End of 1st week Library Academy 2008

G-R-E-A-T week. Being exposed to so many ideas and so much knowledge makes me feel quite empowered! As Colin answered a question this afternoon as to what do the organisers really 'want' from us - I agree with him that what the Academy does is equip us with knowledge which act as a backbone in our professional careers.

The old saying is ' knowledge is power' - on the contrary 'knowledge can also corrupt!' Now isn't that knowledge? Don Foster made us very aware of it: What is knowledge, he asked. So did Prof Bonner by pointing out examples in history - Smuts was no angel in every way of thinking, but then who is? And Prof Luigi Lessibeni paved the way with clear pebbles as to how knowledge can be gathered. Prof Wienand Gevers made it clear that the ISI journal sytem and Citation Index has the ability to distort the reflection of knowledge we experience and receive.

I loved the exposure. More reflections later this weekend .

Janie