One of those frantic days that seems incredibly full and yet you've got nothing done.

Not helped by parents coming to the city to buy a new gadget (they can't decide between a hugely lustworthy Archos 700TV or something similar but with a bigger screen that plays DVDs directly). But they took me to lunch which was great - particularly as it's not been possible for the last 6 months with them abroad.

Then the last hour of the day taken up by me being asked to meet with the two associate librarians (my boss and her counterpart) about e-matters. She was concerned with the "c generation" (2nd featured article at: http://www.econtentmag.com/ but unfortunately not available online), and he was concerned with add ons to the library catalog to make it more interactive. Not entirely sure that we achieved anything but it's encouraging to know that if the library's held back from "e development" it won't be that level of management that stops it.