Someplace for me to put my thoughts on libraries, librarians, library 2.0 and books
HOWTO host a library after-school D&D game:The publisher of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), Wizards of the Coast, have developed a program to help public libraries host D&D games. Seems like a fantastic idea to attract teenagers to come to the library. From playing games, we can (hopefully) move them onto reading D&D and fantasy-related books. […]
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Books are better than whiskey sometimes:Cowboy Caleb talks about his visit to the new National Library building. He has suggested that it is “now officially the best place to meet members of the opposite sex that have the same interests as you”. He’s also quite surprised that the library has graphic novels such as Sandman. […]
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Libraries for Dummies:Really hilarious site about a librarian’s experiences with ‘interesting’ readers who approach her reference counter. I read some of the posts and am highlighting a couple that had me burst out laughing: Conspiracies Revealed! and Mr Scary. But the most recent entry beats the other entries hands down. As I was reading the […]
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< ul>Online Librarian is ‘overwhelmed’:This BBC news article on an online book-sharing library, “My Book Your Book”. Though the website is not officially launched yet, the founder says that he has already been overwhelmed with the response. Basically, anyone can sign up as long as they agree to donate 10 books to the co-operative scheme. […]
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< ul>Londonist: Where Books and Knowledge Cost Nothing:An e-zine on London talks up the public libraries within London. Not a very long article, but my favorite sentence is “the library
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Blogger has released a plug-in for the Windows version of Microsoft Word that allows you to blog straight from Word. You can download the plug-in here. Quite useful as it allows you to draft your blog entries, edit the posts and posting it - all from Word. The plug-in turns Word into a desktop blogging […]
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A Comic with a Head Librarian as the Main Character:The synopsis of the comic reads “Rex Libris, Head Librarian at Middleton Public Library, travels to the farthest reaches of the galaxy in search of overdue books. He must confront powerful alien warlords who refuse to pay their late fees. Wearing his super thick bottle glasses, […]
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Teens prefer IM to email:A survey in the US has shown that teens prefer using IM to email for communicating with friends. A growing number of public libraries in the US are providing IM as an additional channel of communication for their patrons to ask questions, particularly for teens. We’ll have to wait a little […]
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