Frances Bell’s Blog

This story of a school library dispensing with the fiction librarian post filled me with sadness.  The reason given was  ‘a move towards the relocation and redistribution of non-fiction and fiction resources in the light of the new developments in a virtual-learning environment and interactive learning’.  The thought that budget was being diverted to the […]

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I am going to post later about the conference but I wanted to get out the word that you still have time to vote on our Digital Divide.  Not surprisingly, and despite our best efforts the activity was limited to those associated with ALT-C 2008 (but including some who submitted ahead of the workshop).  Having […]

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Have you got something to say about the Digital Divide? Now is your chance.
We would like to invite participation in a Digital Divide Slam in association with a workshop at ALT-C 2008.
If you aren’t attending the conference, you are welcome to participate as an individual or small group.  Can you produce […]

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I don’t usually post stuff like this but here goes.  My adult sons returned from a camping trip today, and I was directed to their photos.  This one really made laugh. Relaxing after a trip to the pub, watching film on ipod (propped up against the Good Pub Guide), large nightcap and mobile phone at […]

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I am currently at AMCIS 2008 in Toronto, and meeting lots of new people. I attended a Microsoft Popfly masup workshop and had limited success because I couldn’t get myself a Live-id password (some wireless problem in Sheraton hotel).
Once I did, I found it very easy to create a little mashup. Popfly has a visual […]

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