Brilliant day We had such a brilliant day today at UBC. The day was organised well and we had the chance to visit the Irving k Barber Learning Centre, the Walter Koerner Library and the Special Collections and Archives. On top of that we had discussions about learning spaces, institutional repositories and research support. Highlight of the day: watching the Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS) do its thing. Irving k Barber Learning Centre The Irving k Barber Learning Centre was really inspiring. Majo [View Full Entry]

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Library Visit #1 We had a number of interesting talks from VPL staff. In particular a presentation on a Community Led Library initiative to improve social inclusion. There was a lot of interest in this amongst the UK group as it attempts to identify policies and regulations that have been developed to suit the library but result in potential users feeling unwelcome and in some cases too afraid to enter the library. VPL quoted 10million items circulating a year but less than 30% of local community actually using the library service. The other main interest point was the library bui [View Full Entry]

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Wide awake Went to the roof early this morning to see the view. [View Full Entry]

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Big Bus tour Spent the day with Suzanne sight seeing and talking about libraries...surprise surprise. We took the big bus tour stopping off at Granville Island, Stanley Park and the Art Gallery cafe for lunch. [View Full Entry]

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Sunshine The viewfrom the plane on arrival was pretty good. Lots of water, mountains and tall buildings. Having been here 17 years ago you might think I remembered something . . .well not so far. [View Full Entry]

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It's 1.30am At least that is what my mind thinks. As it is really 6pm on a Saturday night there is a party going on outside. The road is blocked and there are bands playing. I didn't want to sleep anyway. [View Full Entry]

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11am Am working from home today to allow myself time to pack. I have a list of jobs to do and am slowly working through them. John is helping me. I have not packed yet and I need to test out the camera. [View Full Entry]

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