Someplace for me to put my thoughts on libraries, librarians, library 2.0 and books
If your guess was Harry Potter, then guess again. In a poll carried out by the cinema advertising company, Pearl & Dean, found that Harry Potter came in third with only 9% of votes out of 3,000 movie fans. The overwhelming winner was the white-haired wizard from the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Gandalf, with […]
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A non-profit foundation has just announced the list of the Seven New Wonders of the World at a glitzy ceremony at Portugal’s Benfica stadium last Saturday. The list is as follows: The Great Wall of China Machu Picchu in Peru Statue of Christ in Brazil The Colosseum in Rome, Italy Petra in Jordan The Mayan […]
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Two New York newspapers, New York Times (registration may be required) and The Sun, have published articles about new-look librarians. If you thought new-look librarians exists just in New York, think again. They are right here in Singapore too. Forget about the image you might have of librarians with thick glasses and stern looks who […]
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Kathryn from Librarians Matter has written a wonderful post on reasons why librarians need to learn about emerging technologies. I totally agree with the points (20 to be exact) that she has listed down. Since we are in the information business, I, too, feel that we should be the ones getting into the hang of […]
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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Book Truck Parking., originally uploaded by Jeffrey Beall. Such a huge library book truck! It actually looks like one of the book trolleys in my library.
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Do you meet angry patrons when you were at the reference counter and wondered how you could have handled them better? Fret not! Sound Money Tips just published an article on exactly that. Though the article was meant for those in business, I found that the suggestions provided were equally applicable to our jobs as […]
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YouTube text link The people at CommonCraft have put up another wonderful video that explains what Social Networking is all about in a simple, visual manner. (via LibrarianInBlack) Technorati Tags: commoncraft, social networking, video
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- A Library That Straddles Two CountriesWhat an interesting library! The 103-year-old The Haskell Free Library and Opera House is a library like no other. The library has a skinny black line that runs along the floor of the library. The black line signifies the international border between the USA and Canada. And patrons can […]
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