Only half the picture…
Posted by admin on July 2nd, 2007
Gave a presentation at the JISC RSC NW in Blackpool last week.
Audience attending turned out to be almost entirlely from a Library background. No problem in that , but the situation did remind me a little of the type of lesson I used to do when I taught English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Essentially I would get students in pairs, they would have a drawing of the same room but would have different household objects on each sheet. Only by asking each other questions were they able to build up a full and complete picture of the room.
Guess what, briefing on Federated Access Management is that same lesson. Only replace a French and German student with an Institutions Librarian and IT manager.
Moral: If you get the chance to attend any sort of Federation event try and go in pairs (staff time permitting of course….)