Saturday, January 29, 2011

美好週末

美麗的早晨

被愛人叫醒,再睡著,在被朋友的電話叫醒
腦中響起陳綺貞<躺在我的衣櫃>

想起昨夜你燦爛的微笑,叫我不要把你的小秘密說出去

邊聽歌,邊期待,期待今天和好朋友出去走走

美好週末

Friday, January 07, 2011

consolidating eye balls & reaching out!

hmm.. if i m not a librarian, i probably wont visit this site, though it's actually very resourceful and interesting for readers

NLB Blogs

And, i understand why they're several blogs created, it's to categorise info and to target diff demographic group. YET, eye balls/visitorships is thus divided. can we do sth like what xinmsn is doing? put every current, up-t0-date, popular info in one site for easy access and also to consolidate all the eye balls. Then, a teenager is exposed to what adults are reading as well? What're the pros and cons behind putting everything in one site?

GoLibrary is another good site which list all the events held by NLB. there are talks, leisure activities, workshops, exhibitions, concerts, and many more. BUT whoelse will visit this site if not a library user? Thus, there will be many good events that's being missed as the publicity just never reach the people who really want to be there? Shall we PROACTIVELY promote what we have at relevant forums? Sites? Platforms?

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

心得.笔记

my 3rd day of working as a librarian

few things to jote down
1. the naming of nlb youtube videos is problematic. it should be more "apple-ish", meaning more direct, focused, more enticing which arouse curiosity. "speach by XYZ, song by ABC" doesnt work at all, this will bury good content.

2. J mentioned that there are many numbers, such as total of Book Loans, Queries, and Visitors, which as librarians, we are accounted for. We have to meet target of X amount of each every financial year. Hmm, well, it seems like that there's no way i can escape this fate. Yet, i hope to always remember that behind every number there is a lovely story of someone meeting a book for his/her soul. - just like my dear student who was killed in a fire, which emotionally affected me and my students so much would eventually become a number in some reports.

3. I was asking if i can set up 'book display' on the religion Muslim during ramadan, the answer i got was not advisable as it's sensitive. Yet i dont agree with it as this is to promote mutual understanding and not vilifying any org or institution.

Last, i hope to keep myself as a very approachable person, with energy, and really create meaningful activities on reading for the people out there.