Someplace for me to put my thoughts on libraries, librarians, library 2.0 and books
I guess public libaries in Singapore can be considered very fortunate when we do mobile libraries in schools and at events as we are available to get a transport company to do the transportation of books for us. Previously, I mentioned the ‘Camel Book Drive’ in Africa, and today I read on BBC News that […]
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Very interesting comic strip on Penny Arcade about two guys wrangling over what to call male librarians. And the folks at Penny Arcade has written up a blog post about how they come up with the comic. (via Unshelved) Technorati Tags: comics, librarians, librarymans, penny arcade
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Quite literally POWER in this instance. In this video from the TED Global Conference, a 19-year-old Malawian inventor William Kamkwamba talks about how he put together an electricity-generating windmill for his family from spare parts using rough plans that he found from a book in the library. So, don’t underestimate the power of the work […]
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- Librarians Blogging and the Birth of Library 2.0An outsider’s view of what Library 2.0 is all about and how librarians are leveraging on all the new technologies available to us. - JK Rowling Penning Two BooksJust a couple of days after the launch of the final book of the Harry Potter series, it has […]
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Meredith Farkas of Information Wants To Be Free is conducting her second “Survey of the Biblioblogosphere”. It’s a way to find out the characteristics of the library blogosphere that we are in. So, go on over to do the survey. While you are there, you can also have a look at the results of the […]
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