15 Jul
Isaak’s Links - 15 July 2005
- PressDisplay.com:
Through this site, you’ll be able to read 225 newspapers from 55 countries. Currently, the site is still in beta and thus it’s free for use. Am not sure if they’ll be charging when the site is launched officially. Have a go and you’ll find that it’s really easy to use. However, only Today is available under ‘Singapore’ as the online versions of The Straits Times, The Business Times and other SPH papers are available by subscription only. (via Scobleizer) - Patron asks for RSS feed on library website and gets it:
Ann Arbor District Library’s recently revamped website incorporates blogs (including Director’s Blog) and RSS feeds. Patrons have been eagerly submitted comments via the blogs. You can read some of the comments and replies from the AADL staff here. I wonder when NLB would incorporate blogs into the website. And we can even get CE to do some blogging as well. Currently there are some library bloggers, but we are all doing stuff on our own. (via LibrarianInBlack) - Serving the Customer:
A blog entry by a Filipino librarian about a newspaper article written about the reporter’s experience in manning the customer services counter of Powerbooks Store in the Philippines as part of a series on careers. Very good read, particularly the parts about the reporter helping customers look for books. (via LISNews.com) - Don’t Bore Me with Your Blog by Susan Soloman, MarketingProfs.com:
A good article about how you can write to make sure your blog doesn’t bore people. Though the article caters more to business bloggers, I’m sure library bloggers, or for that matter any blogger, can gain some tips from her article to ensure that we won’t bore our readers. One highlight for me was the point “No passion, no blogging”. How true! You need to be passionate about what you’re writing to actually write something interesting so that your readers would want to read. (via Heather’s “Marketing and Finance at Microsoft” Blog) - Library Sets Up on Portuguese Beach:
In Povoa de Varzim, a popular fishing port resort town located 380 kilometers (235 miles) north of Lisbon, officials are planning to open a library at a popular beach “to encourage sunseekers to read as they tan by the seaside”. They will be offering books, magazines and newspapers for loan. In addition, the library will also be conducting programmes such as stage classical music concerts and several plays. They will also loan board games and other toys to children. Well, it’s quite an interesting ‘outreach’ activity to consider. I really wonder how a similar activity done at the beaches of East Coast Parkway or Sentosa will fare. (via LISNews.com)
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