Someplace for me to put my thoughts on libraries, librarians, library 2.0 and books
From the monthly archives:
Poetry Books, Loan Periods, and Customer Service Models in the Public LibraryAn interesting idea on having flexible loan periods for different types of books. But loan periods will have to be maintained for children’s books, textbooks and bestsellers so that everyone will have a chance to get their hands on the books. It’ll definitely be […]
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Happen to chance upon this website. Apparently, today (12 April) is the national D.E.A.R. Day in the US. For them, D.E.A.R. Day is “to remind and encourage families to make reading together on a daily basis a family priority.” And it’s on 12 April to celebrate Beverly Cleary
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Email is for Old PeopleAccording to the 2005 Pew Internet Report on teens and technology, teens, who were surveyed, say that they would only use email to communicate with “adults” such as teachers, institutions such as schools, and as a way to communicate lengthy information to large groups. Otherwise, they will just be using IM to […]
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An article in the New York Times titled “I.M. Generation Is Changing the Way Business Talks” (free registration required) talks about the growing importance of I.M. in business communication and information sharing. Both Sun Microsystems and I.B.M. used I.M. for most their internal communications rather than emails or voice mails. On any work day, 2.5 […]
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On Barriers in Libraries (An L2 Workshop)A good summary of a workshop that Michael Stephens conducted for a group of librarians on Library 2.0 and what are the possible barriers of implementation.(via Tame The Web) Future? Learning as a sensory experienceThis is an excerpt of Thomas Frey’s piece “The Future of Libraries: Beginning the Great […]
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