Isaak’s Links – WPopac and Others

WPopac is Official
Maison Bisson has revealed that his library has been using WPopac since February 2006. On the basic level, it’s the use of WordPress, a blogging software, as a Web Catalogue. It allows for comments and reviews to be posted by readers. There is also Technorati tags for easy searching. His library plans to release the source code for WPopac in the near future. Would be good to see if we can use this for our Web Catalogue.
(via MaisonBisson).
Robert Scoble Visits a Library
Famous blogger, Robert Scoble, talks about his visit with his family to the Redmond Public Library on a very hot day. He was impressed with the library as there was an area to talk and the free WiFi. Library Stuff feels that libraries should hire evangelists to blog about them, just like what Scoble did for Microsoft previously, as it opens up to the public and creates awareness of the library. For the public libraries, particularly the Adult and Young People’s Services, we have a couple of blogs that help with creating awareness such as High Browse Online and ASK!. UPDATE: We have one more blog called Digi.Talk which I’ve missed out.
(via Library Stuff)
Skills for the 21st Century Librarian
Meredith Farkas has written quite a well-thought out article on what skillsets that 21st Century librarians should be equipped with. Go have a read to see if you have the required skills proposed.
(via LibrarianInBlack)

{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Steven M. Cohen July 25, 2006 at 9:23 pm: Hi Isaak:

I didn’t know about the two blogs that your library uses. I’m going to add them to my listings of library blogs.

Steven Cohen

2 Isaak July 26, 2006 at 9:10 am: Hi Steven:

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Those 2 blogs are by the Public Library Services. Well, there are actually 3 by us which I've just added to the post.

There is another blog by the Reference Library that lists past and upcoming programmes and exhibitions.

Isaak Kwok

Isaak’s Links - WPopac and Others - 25 July 2006