government asked SLIC to commission an economic impact study on eight projects which received funding from the cottish Government Public Library Quality Improvement in 2006/7. SLIC engaged the services of economist Steve Westbrook to undertake this work in collaboration with consultant colleagues http://www.slainte.org.uk/files/pdf/slic/PLQIM/ImpactStudyFinal2.pdf.

A shorter Executive Summary has als… Continue

Hi everyone. I have drafted a short report on the conference for anyone interested. Please note that this is based solely on the notes I made and on memory, so any errors, omissions or misinterpretations, are down to me and I apologise in advance!

Hope we will all be able to meet again nexxt year.

With best wishes

ChrisECEI09 post conference report.pdf