Someplace for me to put my thoughts on libraries, librarians, library 2.0 and books
Didn’t know Art Garfunkel is such a voracious reader. Well, here’s his listing of all the books he has read in the last 30 years. He also has a listing of his favourite books. (via Bookslut via Library Stuff) Technorati Tags: art garfunkel, books, reading
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Musopen is an online repository of online music - music that are in the public domain. The music are performed by individuals or orchestras and is for free access. The site has a wonderful search engine that allows you to find songs quite easily. Once you found the song you want, the record for the […]
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Jenny wrote this post,Gaming for Fines, about her hearing what a teen librarian is doing for the teens who have overdue books. If the teens don’t want to pay for the overdue books, then they’ll need to beat her at Dance Dance Revolution (DDR). Not sure if this will work in Singapore. But if we […]
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Well, this is more for my personal note. A group of public librarians from America at Pop Goes The Library received an enquiry on providing book recommendations for younger teens. And here’s some of the recommendations. They have also requested for readers to provide them with more recommendations suitable for younger teens without all the […]
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Last week, Time magazine did a review of an upcoming book titled “The 10 Greatest Books of All Time”. The book is edited by J. Peder Zane and is published by W. W. Norton. The book is derived from asking 125 of the world’s most famous and sought-after writers to submit their Top 10 lists. […]
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DailyLit is an email service that sends you parts of a book daily through your email. This service is provided for those who have no time to physically hold a book, but read their emails excessively. The books have been broken down into ‘bite-sized’ sections that require about 5 minutes to read. You can choose […]
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So, what is Shelfari? Well, it’s an online tool that allows you to see what your friends are reading. You can also give and get book recommendations. It provides a virtual bookshelf for you to display books that you have or have read. This might just be the way for you to show off to […]
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Steve from Blog About Libraries writes about the “15 Ideas for Supporting Businesses at Your Library”, a geat list compiled by Nancy Dowell, Director of the Vigo County Library and Melissa Martin, President of Issues & Advocates. The list was compiled for a presentation they did at the IPLA Conference On Libraries & Economic Development […]
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