Someplace for me to put my thoughts on libraries, librarians, library 2.0 and books
From the monthly archives:
Angry Librarian (YouTube)Though this is done by a comedy group, it does bring back some memories of my own encounters with librarians when I was younger. Certain parts of the clip were hilarious.(via Library Garden)
Library seen as a way to give downtown zipThe city of Vancouver wants to re-locate their central library to a prime […]
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Concert Ticket GeneratorA fun, free and easy way to generate tickets for library events (or for that matter, any events). The only cost would be printing out of the tickets.(via LibrarianInBlack.net)
Dr Seuss publisher dies aged 90Writer and actress Phyllis Cerf Wagner died last Friday in hospital following complications after a fall at home. She was […]
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“Death of the Library” News ArticleConclusion? NO!(via LibrarianInBlack.net)
KidsRead.comA site that caters to children’s books with book reviews, author profiles and interviews, literary games and contests, and extensive listing of popular series. Very useful for anyone involved with children’s reading, collection development, and advisory services.(via LibrarianInBlack.net)
The Future of the Deep WebA good article to remind us […]
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Recently, a blogger, CK, released a report (PDF file) of the responses she gathered from other bloggers on “what is the greatest point of value they have received from blogging” in a survey she did. The cover of the report has a colorful montage of the responses provided. I’ve got to admit that some of […]
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A story dramatisation by librarians of NLB at the Asian Children’s Festival Expo 2006 at the Singapore Expo.
UPDATE: Added a few more photos.
Technorati Tags: acf2006, librarians, singapore expo, story dramatisation
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Aaron Schmidt of walking paper dreams about the possibilities if library OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogues) moving into the social networking realm. He cites the example of a Flickr group called NAME THAT FILM, where members post screenshots of movies and other members would try to guess what film it comes from by tagging that […]
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Interesting to see that libraries are mentioned as one of tips in saving money in Wesabe, an online personal finance accounting tool. However, I do have to agree with this point even though I’m a librarian. Using the library has definitely saved me quite a lot of money over the years. Nowadays, I’ll only buy […]
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Music Video in Library Setting (YouTube)This music video of the song “Everytime We Touch” by Cascada is filmed in a library setting. It might even be filmed in a real library. Though I’ve yet to see a music video being shot in any of the public libraries in Singapore, we’ve got our fair share of […]
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