I spent a couple of hours this afternoon at the “Out of this world” exhibition in The British Library. It’s a collection of mainly printed material covering a wide variety of science fiction. It spans the earliest writings from 2AD to the twenty first century. The exhibition was broken up into different themes eg. Future [...]
All posts for the month June, 2011
Out Of This World Science Fiction Exhibition
Posted by garygre on June 25, 2011
http://informationtwist.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/out-of-this-world-science-fiction-exhibition/
Sheriff Vaizey
I remember when Sheriff Vaizey galloped in to town on his grey dappled mare – the sun shone through a dust cloud that trailed him all the way from the northern territories. He’d been up that way on the hunt for Andy “Red Gun” Burnham. Vaizey didn’t like Burnham’s ways – in cahoots with a [...]
Posted by garygre on June 22, 2011
http://informationtwist.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/sheriff-vaizey/
Community Knowledge Hub and Libraries
Whilst following “The Future of Library Services in the Big Society” conference via Twitter today (#libraries11) I came across a link to “Community Knowledge Hub“. This hub will “support the exchange of ideas, knowledge and expertise between organisations with a common interest in realising the benefits of community enterprise.” To be launched in July 2011, [...]
Posted by garygre on June 21, 2011
http://informationtwist.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/community-knowledge-hub-and-libraries/
Save Surrey Libraries Meeting
A UNISON meeting was held yesterday in Guildford, to discuss concerns about proposals for changes to Surrey Libraries. The proposals included the handing over of 11 libraries to volunteers and the removal of the mobile library service (more details can be found here). This was the second meeting that had taken place – the first [...]
Posted by garygre on June 17, 2011
http://informationtwist.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/save-surrey-libraries-meeting/
Library Tribe photographs
Library Tribe, a set by Hotpix UK Tony Smith [LRPS] on Flickr. I really like the idea behind Tony Smith’s “Library Tribe” photo set on Flickr. They’re of library users and their book selection as they walk out of the library. Each photo includes an insightful comment about their choice of book loan. Really like [...]
Posted by garygre on June 13, 2011
http://informationtwist.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/library-tribe-photographs/
Future Libraries Programme – Final Report to Governance Board
At the end of March 2011 the MLA (Museums, Libraries & Archives Council) & LGA (Local Government Association) produced a final report for the “Future Libraries Programme.” Its remit was to review pilot projects that had been running throughout the U.K. as part of the programme to develop public library services. Following on from this best [...]
Posted by garygre on June 10, 2011
http://informationtwist.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/future-libraries-programme-%e2%80%93-final-report-to-governance-board/
