Someplace for me to put my thoughts on libraries, librarians, library 2.0 and books
- Found in BooksI’ve found money, bank passbook, a cash cheque, wedding photo, and other sentimental stuff in the books that are returned to us. The people most likely used those items as a bookmark, but forgot about removing it before returning the books. But I guess the one that beat all that in the […]
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Robert Darnton recently wrote in the New York Review of Books (12 June issue) about “The Library in the New Age”. It is definitely a very intriguing read. In the first chapter, he asked the question of “what will become of research libraries in the face of the technological marvels such as Google?” Talking about […]
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- Teachers ‘Not Reading Children’s Books’Research by the Centre for Literacy and Primary Education (CLPE) in the States has found that many teachers do not regularly read children’s literature. In addition, they tend to choose books from a narrow band of authors. I wonder if it’s true for teachers in Singapore as well.(via LISNews) - […]
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A wonderful opinion piece on the work librarians actually do in the New Zealand Herald. Sometimes we forget what the true calling of a librarian is with our constant chase for KPIs, or Key Performance Indicators.
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- Ginger Spice renounces singing to become authorGeri Halliwell, or better known as Ginger Spice of the Spice Girls, seems to have given up her singing career to concentrate fully on her writing career as a children’s author. Her first of six books is officially published today by Macmillian. The series of books revolve around […]
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Really funny comic! So far, I’m not aware of any parent leaving their children in our libraries as punishment though I’m sure there will definitely be some that we are not aware of. So, librarians out there, do you get kids your libraries that their parents have left them there as punishment?
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- 100 books every child should readA pretty long article that has been broken up into 4 parts. This first part is just an introduction into the joys of reading, particularly when you start at an early age. The other three list the books according to the age of the child: early years, middle years […]
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QQ’Librarian did this short quiz on Pew Internet Project on “Typology of Information and Communication Technology Users”. And here are my results: Where do you fit? Your Results Based on your answers to the questionnaire, you most closely resemble survey respondents within the Omnivores typology group. This does not mean that you necessarily fit every […]
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