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LRW Knowledge Trust in Granada

Who was there: Chris Batt, Chief Executive, Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, UK Dr. Lynne Brindley, Chief Executive, The British Library Dr. Joan Challinor, Commissioner, National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, US Dr. Jose-Marie Griffiths, Dean, UNC Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science Jay Jordan, President and CEO, OCLC (Online Computer Library […]

Granada Gap

Between meetings, lack of internet connectivity in the Collegio Mayor Cardinal Cisneros, travel and wandering about in Granada, not so much got posted in the past few days. I’m updating the pictures now at the same location rather than doing sets. I’ll catch up by writing as/after I catch up with work etc.

At University of Granada

I’ve spent the day with meetings of the Louis Round Wilson Knowledge Trust meetings — so far. I’m now on a debate/talk with Nicole Wong of Google about economic and market effects of openness. I’ll be drawing on James Boyle’s Shamans, Software and Spleens: Law and the Construction of the Information Society and on Yochai […]

In Granada

My trip over was mostly uneventful and mostly on schedule. That’s more that is true for most folks coming here from UNC and for our friend Paula who was on her way to Northern Cyprus. I met Paula in RDU after she had been bumped unwillingly from her connecting flight out. We ended up flying […]

Jones to Granada, Spain

Off to Granada on Monday/Tuesday for the Louis Round Wilson Knowledge Trust meetings. Jonathan Riehl sends these tips (Please add yours to the comments): –The heart of the city is Plaza Nueva, at the foot of the hill leading up the Alhambra. Be sure to spend some time there at the outdoor cafes. The best […]

Passing on the regional dish of Granada

The week of April 24 – May 1, I’ll be in Granada Spain for the Louis Round Wilson Knowledge Trust meetings. I knew that Andalusia was famous for gazpacho, but I didn’t know of the renowned speciality in Granada, the Sacromonte omelette “a dish that is not recommended for the delicate palate and prepared with […]

A bit about Granada

I’ll be heading to Granada Spain for the Wilson Knowledge Trust meeting the end of April. Just learned that we’ll be staying in the Hotel Vincci which does have WiFi so I can report in when not in the meetings. Been reading Washingon Irving’s Tales from the Alhambra to prepare myself as well as his […]

Tell me about Granada

I’m off to Granada, Spain the end of April for the Louis Round Wilson Academy meeting which will take place in the Alhambra (Washington Irving fans alert–why is that novel not in Project Gutenberg?). I know very little about that area of Spain. So if you are reading this and know anything, leave me a […]

Round up

Ed Cone reports that Matthew Gross has joined the John Edwards One America Committee as an advisor for online communications. We had a good dinner discussion with the Edwards, Ed, Matthew, danah boyd, Fred Stutzman and about a dozen other bloggers a couple of weeks back. Elizabeth Edwards is particularly aware of internet communications on […]

British Library says Copyright Law Needs Fixin’

via EduPage, which summarizes CNet’s fuller article of 25 September 2006: The British Library has called for a wide-scale revision of existing copyright law, which, it said, inadequately addresses digital content, putting too much control into the hands of content producers and owners. Lynne Brindley, chief executive of the British Library, took aim at digital […]

More Mini than Mini – the SmartCar

When I was in Granada last month, I was amazed by a very little 2 seat car that was all over the city. The SmartCar only takes up about half a parking space and is extremely fuel effecient. Now AP (via NYTimes) tells us that DaimlerChrysler is bringing the SmartCar to the USA. Let’s see […]

Louis Round Wilson Knowledge Trust on ethics, etc

From the LRW press release: International academy adopts resolutions on ethics and openness CHAPEL HILL — International leaders met at the crossroads of culture and tradition in Granada, Spain, on April 27 and 28 to discuss the future oflibrary and information science education, which are facing a crossroads of their own. Adopting Thomas Jefferson’s pledge […]

Warning to Visiting Professors

The only instruction sheet left in my room at the Colegio Mayor Cardenal Cisneros told me about meal times and following that was a warning in four languages (Spanish, English, French and German): Our visiting professors are kindly requested not to stay in short trousers, swimming trunks or tracksuits in common areas of the Colegio […]

Poet’s Revenge

Fredrico Garcia Lorca was fast becoming the best poet and playwright from Granada and from all of Spain when the fortune of Spain took a spin toward right wing revolution and civil war. The local “Black Squad,” Falangists of the worst sort, executed Lorca for being a leftist, a homosexual and a poet in August […]

PostSecret in Chapel Hill

Just ran by the Bull S. Head Bookshop and ran into Frank Warren who invented PostSecret back in 2004 0r so. Frank is signing the PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives book and giving a talk today. I’ll be on the airplane to Granada via London, but I’ll be reading/looking at the book on the […]

Slate Eds on Arts Online – April 26

The J-School sends this alert (I’ll be in Granada — Have I said that enough? — but it should be very good): What: How the Internet is Shaping Culture: What’s different about the arts in the online age? When: Wednesday, April 26, 6 p.m. Where: Carroll Hall 11 (in the “Garden” level) Who: Meghan O’Rourke, […]

The Ancient Way wins Horizon Interactive Award

The UNC Journalism and Mass Communication School produced The Ancient Way (hosted by ibiblio.org) was named top in their category for the Horizon Interactive Awards. Gabriel Dance, who worked with ibiblio.org, was in Galacia working on the project last summer and contributed to the project as did my collegues Rich Beckman, Pat Davidson, Alberto Cairo […]

Alhambra

Washington Irving was there in the 1820s; I’ll be in Granada at the Alhambra at the end of April for the Louis Round Wilson Knowledge Academy meetings. All kinds of good folks have recommended Irving’s book to me (thanks Terry and Ismael). I’m about 100 pages into the 1851 facsimile edition and am enjoying Irving’s […]

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