Kevin Hennah did a workshop on “Cultural Weeding” at ISKL in Malaysia Friday, Jan 23. Philip Moon, the high school librarian at OFS, attended and has kindly shared his report…
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New Year update – looking back and forward
If you missed the Dec 10th talk at AISS by Prof. Scott Nicholson on gamification in libraries (see announcement here), then you can get a very good idea of what…
Come learn about Gaming & Gamification in Libraries – from professor Scott Nicholson
We have a short-notice opportunity coming up on Wed, Dec. 10th to hear about the possibilities of gaming in libraries and the gamification of information literacy. Scott Nicholson is an…
Red Dot selected books – looking back and looking forward
I just did a personal blog post on the Red Dot books, trying to highlight ones we considered, but didn’t ultimately choose, because of the devil of the balancing act…
Red Dot 2014-2015 Posters & Stickers ready
Thanks to my very creative library assistant, Ernie, here are some posters for the four categories of the Red Dots, plus some shortlist stickers. Go to the Red Dot Promotional…
There’s a good choice of professional development coming up….
Our Regional PD page just got some updates. 21st Century Learning Conference 2014: Hong Kong, Dec 11-13 The School Librarian Connection 2014: Hong Kong – Renaissance College, Fri/Sat Nov 21-22…
Red Dot 2014-2015 – shortlists announced — as well as process changes….
UPDATE: Website is ready — see reddotawards.com At last! After a lot of reading and online discussion, we have some shortlists. Here are the lists as they stand now —…
Social learning… tonight, next week, and in November…..
Tonight is our monthly social (6pm onwards). The venue — appropriately called “The Library” — is a new one for us. And it does sound interesting. A review of it…
For new members in Singapore….
As promised, relatively easy instructions on how to join our private Google Group — in order to receive notices of upcoming meetings, agendas, queries, etc. As always, don’t hesitate to…
Professional Development for Librarians: looking ahead in this new academic year
Last weekend there was an International Baccalaureate (IBO) Continuum workshop on libraries held at Tanglin Trust School, led by Dianne McKenzie and Gary Green — which several ISLN members attended….