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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

潮州粿桃

好友琬珍今天亲手做了很多粿桃送到家里l
但我却有事外出,回到家已过了七点半!肚子虽饿,却不舍得吃!
先拍个照畄念 :

看! 小熊猫也流口水!

Monday, January 26, 2015

We are teaching but are they learning?

If you are doing training or teaching in Library and Information studies, do register for the following seminar:

29 January 2015, 2:00-5:30pm, Li Ka Shing Library, Singapore Management University
Theme: We are teaching but are they learning?

This Information Literacy Seminar will be facilitated and moderated by Judith Peacock, Learning and Study Support (LSS) Coordinator at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Library, Brisbane, Australia.

Come join us to learn, share and discuss about the effectiveness and impact of information literacy, instructional and learning programmes. Are we making a difference on our learners?

How do we know this?

Agenda:

2:00 pm
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Gulcin Cribb (Singapore Management University)
2:15 pm
PechaKucha & IL Stories, Part I
·         Embedded librarianship using blog
Joan Wee (Nanyang Technological University)
·         “There is a will, there is a way!” Sunway College Library & Learning Commons’ story
Ho Wee Fong (Sunway College, Malaysia)
·         The art of thinking - In the brave new world of information literacy
Foo Soo Chin (School of the Arts)
·         Changing a culture: Academic honesty (acknowledging sources) in a 3-18 international school
Jacqui Makselon, Suzanne Parfitt, Celeste Fisher, and Benjamin Farr (Tanglin Trust School)
3:00 pm
Tea Break & Poster Viewing
·         Information literacy for new students in University of Indonesia
Arif Rohman Khakim (University of Indonesia, Indonesia)
·         Value collaboration! Feedback from faculty
Mei Tan and Rajendra Munoo (Singapore Management University)
·         In Action! A photographic exhibition of people and spaces
Redzuan Abdullah and Rajendra Munoo (Singapore Management University)
3:30 pm
PechaKucha & IL Stories, Part II
·         Information literacy experience: Perspectives from Singapore Polytechnic’s Library and School of Business
Lim Xiu Ru and Mila Lim (Singapore Polytechnic)
·         What I learnt from architectural students
Winnifred Wong (National University of Singapore)
·         Co-training as Pro Training: Learn as you teach
Low Jiaxin (Singapore Management University)
·         Introducing NTU Libraries’ outcomes-based learning approach at the Art, Design & Media Library: A case study of implementation
Melissa Man (Yale-NUS College) and V Somasundram (Nanyang Technological University)
·         Information Literacy @ TP: An historical tale
Debby Wegener (Temasek Polytechnic)
4:45 pm
Panel Discussion
5:00 pm
Closing Remarks
Judith Peacock (Queensland University of Technology)
5:15 pm
Tour of Renovated SMU Library (Optional)










SMU Libraries
Email: library@smu.edu.sg
Tel: 6828 0355  

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Life is not a game of Solitaire... it’s dependent upon those who stand beside you

Life is not a game of Solitaire; people depend on one another. 

When one does well, others are lifted. 

When one stumbles, others also are impacted. There are no one-man teams—

either by definition or natural law. 

Success is a cooperative effort; 

it’s dependent upon those who stand beside you.

 ---  Jon M. Huntsman Sr.

Bibliographic Utilities - Trove

Here is the contribution from another course participant, Prabhu Singam:

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National library of Australia catalogue is one of the most useful free bibliographic utilities with more than 400 million books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives records that can be of prodigious help to catalogers.

A simple title search for a resource would illicit an array of results broken down neatly according to the material type.

Comprehensive information about resources including summaries of books can be obtained from the records at trove.

The ubiquitous availability of music scores bibliographic information with the Dewey decimal classification number makes trove one of my personal favorite tool for cataloging as the resources I catalog usually involves a legion of music scores.

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Thanks to Prabhu for his insightful sharing on Bibliographic Utilities - Trove

21 - 22 Jan are assessment days for this module "Support Bibliographic Control", I hereby wishing Prabhu and all the candidates all the best for the coming assessment!


Dexterine Ho Soo Miang

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Unrealistic timelines

There are no unrealistic dreams, just unrealistic timelines.

--- Nido Qubein, president of High Point University

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So, do a big task, with a baby step, one at a time!

Dexterine Ho Soo Miang

Monday, January 12, 2015

“ 新华黍离之伤文学 ” 座谈会

世华文学研创会、书写文学协会联办
“新华黍离之伤文学”座谈会
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日期:2015年1月3日(星期六)

时间:下午2时至5时

地点:新加坡国家图书馆大厦五楼

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世华文学研创会、书写文学协会于1月3日(星期六)联办 “ 新华黍离之伤文学 ” 座谈会

主讲人 : 欧清池博士、伍木及何逸敏

欧清池博士(世华文学研创会秘书、新跃大学中文系讲师)
讲题: 新马黍离之伤文学作品对比研究


何逸敏(世华文学研创会理事、南京大学中文系博士研究生)
讲题: 南大生诗歌中的南大情意结和文化思考


伍木(新加坡亚洲研究学会理事、南洋理工大学中文系博士研究生)
讲题: 牌坊筑我心,众志成明炬——读十四首咏叹南大牌坊的诗词


座谈会主持人 : 杜文贤 (卡夫)



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201513座谈会,欧清池博士先从一个宏观的角度,做一个总论,向大家介绍何谓“黍离之伤”和他的理论基础,接着由何逸敏承接,以一个具有南大生的非南大生的诗歌加以详说,最后伍木则进一步从南大牌坊的诗词深入剖析“黍离之伤”作品的内涵。

三人在国家图书馆,由世华文学研创会、书写文学协会联办的“新华黍离之伤文学”座谈会上与百来位出席者,分享了这些年来研究的心得,让我们仿佛回到历史现场,感受着那早已忘却的沉痛与哀伤。

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欧清池讲题 : “ 新马‘黍离之伤’文学作品对比研究"

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何谓黍离之悲( shǔ lí zhī bēi)

意思指对国家残破,今不如昔的哀叹。也指国破家亡之痛。

《黍离》全文
彼黍离离,彼稷之苗。行迈靡靡,中心摇摇。知我者谓我心忧,不知我者,谓我何求。悠悠苍天,此何人哉。(一章)
彼黍离离,彼稷之穗。行迈靡靡,中心如醉。知我者谓我心忧,不知我者,谓我何求。悠悠苍天,此何人哉。(二章)
彼黍离离,彼稷之实。行迈靡靡,中心如噎。知我者谓我心忧,不知我者,谓我何求。悠悠苍天,此何人哉。(三章)

出处《诗经》“王风”,历来被视为是悲悼故国的代表作,说的是两千多年前的一个夏天,周大夫行役路过镐京,看到埋没在荒草中的旧时宗庙遗址,有感于周室的被颠覆,悲伤而作【黍离】。描述了当一个人看到心中的理想大厦坍塌埋没于苗草中时的难受心情,这首诗两千年来不断被传唱着。以至于人们把发自心底的、失落的悲哀称作‘黍离之悲’。

南宋词人姜夔的《扬州慢•淮左名都》见《白石道人歌曲》。其词序云:“淳熙丙申至日,予过维扬。夜雪初霁,荠麦弥望。入其城则四顾萧条,寒水自碧。暮色渐起,戍角悲吟。予怀怆然,感慨今昔,因自度此曲。千岩老人以为有《黍离》之悲也。”


新华文学“黍离之伤”首先是由欧清池博士提出,后来伍木在此基础上延续成“伤痕文学”论点。接着一批研究新加坡华族文化,华文教育的研究者接连发表论文,围绕这一特殊语境中的文学作品,所谓文学作品中表达了“黍离之伤”的情感,悲切地关注方块字的命运为主要内容的“黍离之伤”之说逐渐成熟成一种学术流派。
(引自何逸敏《时代的黍离之伤——论新加坡诗人卡夫29岁前的诗歌》见《野姜花诗集季刊第九期,台湾爱华出版社,2014年6月,页194》
http://www.writingsingapore.com/?uid-169-action-viewspace-itemid-17252

欧清池博士的重点是梳理黍篱之伤的理论,出现的时代背景,和南洋大学的关闭、语言政策改变的关系。

他在演讲中比较新加坡当代文学作品与马国华文文学在内容特点、精神面貌和表现手法的迥异,并认为“新华当代文坛涌现了充满黍离之伤情思,是新加坡华人对本族文化逐渐消失的哀叹,而马国当代文坛出现错综复杂五味杂陈的情思的作品,却是抵抗马来精英政经文教霸权的愤怒叫喊的表征”。

欧博士说,马来西亚华人犹如是浸在冷水里的青蛙,只要一被加温,就会奋起力争。

新加坡华人则犹如是泡在温水里的青蛙,给了我们无限的想象空间。


如果不是欧清池博士独具慧眼,辛苦钻研,我们也许就不会发现原来建国后,新华文化人在面对文化与语言日渐没落时的哀伤。因为无法力挽狂澜,无能为力,甚至无处安身,最后他们唯有让长期被压抑的苦闷,寄情于文字书写,最终形成了一种“黍离之伤”的文学思潮。

http://www.writingsingapore.com/?uid-169-action-viewspace-itemid-17252

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何逸敏讲题 : “ 南大生诗歌中的南大情意结和文化思考"

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逸敏试图从南大生文学作品诗歌中对南大的情意结的表现,及其对中华文化意涵的思考这两个角度,来剖析南大生对南洋大学的难以割舍的、独特的情意结,从文学与文学文本论出发,演绎南大生诗歌中的内蕴本质与其创作的心理过程。 

何逸敏的评论,《带着时代烙印的诗歌–南大生和“非南大生卡夫的诗歌作品》,重点是评论大时代下一个富有南大生情怀“非南大生"卡夫的诗歌作品,语言政策的改变究竟是如何影响了他的诗歌创作。


如果不是何逸敏努力的书写,引领我们从南大生的诗歌中发现他们的创作不只是一种情绪的宣泄,更是一种对自我身份的肯定。也许我们就无法认识到这些诗歌作品中的深刻内蕴本质与创作的心理过程。
   
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伍木讲题 : “ 牌坊筑我心,众志成明炬"--- 读十四首咏叹南大牌坊的诗词

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他在演讲中以:

陈剑的《哀牌坊----惊闻传言有人蓄意要拆除南大牌坊》(1985年)、

成君的《楼牌?心台》(1985年)、

原甸的《哀牌坊》(1987年)、

杜红的《无名牌坊》(1987年)、

田思《牌坊》(1987年)、

潘正镭的《牌楼》(1987年)、

谷衣的《牌坊》(1996年)、

云惟利的组诗《南园风物》之一《牌坊》(1996年)、

秦林的《牌坊》(2001年)、甘文放的《一座牌坊》(2001年)、

万山的《野露湿牌楼》(2003年)、

长谣的《致无名牌坊》(2005年)、

寒川的《牌坊独语》(2012年)

翁弦尉的《幸福之门》(2012年)为例,

梳理以南大毕业生为主的在不同时期书写和咏叹南大牌坊的诗词的内涵。

如果不是伍木从时间的废墟中废寝忘食地挖掘,重组书写南大牌坊的诗词,弥补了这一段历史的空白,它们也许就会随着坍塌的大厦,永远埋没在云南园的荒草中。


伍木的重点是论析和南大精神标志-南大牌坊有关的南大生的诗歌,以此反映出南大生在南大关闭后内心的真正感受。

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Notes:
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欧清池,风沙雁 , 又署瑶岗,祖籍福建龙溪,生于新加坡。南洋大学文学荣誉学士、日本上智大学比较文化硕士、新加坡国立大学文学硕士和哲学博士。

历任新加坡移民厅助理厅长,新加坡驻日本大使馆参赞,《南洋商报》资料室主任,《联合早报》社会委员、执行级编辑。


现任新跃大学中文系兼任讲师。1990年获美国运通卡新闻奖。

1960年代末开始创作文艺,《新加坡共和国华文文学选集》编委之一,世界华文文学研究创作学会创会人之一兼任秘书,《新世纪学刊》和《新世纪文艺》创刊人之一兼任主编,《新华文学大系》联合总编辑。


著有诗与散文合集《砂砾集》;杂文集《矛盾集》和《文艺絮语集》;散文集《樱花飘落时节》、《哀思集》和《风沙雁文集》;诗集《风沙雁短诗选》;长篇小说《追逐阳光的人》、《遥远的期待》和《梦幻岛纪事》;学术论著《方修及其作品研究》和《新华当代文学史论稿》;政论集《新加坡人眼中的亚洲》。


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何逸敏,新加坡公民,中国北京师范大学文学士和语言文学硕士(获杰出论文奖),中国南京大学博士研究生,主要研究新马华文文学。

曾留学美国哥伦比亚大学教师研究生学院。考获专业师资文凭并任该学院刊物总编辑,兼任美国华硕教育集团中文学校副校长

曾任报社杂志记者、国际学校中文与绘画教师,《新加坡文艺》和《新世纪文艺》杂志的文字与美术编辑,畅销书《企业家》丛书副主编。世界华文文学研究创作学会、新加坡作家协会、新加坡文艺协会和南洋学会会员,并参与世界华文文学研究创作学会主导的《新华文学大系》丛书《诗歌集》和《散文集》的编委工作。 

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伍木 ,原名张森林,祖籍福建泉州晋江。 1961年生于新加坡。

1979年南洋初级学院毕业,2007年北京师范大学文学学士(新加坡班金牌奖)2011年新加坡国立大学文学硕士,现为南洋理工大学中文系博士研究生。

曾获金狮奖散文组优胜奖、金狮奖诗歌组佳作奖、新加坡全国宗乡奖散文组优胜奖、亚细安扶轮青年文学奖(微型小说)佳作奖、亚细安青年微型小说奖创作大赛优胜奖、国际华文散文创作比赛优胜奖、“畅游神州”旅游征文大赛一等奖。

著有散文集《无弦月》,诗集《十灭》、《等待西安》和《伍木短诗选》,诗与微型小说合集《登泰山赋》,文学评论集《火浴的族类》等。主编《新华文学大系•短篇小说集》(2013年)和《新华文学大系•诗歌集》(2014年)。

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杜文贤 (卡夫) 

http://www.writingsingapore.com/?uid-169-action-viewpro-showpro-1  

  • E-mail: toh_mun_yeen@moe.edu.sg
  • 出生年: 1960
  • 职业: 教育/培训
  • 教育水平: 本科/学士
  • 毕业学校: 新加坡国立大学
  • 单位地址: 教育部
  • 职业头衔: 专家教授/老师 

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出席者中有不少年轻学者和诗人:
陈志锐是其中一位,
诗人周德成是另外一位,草根书室老板之一林韦地医生也在。
新加坡文艺协会会长成君和陈剑, 甘文放老先生, 南子老师也出现在会场。

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Q&A:

丁云问所谓伤痕文学,究竟是“伤”在哪里?这是一个引人深思的问题。

张挥在发言时,提出一个新看法,应该先是伤痕文学的书写,后来才逐渐演变成黍离之伤文学。


一位在当年因为没有出路,而留学外国,攻读图书馆学的南大生现身说法,南大生需要自力更生,自强不息,方不会被人瞧不起! 舒敏




Original sources of info : 

* 书写文学 shared 辛羽's post  
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=773867616029666&id=430048410411590

* 黄涓/文, 联合早报 (2014/12/30) 副刊, page 9
http://news.chilin.hk/sg/index.php?date=20141230&job=body&path=L25ld3MvZnVrYW4vc3RvcnkyMDE0MTIzMC00Mjk1MzE%3D&page=9 

卡夫 温水中的青蛙
-  新华黍离之伤文学座谈会速写
http://www.writingsingapore.com/?uid-169-action-viewspace-itemid-17252

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何舒敏 整理
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2015.1.12  

Saturday, January 10, 2015

Z39.50

The LAS WSQ "Support Bibliographic Control" module, Jan 6-8 just ended, and I am glad that all the 15 trainees were active participants. We have great information sharing sessions in this three days of "Support Bibliographic Control" course.

With all the sharing of participants, the course not only enrich the knowledge of trainees, but also that of the trainers like me.

I just want to highlight the contribution of Ms Elaine Fong, Teacher Librarian on Z39.50.  Here is her email sharing:

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Here's my blurb for your blog. 

We use Z39.50 as it is a reliable source of MARC records from the British Library for UK books.
Since we use Alliance Plus and Destiny from Follett , which are American, this is a good compliment for English language sources that are not from the US. 
From our cataloging class, I also learned about Trove from Prabhu from SOTA which will be useful for Australian sources. 
It is very reliable as the records come from the National Library of Australia. 

With these three sources, we should have English language books covered comprehensively from around the world. 

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Thanks to the sharing from Elaine on Z39.50 as a reliable source of MARC records from the British Library for UK books! 
Prabhu (from SOTA Library) sharing on reliable sources of MARC records from Trove will be useful for Australian sources. Hope to receive more detail from him via email soon!
To all the participants, have a good break and rest well during the week end!

See you on 21 or 22 Jan 2015 for assessment!  

All the best!

Dexterine Ho Soo Miang

Wednesday, January 07, 2015

M3 Bib Control: Activity

M3 Bib Control: Activity 14

7 Jan 2015, LG page 121.

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Discuss in your group and pool your answers to the questions based on the info from the websites, the FAQ and the LG.

Websites: 

http://www.syndetics.com/
Locate its FAQ.
http://proquest.syndetics.com/Marketing/Detail/Faqs

http://support.proquest.com/bowker
Spend 10-15 mins on activities in your group

M3 Bib Control: Activity

M3 Bib Control: Activity 11
7 Jan 2015, LG page 105 

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Learning Activity 11:
Local applications and practices in cataloguing standards
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For example:

Library system(s): Sirsi Dynix, CARL, Aleph, … etc.

Bibliographic utilities used: OCLC, SILAS, others…., etc.

Tasks done in Cataloguing: 


1. Assign Accession Nos., Barcode, etc. to individual items for Inventory Control
2. Search for records in bibliographic utilities (SILAS or OCLC)
3. Download or import records especially near match for DVDs. Reference materials, audio materials, etc.
4. Capture exact records
5. Edit records – MARC tags and fixed fields (like material types)
6. Assign Location codes for lending, reference, media, etc.

Happiness

Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.

--- Dr. Benjamin Spock

Tuesday, January 06, 2015

Gift Wrapping Ideas 《晨光第一线》之玩物壮志:创意环保包装礼物 - 8频道新闻及时事节目

Hope the ideas I shared with the audience this morning on 9 am news, Channel 8 on Gift Wrapping are useful to those who need to wrap presents for the coming festive season!

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花心思包装礼物,将满满的诚意送给对方,今天的《玩物壮志》请来一位包装达人,与您分享礼物包装的心得,还有圣诞节的包装点子,包括用布料包装礼物,既精美又环保。



《晨光第一线》之玩物壮志:创意环保包装礼物 - 8频道新闻及时事节目

Hobby Gift wrapping: green and creative ideas, Broadcast on 9.00am morning news , Channel 8, Dec 12, 2014.

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Hope you like it.

Below the main clip, on the same Web page, there are 3 more video links not broadcast this morning! The video clips are quite detailed in showing all kinds of objects I used to demo the gift wrapping! I THOUGHT it was cut after filming and not used since it was not shown on this morning news!
 

Unlike paper wrappers which can be torn after the present is opened, soft cloth or scarf as wrapping material can be reused.  Here is a simple way of using a scarf to wrap  a square shaped present!
 


Unlike paper wrappers which can be torn after the present is opened, soft cloth or scarf as wrapping material can be reused.  Here is a simple way of using a scarf to wrap a square shaped present!

今天的《玩物壮志》请到“包装达人”舒敏,在圣诞节来临之际,为您提供一些包装点子。第三弹教您包装方形包裹。


Wrapping wine is made easy if you use a square-shape wrapper. Just pull the four corners up, tidy up the fold, and turn all the folds in one circular direction.  Add a bow to secure it, and no tape is required.  With this method, the wrapper can be re-used and still look new all the time!

今天的《玩物壮志》请到“包装达人”舒敏,在圣诞节来临之际,为您提供一些包装点子。第二弹教您包装瓶装酒。



Wrapping a soft toy is not that difficult, if you create a bag using wrapper!  Look at the video, and see how to transform a bag to a blouse.

今天的《玩物壮志》请到“包装达人”舒敏,在圣诞节来临之际,为您提供一些包装点子。第一弹教您包装形状不规则的毛绒玩具。

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This blog entry was originally posted on 17 Dec 2014.
Revised on 7 Jan 2015.

何舒敏
Dexterine Ho Soo Miang
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My Pinterst boards on gift wrapping ideas

For readers of this blog who are looking for gift wrapping ideas, the "Gift Wrapping Ideas 500" and "Gift Wrapping Ideas 1000" pin boards collected and collated by me via Pinterest may help you.

All the pins I added to the boards are not my own works, but collected from various sources.

Pinterest allow me to do scratch books e-way.  It is an easy "application" which allow me to to hold photos, videos or links I likes, based on the topics of my interests.

Unlike physical scratch books, you do not keep your Pinterest board in your own closet.  

Pinterest allows you to broadcast your organized boards and share them with like minded all over the world.

With sharing via internet "broadcasting", you help others to generate creative ideas.

At the same time, Pinterest board of other collectors, let you read ideas on the topics in return. 

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If you have time and interest, start a board using Pinterest, and I am sure that with all the ideas you collect and apply on the topic, your life expands, and your interest will grow into a different height! 

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Welcome to my Pinterest Boards:

View the pictures and visit the links of the following, you can get a lot of creative and innovative ideas free from these sites:

https://www.pinterest.com/dexterine/boards/ 

https://www.pinterest.com/dexterine/gift-wrapping-ideas-1-to-128/

Remember, Pinterest is a free service and you may like to explore and learn to pin something and share with other!

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Beside two gift wrapping ideas on Pinterest, I have over 20 boards on other hobby craft that I used to applied in library display etc...


https://www.pinterest.com/dexterine/boards/ 

Hope you be the visitors of my Pinterest boards!  

Dexterine Ho Soo Miang

Learning Activity 9: International Cataloguing Classification Scheme -DDC

On Page 63 of LG for Support Bib Control:

Learning Activity 9: International Cataloguing Classification Scheme -DDC

The valid links are:

Summaries: DDC (Dewey Decimal Classification)
Published by
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
Dublin, Ohio, 2003
The three summaries are reprinted from Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index,
Edition 22 (DDC 22).
https://oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/dewey/resources/summaries/deweysummaries.pdf

NLB OPAC:
http://catalogue.nlb.gov.sg

Card Catalogue

I used card catalogue in 1980's when I started my librarianship journey, at Cataloguing Dept, Institute of Education Library in Aug 1982.

My first task was checking the filing of card catalogue.  Title/Author entries were interfilded, subject heading is on its own.  Call number card and shelf list were the two that I used to confuse myself. 

Checking of filing manually was time consuming and taxing to the eyes.  I still remembered that I had a hard time looking at the A to Z filing and trying to following the filing rules of Word-by-Word (not letter-by-letter).

Standing at the card catalogue for two hours in one run, doing correction and explaining to support staff on how filing rules should be applied was not an easy task for a new cataloguer like me.

One of the day in the first month, I finished work at 5 pm and was exhausted, after heading home and have dinner, I rested on bed at 7pm, without shower.

I woke up at 7 am the next morning and realised that I slept for 12 hours.  I was late for work and have to rush for public transport and managed to report to IE library at 8.30am. I did not have breakfast that day and my mind was spinning before morning tea break.

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The Author/Title, Subject, Call Number and Shelf List card catalogue in IE Library then were made in metal.  They were all in gray colour.

There were some wooden card catalogue used for specially collection, like Thesis and IE publications etc... 

Nowaday, it is hard to find any library with the wooden catalogue cabinets in Singapore.

If your library do have a sample  of card catalogue and the catalogue cabinets, do keep it and it will be your institution's heritage collection.

If you have photograph of the old catalogue cabinet, and would like to let me share through this blog, just email me:

dexterine@yahoo.com
or
smho@e.ntu.edu.sg


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Here is what I found in Wikepidia:

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Library catalog
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



The card catalog at Yale University's Sterling Memorial Library is hardly used, but adds to the austere atmosphere.

Another view of the SML card catalog
A library catalog (or library catalogue) is a register of all bibliographic items found in a library or group of libraries, such as a network of libraries at several locations. A bibliographic item can be any information entity (e.g., books, computer files, graphics, realia, cartographic materials, etc.) that is considered library material (e.g., a single novel in an anthology), or a group of library materials (e.g., a trilogy), or linked from the catalog (e.g., a webpage) as far as it is relevant to the catalog and to the users (patrons) of the library.

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Source of information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_catalog

Originally posted on 5 April 2012, revised and updated on 6 Jan 2015.

Dexterine Ho Soo Miang

Monday, January 05, 2015

Compromise

Compromise:  The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody
believes he got the biggest piece.

--- Sherry Rothfield

If you wish abundance...

There cannot be a sense of abundance or the experience of prosperity without appreciation.   

You cannot find beauty unless you appreciate beauty.  

You cannot find friendship unless you appreciate others.   

You cannot find love unless you appreciate loving and being loved.  

If you wish abundance, appreciate life.

 ---  William R. Miller

Saturday, January 03, 2015

Silent about things

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

---Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) American Civil Rights Leader

Friday, January 02, 2015

LAS WSQ Schedule 2015

The current training Schedule 2015 for LAS WSQ course leading to "Higher Certification in Library and Information Services" can be accessed via:

http://www.las.org.sg/wp/training-development/for-support-staff/

Over the past few years, LAS has participated in the development of Library and Information Industry competency standards as  part of the mapping of Singapore Creative Industries under the Workforce Skills Qualification (WSQ) initatives of the Workforce Development Authority (WDA).

LAS WSQ Level 2 Courses

LAS is the Approved Training Organisation (ATO) by WDA and offers the following five WSQ Level 2 Courses:
These courses will be useful for
  • Individuals who have been working as support staff in library and information organisations but have yet to acquire formal library and information qualifications
  • Individuals who are seeking qualification to enter library and information organisations as support staff
The above courses are trained by experienced professional Librarians from various library institutions in Singapore who have also completed the WDA approved Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA), which is a pre-requisite for those who wish to develop, train and assess the programmes in the WSQ framework.

Candidates who are assessed as competent will receive a Statement of Attainment issued by WDA and LAS.

For candidates that have successfully completed all 5 programmes will be eligible to receive a WDA Higher Certificate in Library and Information Services (HCLIS).


Current schedule: 2015

Past schedule:       2014 | 2013 | 2012


Terms & Conditions for our courses
 

e-Certs for LAS WSQ Courses
Starting from 3 November 2014, electronic certificates (e-Certs) will be issued to trainees who have attended and attained competency in Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) training modules or have attained full WSQ qualifications. This will replace the current hardcopy certificate issuance process.

Details can be found here

Source of information:
www.las.org.sg

Thursday, January 01, 2015

Wholeheartedly...

Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly,
one-directionally, without regret or reservation.

--- William H. Sheldon