Someplace for me to put my thoughts on libraries, librarians, library 2.0 and books
From the monthly archives:
Well, today (31 August) has been designated as Blog Day. And I’m supposed to list five blogs that I’ve found interesting (do note that I’ve cross-posted this on my personal blog as well). So, here goes:
iLibrarian: News and resources related to Library 2.0.
Smashing Magazine: Lots of tools, resources and ideas for web designers and web […]
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- Beyond Google: How do students conduct academic research by Alison J. HeadA research paper that looks at how students do their research. Surprisingly, the study found that the majority of the students started their research by first consulting their lecturers’ course notes or on their school’s library website for online access to scholarly […]
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A survey was conducted by Associated Press and Ipsos and they discovered that 1 in 4 American adult didn’t pick up a book to read in the past year. (Source: MSNBC)
And of those who read, women and senior citizens were the most avid. Their tastes are skewed towards religious works and popular fiction.
The survey also […]
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- Web 2.0 Search EngineNeed help looking for Web 2.0 tools? Well, look no further as the Web 2.0 Search Engine allows you to search for any Web 2.0 tool that you can think of. Recently, they released a list of the Top 1,000 Web 2.0 Applications. Go have a look at the huge listing […]
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Inspired by Ruminations’ Top 10 favorite learning tools, here’s my top 10 list.
Firefox / Safari - I use both browsers interchangeably though my current default browser is Firefox as I like the extensions it allows me to install that helps in my learning. However, Safari seems to be a little faster in processing the pages, […]
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Publishers Weekly has an article on what were the books that first got some authors and celebrities interested in reading.
The authors and celebrities are participating in a US national awareness campaign, “What Book Got You Hooked?”, organized by First Book - a children’s literacy organization that provides new books to children from low-income families.
And here’s […]
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More video goodness from the folks at Common Craft.
YouTube Text Link
Enjoy!
Technorati Tags: commoncraft, social bookmarking, youtube
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Interesting article by Stephen Abrahm, VP of Innovation at SirsiDynix, on whether all the Web 2.0 ‘goodness’ can be used in the marketing of libraries.
Some suggestions from him include:
Using YouTube to showcase story hours and programmes
Adding OPAC, e-databases and Web links to Facebook and MySpace.
Using Flickr to put up photos from libraries and library programmes […]
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