Out of my free time endeavours in recent years this has been perhaps one of the most physically exhausting - although I recoverd in a day or so. Required a hike from 7am to 4pm with a climb of 1200 metres on rugged paths. After seeing this place in a K-drama which I translated, I wanted to go there.

Oct 10th, 2023, Cheonwangbong in Jirisan NP. the highest point in South Korean mainland, 1915m

Google translation:
"The spirit of Korean people originates here"

 Amazed that this platform is still alive. I had mostly forgotten this. Previous note was in 20212?
Should we continue here? Many people have moved to Substack.
Quick update - after 2012 I have moved work twice, first to Natural Resources Instute Luke in 2015 and then to the National Library of Finland in 2017 from where I retired in 2025.   I currently reside in Kymenlaakso, which is the South-Eastern corner of Finland.

When the Data hits the Fan!: The Balanced Value Impact Model

When the Data hits the Fan!: The Balanced Value Impact Model
Just found this Simon Tanner's publication. Seems very interesting and current. However, it remains to be resolved if there will be enough time or skills available for any local implementations at Metla or any other tiny library units.

Find the Best Social Media Tools - oneforty

Find the Best Social Media Tools - oneforty

Conferences to go to?

While deadlines approach, the annual budget for my library is still unknown which makes its hard to plan for conferences. Invitations and interests swarm around. In spite of my buzz about online networking and social software, the physical get-together between collagues is still important. On my travel (wish) plan are:

• SLA centennial Conference, 14-17 June 2009, Washington D.C., USA
• I was invited to speak last year in Seattle and many would like to see me again.
  
• I'm in the Europe Chapter and Forestry Section of the Division of Environment & Resource Mgmt
• World Library and Information Conference, 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, 23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy
  
• never been to this, but it is on my list because of these sessions:
• Agricultural Libraries Discussion Group Theme: "Worldwide Trends in Open Access to Agricultural Information"
• Cataloguing Section Theme: "New Principles, New Rules for New Catalogues"
• Information Technology Section Theme: "New repositories: architectures interoperability and data exchange"
• Science and Technology Libraries Section Theme: "Open Access to Science and Technology Research Worldwide: Strategies and Best Practices"
• XIIIth World Forestry Conference, 18-25 October 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• I missed the WFC in Canada which was regretted by many of my colleagues
• My session: 6.7 Forest information: Information services, libraries and networks. Forest terminology.