new eyes on old organizations

Posted in blogz | Thursday, August 21st, 2008 | 5 Comments » Trackback
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I always try to read at least a few library student blogs, because I think having a new set of eyes on some of the things we’ve been doing for years is often useful. Graham Lavender just went to an IFLA conference and I found that his experiences mirror my own feelings about my first national ALA conference. Librarians: friendly, love to dance. Really.

I had the opportunity to sit in on a meeting of the Conference of Directors of National Libraries, where the head librarians from over 50 countries sat around a table and each had a tiny little flag at their seat, which is exactly what I imagine the UN must be like. Afterwards, some of them stayed behind to have a glass of wine with the students (there were seven of us, one from each library school in Canada), and it was all very casual and friendly.

5 Responses to “new eyes on old organizations”

  1. Veliké oči | Příliv Roztomilosti Says:
    August 23rd, 2008 at 1:45

    [...] new eyes on old organizations [...]

  2. Graham Says:
    August 23rd, 2008 at 11:26

    Thanks for the love! IFLA was a great experience, and now I’m starting to investigate the possibilities of other conferences in the near future. I was very fortunate to have been sponsored by Library and Archives Canada – now I need to find someone who will send me to Milan next summer.

  3. Thanks, Jessamyn! « The Inspired Library School Student Says:
    August 24th, 2008 at 1:32

    [...] August 24, 2008 — Graham Lavender Jessamyn West mentioned me on librarian.net a few days ago, and look what it did to my blog [...]

  4. Haló, jak se más? | Příliv Roztomilosti Says:
    September 2nd, 2008 at 3:56

    [...] new eyes on old organizations [...]

  5. Haló, jak se máš? | Příliv Roztomilosti Says:
    September 2nd, 2008 at 4:12

    [...] new eyes on old organizations [...]