IFLA Conference - Day 2

This was the first "real" day at the conference. I attended some really good sessions, particularly the ones discussing the Google Book Project and all the legal implications that it's creating and the Global Memory Net, a collection of world cultural and heritage multimedia resources that allow users to search and download/view images, sounds, and videos of all types.

We attended the Korean Minister of Tourism's Gala Reception later that night. It was nice; they had a huge buffet and short cultural show. The night ended with live music and disco dancing. I was surprised to see so many librarians dancing. It was pretty funny; there was one guy that looked like an asian Wallace Shawn that got up on the stage and began leading the crowd in dance moves. The moves were more like hand signals than dance moves; kinda like David Byrne's (who I saw in The Strand Bookstore) hand gestures in the "Once in a Lifetime" video, but without the spasms.

I LOVE SEMICOLONS!