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Rambling Librarian:: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian


FAQs - "About Being a Librarian"

OK, so this isn't really a FAQ.Since I started this blog in 2004, I've received various "being a librarian" type of questions ranging from career opportunities to whether they'd be suitable for a...

Started in Rambling Librarian:: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: librarians, librarianship
Another reason why I think 2009 is the year of "Creative Commons"

From the Creative Commons blog (12 Feb 09):YouTube Tests Download and Creative Commons License OptionsYouTube just made an incredibly exciting announcement: it’s testing an option that gives video...

Started in Rambling Librarian:: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: creative commons
Dating Violence Awareness Week - 7 to 14 Feb 09

To make an informed choice, one has to be aware.From the campaign factsheet that was emailed to me:Who are the victims of dating violence?Anyone can be a victim.Dating violence is not gender-biased...

Started in Rambling Librarian:: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: society
Book: LibWorld - library blogs worldwide

This book was published in Dec 2008.LibWorld - library blogs worldwideby Christian Hauschke, Nadine Ullmann, Sarah LohreDescription:On April, 23rd 2007 a series of postings started on Infobib.de,...

Started in Rambling Librarian:: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: librarians, social media
Dr. Cherian George, on "The future of journalism in a post-newspaper world"

Singaporean academic, journalist, entrepreneurial educator and Thinker, writes an essay on the "Future of Journalism in a post-newspaper world":This essay is an attempt to explore what may lie over...

Started in Rambling Librarian:: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: new media, society
"Barcamp Singapore 3"

Preetam informs me that Barcamp Singapore 3 is this month.Asked if I would be interested in presenting - Creative Commons, Music, and "even library stuff".Date: Saturday, 28 Feb 2009Venue: Ngee Ann...

Started in Rambling Librarian:: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: creativity, creative commons, learning community, barcamp
Growing beautiful with time

[First posted at MyRightBrain]Two passengers on the bus.Both women.One was clearly younger than the other. I could tell from their skin.The younger one appeared in her twenties. Smooth, clear skin...

Started in Rambling Librarian:: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian • 11 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: musings, life, philosophy
Remixed (again): Twilight 2008

Nice of Mongobear to drop me an email, letting me know that he used this sample (from Twilight 2008) in his performance poetry piece.Mongo intends to feature that piece at the IndieFeed Performance...

Started in Rambling Librarian:: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian • 11 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: creative commons, remixed, learning community
“When they don’t have really good results on YouTube, then I use Google”

This post's title came from words uttered by nine year-old Tyler from California, USA.Reading this New York Times article, I wonder how many Singaporean kids are like Tyler. Perhaps we'll be...

Started in Rambling Librarian:: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian • 11 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: librarians, public libraries, future of libraries, role of the library, librarianship
Reading, Libraries and Librarians

Spotted these recent posts in LisNews.org:Librarians in the Scottish community of Edinburgh are being re-styled from "librarians" to "audience development officers".A link to an opinion piece,...

Started in Rambling Librarian:: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian • 11 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: librarians, future of libraries, role of the library, high school, name change
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