鈥榁irtual scholars鈥, motivating students, and the potential of wikis and blogs were just some of the topics under discussion at a meeting of all of the 探花直播鈥檚 librarians.

Although smaller gatherings of librarians have been held for some years now, this is the first time colleagues from the 探花直播 Library, faculties, departments, colleges and affiliated institutions have come together. It is planned that it will become an annual event.

Peter Fox, the 探花直播 Librarian, explained: 鈥淭his was a marvellous opportunity to get together and network, as well as learn more about the latest developments in library and information services.

鈥漈hanks to generous sponsorship from Blackwell Book Services, we were able to bring in a range of outside speakers.鈥

探花直播event included a keynote address from Professor David Nicholas, Director of the School of Library, Archive and Information Studies at 探花直播 College London. Professor Nicholas spoke about the challenges poses by internet-driven information and the emergence of the 鈥榲irtual scholar鈥.

A number of workshops were on offer covering a variety of topics, from developing teaching and motivational techniques to exploring new ways of using library space.

There was also news on the ebooks@cambridge project. This currently provides online access to the texts of more than 100 of the most widely used books in the 探花直播 and over 3000 texts no longer in copyright.

探花直播inaugural Libraries@cambridge conference was opened by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alison Richard.

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