Silversprite

Well, not quite, though the jetlag has not entirely gone and I have strange panda-like eyes now. I guess I should blog a bit, especially as my badge has a “blogger” appendage to it. So I’m here at the Internet Librarian 2008 event, or IL2008 as it’s Web-2.0-known.

Monterey, on first look, is a bit of a sleepy place (compared to in-your-face LA) and pseudo-Mexican (there’s probably a proper word for it) in style. The conference centre has air conditioning and is surprisingly low-key from the outside.

I know very few people at this event. I’ve met my session chair before (another ex-eLib person) and one of the speakers who is on before me. Apart from that, I haven’t met anyone amongst the several hundred (or thousand) delegates here I know. Dispiritingly, most people are younger than me. Some appears to be at least a generation younger than me.

Anyway, my presentation for tomorrow morning is in the can. Should any delegate come across this beforehand, it’s the Digital Games in European Libraries one. I’ll be discussing such diverse topics as:

• Playstation games in English public libraries.
• George Washington and the Stars and Stripes.
• Nintendo, Playstation and Xbox games around the continent (of Europe).
• What the National Libraries of Europe said when I asked them what they did with video games.
• …and why Sarah Palin is the closest the US has to official royalty.

Hey, there’s a cocktail reception at 6pm on the 10th floor of the Marriott. Hopefully that’s on the west side, as it’ll afford good views of the sunset over the pacific. Think I’ll go to that, then go to the evening presentation by the Dutch posse who are moving around the place dressed in black and looking particularly cool in that way only continental Europeans can do.

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