Someplace for me to put my thoughts on libraries, librarians, library 2.0 and books
From the monthly archives:
Public libraries to tackle unpaid finesThe Ottawa Public Library has hired a collection agency to collect US$3 million in unpaid fines owed by patrons. Thankfully for Singaporeans, our public libraries have not gone to the extent of getting collection agencies to recover unpaid fines. However, the public library has sent out a mailer reminding people […]
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Taking advantage of Web and Library 2.0(via blyberg.net) Tips & tricks on how to become a better trend watcherMaybe this is a good time for librarians to start thinking more like a business entity and use business methods such as marketing plans, SWOT, and trend spotting. This would allow us to stay ahead of the […]
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The 2006 Winter Olympics - Resources and Databases(via ResourceShelf) Taking advantage of Web and Library 2.0 Answers.com Librarian Lowdown(via LibrarianInBlack) Putting the ‘I’ in branding(via Library Marketing-Thinking Outside the Book) Next-Gen Libraries(via ResourceShelf) Book JettyAn absolutely cool way to search for books on both Amazon and NLB catalogue at the same time.
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LIVE: ‘Create Photo Album’ Talk Originally uploaded by Isaak. In conjunction with her ‘Travel Light’ photo exhibition held currently at library@orchard, Gwen Lee is doing a talk on how you can preserve memories of your travel trips and how best to organise your holiday albums so that you can share it family and friends. You […]
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Gaming Taskforce at my LibraryA good post to look at if NLB decides to go into providing gaming at some of our libraries. This would provide a framework for us to work with.(via LibrarianInBlack) Community List for Comics BlogsA PubSub community list for comics blogs. And what’s so good about the list is that you […]
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