Someplace for me to put my thoughts on libraries, librarians, library 2.0 and books
From the category archives:
- 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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YouTube Text Link Another wonderful video by the team at The Common Craft Show on the use of online photo sharing sites such as Flickr and Zooomr. Happy watching and hope to see more of your photos on online photo sharing sites.
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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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- 36 Bajrang Dal activists held for razing libraryA library was demolished in the town of Mamdapur in India over a book. The activists were angry that the library had a copy of a book that contained objectionable references against Lord Rama. The situation was so severe that police had to fire into the air […]
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- What’s new in Library 2.0? Shift in power.Kathryn has written post about what she thinks is the ‘new’ in new media. Interesting! I think I might be able to use her ideas in explaining to my colleagues what new media is all about when I’m conducting the training for new media literacy. - Under […]
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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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- 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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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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