This last quarter of March was an exciting and busy time for me. I am rushing to put up and update my display boards and windows. It was an exhilarating time getting my mouse clicking and dragging the functions on the Adobe Fireworks. And gotten my adrenaline pumping to its max to prepare all the upcoming display planning and posters done (printed and framed; attached with a sample sketch) before I disappears for my maternity. I've even managed to plan several display themes and posters even for October 2014 (the time when I am supposedly to be back after a 4-month long maternity leave). I can't helped it, my creativity juice was gushing out like a fire hydrant (and I am on the roll). Well, I guess better get it done now rather than wait when I am out of ideas. It would then be so stressful. Furthermore, I would not know if the 'princess' suddenly wants to see the world. It could be tomorrow, or next week or .... (which reminds me that I better pack my hospital bag by tonight along with a very thick book to keep me company).
Nonetheless, below are the 2 displays which I've put up first. The rest of the displays would be updated once the photographs are in. Poet of the Month series: The month of April 2014, we will be featuring a poet, John Agard. Honestly, I simply adore my 'little boy beneath the tree' cut-out. It would be a pity to pull it down and furthermore, I would like to push out and 'move' the poetry collection. Therefore, I've decided to have a series of poet of month theme, highlighting poets from John Agard to Roger McGough to Michael Rosen. This series of poets display would be up and updated bi-monthly till November 2014. Below are some of the poet's books on display;
#currentlyreading #onschoolholiday Photo Competition: It had been quite sometime since the Library organised any contest. I was googling for a libguide maths content when I stumbled on an interesting Pinterest picture from several libraries in the US. Few weeks ago, JM suggested about organising some contest for the Earth Day. Frankly, there wasn't enough time to roll the contest out however, I had given the contest a thorough thought and started working on the #currentlyreading #onschoolholiday Photo Competiton instead. I would like to roll this out just in time before the April half-term break. Just a little something fun for the students to do and to do it with reading during the break. So there, #currentlyreading #onschoolholiday hash tags were born (actually, #currentlyreading hash tag has been around for ages. Therefore the #onschoolholiday hash tag was officially tweeted on 24th March 2014 by @LibraryTTS with the help of Mr Ben Farr.). Publicity had been put up all over the Senior Library, website, iSams and words had been spread to the Senior school English teachers (even to the Headmaster - I'm shameless, yes I am). So now, I just need to go shopping for those exciting prizes. *peace* PS: Now going to put up displays on the Iron Lady & Reviving the Classics series.
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When there is an opportunity available, just go for it.... In this case, the mentioned opportunity was to attend a talk by Dame Lynne Brindley (Master of Pembroke College Oxford). She was a CEO of the British Library from 2000 - 2012 and was from the University of Leed where she was a Pro-Vice-Chancellor. The talk focused on the following:
Throughout the 1-hour talk, she touched on issues such as the changing communications and use of technologies, particularly by children and reflects on the enduring values and purpose of libraries. She also discussed on digital publishing trends and how it affects the future of the physical library. An interesting point she made was about how children of today no longer watch linear TV programme but more towards on-demand contents where you could catch-up on some shows. Another point was also brought up was that a bookless library would be a reality and as a librarian it is up to us to reinvent and recreate the use of library space. With the wide use of technology, not only the libraries have suffered but the publishing houses as well. The trend in the publishing sector showed that there was a rise of sales for ejournals and ebooks. Prints and ebook reader was a declining trend. So if you still have an ebook reader now, make full use of it and cherish the moments together. It might not be around in the distant future. Thus the experience with an ebook reader might be a thing of the past. Though it was a short talk, it packed with valuable insights. which I've brought away. Reference libraries:
Therefore, the role of research libraries and librarians would still be around for another 15 to 20 years. It will take a while for the video to upload from OII. But I've found a friendly link from the YouTube (watch the above). Otherwise, you might want to visit OII to watch other webcasts pertaining to the same topic..
PS: Didn't manage to take any photos - I realised that my camera is fond of making a loud 'clicking sound'. There is no way to switch it off, my bad! Modern slavery is still happening around us and there are more slaves today than in the past. Slavery is not only found in history textbooks or work of fiction, it is a real issue; a serious problem. We have a libguide created for this and you could find out more in this link. I must thank the external parties like Hooi Geek (Attorney General Chambers library), the FB administrators from Emancipasia & Free the Slaves for their valuable pointers and resources. Since our Library has many biographies and true stories on modern slavery, why not have a window display just for that. Below are just some of the titles displayed:
Time just seemed to have passed by rather quickly this month (the fact that we only enjoyed 28 days in February this year). I have to say that it had been a very productive month throughout for me. Getting older, getting bigger and becoming more hungrier all rolled into one, didn't stop me from multi-tasking and juggling tasks efficiently - some people said that it might be because of the raging hormones of pregnancy. Well, it might be true - nonetheless, I felt very accomplished this month with the following tasks:
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Who am I?An autism SAHM. Mommy to #3kiddosunder5. A wife to an adoring husband (a.k.a a Trekkie & a hardcore LOTR fan). Currently taking a break from my full-time job (as a Librarian and maker) to taste the livelihood of a 'tai-tai'. Categories
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