Kitty Pope, Executive Director of the Alliance Library System and the staff of volunteers from around the world who staff the library were just notified they were the winners of the American Library Association/Information Today Library of the Future Award. This award is granted to a library for innovation in library services. The award will [...]
IBM’er Dr. Tony O’Driscoll’s post Virtual Worlds going mainstream and its accompanying video titled Virtual Social Worlds and the Future of Learning have triggered some interesting conversations. It was very timely following on from Lord Puttman’s remarks yesterday. Tony’s 7 Sensibilities that differentiate Virtual Social Worlds from other interactive media is recommended viewing and food [...]
But the real world made a late break into the virtual world with a sceptical intervention from the floor by Lord Puttnam, which was greeted with a burst of applause. He picked up on a panellist’s remark that “brands are the most powerful form expression that teenagers have.” He found this chilling. Secondly, he pointed [...]