I’m doing a Pro-Bono (Edward Pro-Bono – get it?) workshop with the Association of Senior Children’s and Education Librarians up near Derby in the UK. Great bunch of people and an interesting discussion last night about children (under sixteen essentially) not really embracing tablets and e-books to quite the extent that some people, especially the media, would make us believe. Even at 17-18 the preference still seems to be for paper. I think this will change, but the discussion did highlight a number of practical issues relating to screens versus paper.

Anyway, the room the workshop is being held in is basement-like and not especially inspiring. That’s not quite fair. It’s fine and far better than some I’ve experienced. Contrast this with where I was 2 days ago – Vevey in Switzerland – where the view from almost every room was of the Swiss Alps and Lake Geneva. So my question for the day is this….do physical spaces – including views – change how you think and if so how and why?