IAML Stellenbosch Congress Diary #2: Latvia
falseThe second entry in our Congress Diary series is byy Ruta Almane-Palmbaha (National Library of Latvia).
- Read more about IAML Stellenbosch Congress Diary #2: Latvia
- Log in to post comments
falseThe second entry in our Congress Diary series is byy Ruta Almane-Palmbaha (National Library of Latvia).
By Jan Guise (IAML Vice President, University of Toronto, Canada): This was my first congress as a member of the IAML Board, and my 6th in-person congress.
Väsynyt matkalainenkin aisti pienen hetken maagisuuden, mielikuvitus vei helposti vuosikymmenten tai -satojenkin taakse.
We left for the congress with my colleague Blanka Ellederová a few days earlier, so that we could take part in an interesting tour of London libraries, which was also organized by our brilliant and skilled colleagues from England. It was Friday's Pre-congress Tour.
I had been eagerly looking forward to Congress since being invited to join to Organising Committee as a kind of voice for public libraries. Early in the Committee’s life I became a member of the Social Committee under the capable leadership of John Wagstaff. Although I cannot claim much of a part in setting up the social events programme, I was pleased to be able to assist in their running, once Congress got underway.