Someplace for me to put my thoughts on libraries, librarians, library 2.0 and books
From the monthly archives:
A recent article in the New York Sun showcases the ongoing transformation of the New York Public Library. Since I’m a techie, it was interesting to note that NYPL is actively asking their staff to share their area of knowledge through blogs. And the other one was them looking at ways to make their digitized […]
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Came across this Guardian Unlimited article on parents in the UK having problems reading bedtime stories to their children. It was quite shocking to see that 1 in 10 parents have problems understanding the bedtime stories that they read to their children and amongst them, almost a quarter of them choose to skip passages they […]
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- Recording studio in your library!The Palmerston North City Library has created the first recording studio in a public library and it’s available for patrons to book at US$5 an hour. It’s quite reasonably equipped with an iMac (with ProTools and Garageband loaded), a 4-way headphone amplifier and has a MIDI controller keyboard.(via iLibrarian) - […]
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An interesting insight into the private libraries or book collections of CEOs in this International Herald Tribune article. It was quite a fun read to find that most of the CEOs preferred poetry, philosophy, art, history, biographies, and even fiction. And they rarely venture into reading the latest business best-seller. Well, I hope I’ll be […]
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Charlie Brown and other Peanuts characters have been drawn in a manga-style. Go here to look at the drawings. Technorati Tags: charlie brown, comics, manga, peanuts
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With the final book of the JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, to be announced in a few hours’ time, the Guardian Unlimited has reported that ChildLine, a counseling service for children and young people in the UK, will be adding additional staff over the next few days to cope […]
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If you are game to try a new way to do search online, then just do a simple survey and you could be invited to take part in the trial. According to the person who sent me the survey, they are looking for librarians to test this new way of searching. BTW, this search is […]
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All this while, whenever I wanted to look for books and movies, I’ll go to Amazon.com directly or through BookJetty if I also wanted to see its availability at the National Library Board. Well, there seems to be another 5 more ways to browse Amazon according to this article from Read/WriteWeb. They mentioned the following […]
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