Someplace for me to put my thoughts on libraries, librarians, library 2.0 and books
- Hooked on booksAn article on turning reluctant readers into enthusiastic ones. It also includes some book suggestions.(via Library Stuff) - ‘Google Generation’ is a myth, says new researchThe research shows that although young people are familiar with using the computer and the Internet, they, however, do not possess the analytical and critical skills to […]
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- Baghdad’s Brave LibrarianA intriguing interview with Dr. Saad Eskander, director of the Iraq National Library and Archive in Baghdad. Surprisingly, he also faces the same problems as other librarians around the world of people talking loudly in the library and lost books. The additional problems he face quite regularly are sniper fire and Kotyusha […]
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Strip from today’s edition of Unshelved Somehow, this comic seems to explain all our thoughts when we encounter children in the library without their parents anywhere within the library. What’s worse is if the children have been in the library since the opening hour till the closing hour. And what’s worst is when the parent […]
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- Ignoring our Digital CommunityDavid Lee King feels that we, as librarians, are ignoring our digital patrons. I guess I have to say in some ways we are ignoring our digital patrons. But we, as in MPOW, have slowly embraced the Web 2.0 wave and are making in-roads in reaching out to the digital community […]
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- Secret librarian handshake revealed!Read all about our secret handshake! Think I’ll need to practice with my other colleagues. Sounds a little difficult! (via Library Stuff) - New York Times’ 100 Books of 2007An annual list of the top 100 books out of all the books that have been reviewed in the New York Times. […]
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- Libraries to be ‘new channel’ for direct marketingSeems like some British libraries have decided to allow advertisement inserts to be placed on the first page of books that are loaned out. In theory, the libraries can expect to earn about £10,000 a month if 300,000 inserts are sold. And the marketing company that ‘pioneered’ […]
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- I’m an otterNeil Gaiman’s interview with The Guardian on blogging and him being a bestseller author. If you didn’t know, Neil Gaiman has his own blog, which he shares writing duties occasionally with his daughter, Maddy. - The Librarian Who Loved BooksAn inspiring story for everyone, not only librarians.(via LISNews) - BBC Worldwide buys […]
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- They are community centers, says chief who bans hushing at librariesA new approach to how public libraries are run. The new executive director of Brooklyn Public Library, Dionne Mack-Harvin, has directed that staff do not ‘shush’ the library patrons. Honestly speaking, I don’t think it’s the librarians who need training, but the patrons will […]
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