Someplace for me to put my thoughts on libraries, librarians, library 2.0 and books
Quite an “interesting article”:http://www.utne.com/magazine/newsstand/utne130_knowledge-for-sale.pdf (PDF File) about the current state of the American public libraries. Though the situation is not as dire in Singapore as it is in American, I believe that we may be slowly moving towards that. And the role of the librarian is changing quite drastically from what it once was. Of […]
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The following “Wall Street Journal Article”:http://online.wsj.com/public/article/0„SB111956889635168198-kx6S_u1RWUXCcoHgupKf9N2gYz8_20060623,00.html?mod=public_home_us talks about the books that publishers are pushing out for the teens market that has relatively heavy themes such as binge drinking and incest. We have some of the titles that are mentioned in the article such as “Gossip Girl” and “How I Live Now”. The latter title won […]
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Here’s an example of an interesting way to do outreach. Maybe we could do something similar in a tie-up with Burger King or Delifrance. We can do it in places where we don’t have a presence nearby, e.g. Changi Airport, Raffles City, Suntec City, etc. as long as we have wi-fi access. Can even do […]
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