Someplace for me to put my thoughts on libraries, librarians, library 2.0 and books
From the monthly archives:
Here’s my avatar on my Yahoo! account.
So, how can you get one for yourself? It is actually quite simple as long as you have an accpunt with Yahoo! and I would guess that you would at least a Flickr account. Login to your account and go to Yahoo! Avatars. Select the tab marked ‘Extras’ […]
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Cute Unshelved comic today (it’s yesterday if you’re in Singapore).
Update - 5.14pm: Here’s today’s comic which is a continuation from yesterday’s one parodying ‘I’m a PC, I’m a Mac’ ads.
Technorati Tags: librarians, libraries, unshelved comics
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I previously blogged about On Demand Books’ Espresso Book Machine. And I think the first non-beta machine has just been installed at the New York Public Library’s Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL).
And from August,
Library users will have the opportunity to print free copies of such public domain classics as “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” […]
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- China establishes more than 30,000 rural librariesWhen I first saw the headlines, I was flabbergasted. 30,000 libraries?!?! And this figure is just what has been established since 2006. I guess the size of China makes is a reason why they need to build so many libraries. But you might need to note that given […]
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Whoa!!! Am glad I’m in the correct job!
U.S. News & World Report has named the job of ‘Librarian’ has been named as one of the best careers in 2007 in the US. The librarian has been chosen alongside the ‘normal’ best careers of arhitect, engineer, physician, and professor amongst others.
Technorati Tags: 2007, careers, librarian
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The Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction was awarded at the Royal Festival Hall in London to Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for her novel Half of a Yellow Sun (Call No.: English ADI).
The Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction is a £30,000 women-only award and Adichie is the youngest winner so far at 29 years old. […]
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Just saw this on Herryanto’s blog about a fantastic new feature for BookJetty users.
If you haven’t used BookJetty before, then this is a perfect time to join and use it. This new feature will SMS you the book call number when you click on a SMS link on the book title you are looking for. […]
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