15 Aug, 2008. Quebec City.
Second and final Standing Committee (SC) meeting.We discussed the rest of the agenda items left over from the first meeting.
Confirmation of the Section's strategic plan for 2009-2010. A review of the Section's programmes and presentation over the last five days. Agreement on the venue of the mid-year meeting (which I won't be attending), preliminary ideas for the pre-conference and conference in 2009, and even some ideas for 2010.
Somehow it felt like more was accomplished at this year's meeting.
Maybe it's because we finalised a few things.
Like the revised YA guidelines announced and presented on Tuesday (much work done by a colleague from the US). And a position paper on Information Literacy (thanks to a Japanese colleague).
Also some concrete steps on these two proposals. We've agreed they will proceed as projects.
Then it's a final round of good-byes.
It's back to own countries and our day-jobs.
OK, time to pack my bag.
It's been a pleasant and safe stay in Quebec City.
Au revoir.
Hi Ivan,
ReplyDeleteI recognised your name from the IFLA listserve, so I started reading your very interesting blog. I was amazed by the number of reservations on 'Breaking Dawn'! What sort of population does their library service cater to? Ours has a resident population of about 250,000 - we have 12 reservations on the book! My 16 year-old daughter just eats them up, and her friends end up buying them and passing them around because they just can't wait.
One more comment - you'll have to explain to this inadequate librarian why you would have 'You can't take me home' on a t-shirt? I had to ask!
The beautiful library in Quebec had me agog - one to show my colleagues for sure.
All the best,
Robyn Burns (Melbourne, Aust.)
Hi Robyn! I'm not sure how many residents Kankakee PL serves. But they held a promotional event in the library with the book as a prize. Wonder if you'd see your reservation queues increase if you try a promotional event -- or maybe your users prefer to buy the book!
ReplyDeleteRe: the "You can't take me home" caption on the T-shirt -- it was a T-shirt given to me by a Norwegian librarian (pictured next to me). Her library produced the T-shirt as part of a promotional event. Librarians would wear it and it's a librarian-joke I suppose. You know, "you can't borrow the librarian home". :)