INNO HANDS-ON

INNO HANDS-ON
Business Registration No. 52903124L

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Blk 81, Tiong Poh Road, #01-47
Singapore 160081
Tel: 9660 4692 (hp)
Fax: 6220 8387
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INNO HANDS-ON, a business name registered under Registry of Company and Business, Singapore from September 1999 to Sept 2014.

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What is INNO stand for?

INNO = INNOvative or INNOvation

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What is the philosophy behind INNO HANDS-ON?

"Tell me, and I'll forget. Show me, and I'll remember. Involve me, and I'll learn."

-- Marla Jones


Hence, our believe is:

INNOvative HANDS-ON, INNOvative minds-on.

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What is the main objective of the workshop run by INNO HANDS-ON ?

Unleashed your innovative ideas through INNOvative HANDS-ON!

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For more information about courses formally offered through INNO HANDS-ON

Contact : Ms Dexterine Ho Soo Miang

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

HP: 9660 4692 

她的故事

阿兰娜: 她的故事

 

http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/yongyala/article?mid=1036&next=1035&l=d&fid=16

 

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七十年代末，本地到英国留学的大学生不多见，出身华校的女生，单枪匹马自费到威尔斯大学攻读图书馆管理的更是异类，而我正是那少数的异类。

荣誉班毕业的我最想当个老师；站在黑板前给孩子们讲课是我的理想。可惜那时候华文人才不受重视，我们这批华校生在大学期间面临上课用英语为媒介语教学的挑战，毕业后又面对失业的困境。那时的师资训练学院根本没有开办以华文为教学媒介语的课程，我的理想破灭了，加入图书馆管理员的队伍成

了我那时最好的选择。

走出国门到威尔斯大学留学开阔了我的视野，早我两年修读同个课程的学长让我体会到人间的温情。那时用英语学习的枯燥学科，学长们不吝于分享，离开时都分别把自己的笔记和相关资料代代相传。夜深人静，轻抚那画满了红蓝相间印记的笔记，仿佛听到学长们的心得分享，很快便茅塞顿开，读书、考试多了一些自信和安慰。就连住宿的地方，两个学长都是把最实用的物品像杯盘碗碟、暖气炉、桌椅等都留给下一个初到异乡的客人。这种举动让接棒的人倍感温暖。

人的一生起伏跌宕。有幸遇到的好人好事，让我们在黑暗中看到了曙光，一路走来的艰辛，很快就会被遗忘或者冲淡。我感恩这段美好的人生经历。

http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/yongyala/article?mid=1036&next=1035&l=d&fid=16

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她的故事，她遇到的好人好事，一如我出身华校，八十年代到威尔斯大学，攻读图书馆管理的选择...

 

INNO HANDS-ON and Dexterine Ho

Inno Hands-on is a registered business name with the Registrar of Company Singapore since September 1999 and it is also a registered vendor under Vendors@gov. For government ministry/department and schools under Ministry of Education, e-Invoicing is used currently. Other methods of issuing official invoice, like in PDF or in paper copy are done at the request of the organisation.

INNO HANDS-ON is a short form for  "INNOvative HANDS-ON", as I believe in "INNOvative HANDS-ON, INNOvative minds-on"

innoworkshop.blogspot.com or innoworkshop.blogspot.sg is the official blog which announce courses INNO HANDS-ON offers. 

Currently INNO HANDS-ON offers workshop for schools and organisations interested in works related to:


Library Displays
Reading display
School display 
School open house 
Workshop for Librarians
Workshop for students
Workshop for teachers 

Festive Gift Wrapping and other courses
Gift wrapping
Flower making
Green ideas 
Greeting cards

Etc...

Last Dec, a few courses was run at various sites.  Being engaged by the management company of the mall, I enjoyed the sharing of my Gift Wrapping ideas at the Learning Corner at Jurong Point on 8 Dec.

It was a 2 hours workshop and I manage to cover a fair bit of my ideas on Christmas gift wrapping.

Course outline of Christmas Gift Wrapping Workshop:

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*How to wrap gift in box shape: hands-on

*How to dress up your wine bottle: demo

*How to wrap soft toys or soft items without using boxes: hands-on

*How to make ribbon bows to enhance your gift wrapping: hands-on

*How to design gift wrapping that can be recycled and keep the world green

Photo reference and other notes:

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1. http://innoworkshop.blogspot.sg/2012/01/festive-gift-wrapping-couse-2-hours.html
(Wine bottle wrapping: Demo only)

(Box shape wrapping, with ribbon bow: hands-on)

2. http://innoworkshop.blogspot.sg/2008/12/gift-wrapping-for-seasons.html

(Second photo: wrap soft toys or soft items

How to make a gift bag with creative collar design for Lady or Gentleman (Adult’s present) and Boy or Girl (Kid’s present).

3. Introduce some “Green” ideas on recycling the gift wrapping in the designs and show the way how easy is to go green in Gift Wrapping.

Being the trainer/lecturer for the courses listed above and was asked by many participants on my background etc, now I just do some update on"Dexterine Ho" under the INNO HANDS-ON blog page at: http://innoworkshop.blogspot.sg/
From this month onward, I will update pages on course and if you have course you like me to design and make it available, just email me.

Some new photos is now added to "About Dexterine Ho" at:
http://innoworkshop.blogspot.sg/2012/02/about-dexterine-ho.html

other new photos and post will follow...

Have a happy new year!

Happy reading too...


Dexterine Ho Soo Miang

My Christmas Memories

Dad was a staff in Singapore Polytechnic, and all of us kids were invited to a Christmas Eve Party every year.

During my childhood (before I entered secondary school), I like and look forward to Christmas every year. It was a day filled with fun and joy. That was also the only day I can enjoy many cartoons in one run and eat many types of candies, cakes and chocolates at the full day Christmas party organised by the Staff Welfare Club or Association.

Singapore Polytechnic was the only polytechnic I knew when I was in primary school, and we could only follow our Dad there on Christmas Eve. The whole family went together, and enjoyed good food and entertaining programmes all day long. In addition, we were given colourful balloons and wonderful presents to bring home.

The highlight of the day was the present-giving time. Santa Claus in white and red, wearing a warm smile, gave us presents one by one. We lined up and were very obedient in this present-giving parade. Unfortunately, we were not rich enough to own a camera. I do not remember having any personal photos taken on Christmas Eve with Santa Claus at the Poly. Yet the Christmas pictures in my memory are so clear that it could have happened yesterday!

Santa Claus is always a round-faced Westerner with a white beard! I have never seen one Chinese Santa Claus when I was a kid, and it matches what is found in the story book illustration pages. So, I believed Santa Claus is from the West, and it is only white Westerners who are qualified to dress and act like one. I will see this group of Santa Claus as the real ones. The Chinese ones I see in  the later part of my life, cannot be the real one in my mind! I am not kidding, I mean it!

That is perhaps the result of colonisation, or just the fact that the Staff Recreation Club at Singapore Polytechnic make it a point to have the role of Santa Claus acted by overseas senior or teacher staff. 

Many of us take it for granted that a Westerner will be chosen to play Santa Claus. I as a kid, just take what I see as real and undeniable!

Visit to John Wiley & Sons Singapore

As I had promised Ms Quek Tze Guek, Senior Librarian/Asset Management from NUS Libraries who was the co-ordinator of the visit to pen down my thoughts, I think it is good to have it written now with some photographs extracted from the LAS Facebook album.

Mike Fenton, VP and Director of Global Operations, Executive Director 
gave an overview of the company

 

Dexterine Ho and LAS group listen with interest on John Wiley Europe and John Wiley Asia deal with issues related to the Privacy Act of Internet Data.

LAS group re-entering the reception area.

LAS members engaged in a discussion with Mr David Fisher, Director, Sales and Marketing, Asia.

Photos credits: Courtesy of Library Association of Singapore (LAS)

Source: LAS Facebook Album

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Our visit to John Wiley & Sons Singapore in the month of October was organised by the Programmes and Social Committee, LAS. The details were as follows:

John Wiley & Sons Singapore

1 Fusionopolis Walk

#07-01 Solaris South Tower
Singapore 138628.

Date of visit: 31 Oct 2012 (Wednesday)

Time: 2.45 to 5.30pm

Programme:

2.45pm  to 3.00pm -

Access via level 1, main lobby for security check, then proceed to level 7 for attendance to be taken by LAS representative.

3.00pm to 5.00pm -

Presentation by Wiley staff and walk around office
Content covered: Introduction of Wiley, Wiley's role in publishing, education and research.

5.00pm to 5.30pm
Quiz and "High Tea"

Our registration started in early October via 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGg0QmNmekVqaHFlRjUxZWpxVXQ2RXc6MQ#gid=0

Maximum no. of participants: 25

Non-LAS members were welcomed, however, priority was allocated to LAS members. From the actual number of participants which was close to the maximum number of 25, I think there was overwhelming response at the time of registration and latecomers probably had to be turned down to keep the number manageable. If LAS is holding a second visit to the same site, I would strongly recommend those who missed the first visit to sign up for it.
How to get there:

Maps for directions to Wiley:

http://gothere.sg/maps#q:1%20Fusionopolis%20Walk

http://media.wiley.com/assets/3206/62/Solaris_Map.pdf

Details were given so it was not hard to locate the site, although there was heavy rain that afternoon, not many participants were late.

The car park rate for Fusionopolis (by sgcarmart) was also provided for members who drive:

Mondays to Fridays: $0.50/30min from 6am to 6pm.

 

A reasonable rate indeed!
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An Overview

The visit to John Wiley & Sons Singapore provided me with valuable insights. I gained a lot of from the briefing, guided tour and the interaction with the Wiley staff on site.

I am grateful to many staff of John Wiley & Sons Singapore, who spared their afternoon hours to share with us their in-depth knowledge of book publishing.

They are:

Mr Mike Fenton

VP, Director of Global Operations, STMS & Executive Director,

John Wiley & Sons Singapore

Mr David Fisher

Director, Sales and Marketing, Asia

Ms Ho Sze Ein

Marketing Manager

Professional & Development

Mr Trevor Armstrong

General Manager

Global Education

Mr Thecla Teo

Director, Global Institutional Marketing

Scientific Technical Medical and Scholarly 

John Wiley & Sons Singapore occupy three floors in Solaris South Tower. I like the reception area where we can read about the long history of the company.

It was a raining day, I was a bit late yet most of the participants was there before me.

I think I had never see so many staff briefing visitors in any of my LAS visits.  That was warm hospitality and unique welcoming way from John Wiley. I think they were about 8-10 of them supporting the two briefing sessions, one before the tour, one after it. 

The tour of the new office premise over 3 floors of the Tower took about 30 minutes.

Most of the LAS participants enjoyed the talks by Mr Mike Fenton (VP & Director of Global Operations) and Mr David Fisher (out-going Director, Sales and Marketing for Asia) about Wiley’s publishing role in Asia and Singapore.

I like the last talk on Wiley's marketing strategies and we are able to meet many of the staff who were in charge of different division.

Throughout the two sessions, there were the representatives from Professional & Development, Global Education and Scientific Technical Medical and Scholarly division to support the various speakers.

The last part of the afternoon was Q & A, and we asked many questions to clear our doubts and issues on publishing pertaining to copyright laws, customer surveys, e-books, etc.

We were all very impressed by the detailed answers Wiley staff given us. The visit end with some quiz and I was being lucky to be one of the three sporting librarians who bagged a token for answering correctly during quiz time.

The question I answered is:
Q: What is the first Title of John Wiley Dummies Guide
A: DOS for Dummies

Though, the event ran slightly beyond the scheduled hour, many of us still stayed on for informal chats with Wiley staff during the networking session.

Some additional notes:

This was my first visit to a book trade company.  I think LAS  Programme Committee would be encouraged by the reception of our host and response of participants which made this event a memorable and successful one!

For those who did not have a chance to visit this time, the web links may give you some information:

Wiley Empowers Teaching and Learning

Offering quality, variety, and value to serve all learners

 

http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/

Resources for Librarians:

http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-404513.html

Some Highlights of the office tour:

Being a knowledge creation company, John Wiley's office is extremely quiet. When we toured the three floors, we hardly have a chance to talk or interact with any staff in the first ten minutes.

Toward the end of the office tour, we were fortunate to have a Q & A session with the marketing manager and gained some insights into Wiley's marketing operations. The cheerful marketing manager gave us a detailed narration of how John Wiley Europe and John Wiley Asia deal with issues related to the Privacy Act of Internet Data.

In Europe, in order to comply with the law in European countries, all the email alerting services are opted-in by customers. In Asia, most are opt-out. Databases of customers' preferences are kept individually in different regions/countries and global communication is still not at the touch of one screen. It is de-centralised and keeping up with changes and updating of databases in each country is not an easy job for marketing staff.

Following the tour, we have another presentation session in the seminar room by Wiley staff. Content covered included: Introduction to Wiley, Wiley's role in publishing, education and research.

The information in the presentation gave us a better understanding of the wide subject coverage of John Wiley's publications in Printed and E-format etc and how John Wiley satisfies customers all over the world.

My reflections after this visit:

* I see John Wiley as a great "manufacturer" of knowledge, and myself, an ex-librarian, a trainer and assessor now (LAS/WDA courses for support staff of the libraries), as a minor knowledge cataloguer and secondary knowledge disseminator.

* We, librarians or lecturers/trainers/assessors, play a minor role in the knowledge chain. John Wiley & Sons Singapore, or the publishing industry at large, are shouldering the main tasks of knowledge collection, knowledge creation, knowledge packaging and knowledge distribution.

* A librarian's role in disseminating knowledge is not at the first tier, and sometimes, not even at the second tier. Nevertheless, being a professionally trained librarian, the significance of our job in the world of learned institutions and the world of knowledge is well recognised by the readers and users we serve. On the other hand, publishers' work and contributions may not be recognised as they are seen as a profit-making commercial entity.

* Many of us view publishers as commercial entities, generating profit through publishing, and so treat them as library "suppliers". A win/lose game is played when we negotiate with publishers for better discounts or good rates for journal subscriptions.

* To librarians, publishers charge a lot for journal subscriptions and academic publications and librarians have a difficult time balancing collection development and the library budget.

* With this visit, my mindset has shifted a bit and now I will view the relationship from a different angle. As I gain some insight into publishing work, I can understand publishers really need well- trained professionals to get the job done. Most of the staff they engage are qualified professionals, and the job is not easy to handle, from a librarian's perspective.

* We think books and journals should be made more affordable and accessible for the library and the readers. Yet, nothing good comes cheap...

* If librarians who perform a relatively minor task of disseminating knowledge are getting good and reasonable returns in salary, publishers need to pay editors, contents management groups etc who go through difficult tasks, a handsome remuneration package.

* John Wiley, and many other publishers, need to justify their expenses, rewarding their staff and keeping their business going. Hence, the publications, especially good academic ones will not be low in pricing. Even publishing e-books is not a low-cost operation.

* Being a reference librarian for many years before I took the teaching and training path, my work is just a small inter-link in the world of knowledge chain. It is not as significant as the role of the publisher.

* If there were no publishers who publish books and "can" all the knowledge in the printed or e-format, we have nothing convenient to bridge the knowledge gap and serve our readers. We are a go-between, and have no role to play if there are no knowledge products created by publishers.

* The publishing industry anchors their role in knowledge creation. Without their hard work in sourcing for good authors, getting good manuscripts, editing good content and publishing books at affordable or not so affordable prices, knowledge is not easily accessible.

* John Wiley & Sons Singapore, is a giant in the publishing industry and I view my role, be it as a Cataloguer, Serials Librarian, Reference Librarian or Lecturer in Poly/NIE or Trainer/Assessor for LAS WDA courses, as a small cog in the knowledge world.

My notes at the end:

This is the first time for LAS members to visit an internationally renowed publisher and book trade company.  The organizing committee was encouraged by the response of the member and the keen interest shown by members in this visit.

Cheers to our host too, for making this event possible and successful!

A big "THANKS" to all the staff of John Wiley, who made an efforts to be with us throughout the whole afternoon!  Their general sharing and enrich our understanding on book publication and distribution. Their warm reception made our visit a memorable one and now when we think of John Wiley, we think of them in person, and not just a commerial brand name!

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This activity is eligible for Professional Development Scheme (PDS)
Points:
This activity attracts 36 points under the Industry Knowledge
Development (ID) category - "Participate in product/services briefing
and demonstrations by vendor organised or approved by LAS"

Passing the baton at Aberystwyth: 100-word story

On 4 June 2012, Ms Shirley Khew, wrote me an email and told me that she is volunteering at LAS for the IFLA 2013. One of their projects is to publish about "Librarians in Singapore". 

Her job is to contact librarians who are not in the mainstream libraries, but still in the library community providing support in one way or another.

She gave me some ideas on what to contribute, and attached the following template "Your contribution" as a guide:

Personal details -  Name (as you are known in the library community), Contact email. Library related qualification, year, institution.

Duration of service and associated organisations you have worked in or are working in.

Brief overview of career in relation to the library industry.

Most memorable/significant/impactful events – e.g. first big project, first big break, etc.

What would you do again/do differently if you had an opportunity to do so?

Some thoughts on the future of librarians and libraries in Singapore

  

In my write-up, I may provide anything else I think is relevant.  Photographs or news articles about anything related to the write out are also welcome. 

She also suggested interviewing me via Skype and recording the it as a movie clip.  As I thought I did not have anything significant to say about my library career at that moment, I just shelved the invitation for a while.

The first deadline given was end of June, and I had it extended till months later. Yet, nothing happened till the second week of October as I found it too hard to use the template to organise my thoughts.

Perhaps it was too organised and being in Doc format, it is linear, and I find it difficult to view and link my library experience that way...

Now, I finally produced a 500+ word story with the help of Mr Yit Chin Chuan, who initiated the following first "100-word story" on 11 Oct 2012, a few hours after we had tea at the end of the NLB Professional Talk by Director, Library of Alexandria on "The rebirth of the Library of Alexandria & the future of libraries".

I think the professional talk by Dr Ismail Serageldin, Director, Library of Alexandria, was so inspiring that I saw the meaning in recording personal memories of the past decades. This trigger on that spur of moment suddenly kick-started my thoughts on how to create the first few lines of my library memory...

Lin Mui, my former classmate, was there among many librarians who stayed back for tea after the talk and we started to share our common journey in librarianship with Mr Yit. With that 15- 20 mins conversational content, the quick-working Yit produced the following 100 word story in an email at 10.18 am the next morning:

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Hi Dexterine,

(I am cc’ing Ngian and Lin Mui as their names were mentioned).

Thanks for your sharing of an interesting aspect of librarians’ development, here’s a rough draft of a 100-word story for your review and consideration (it would be great if you could also provide us a resume of sorts about your personal library career (we are planning to also set up a website that host information about Libraries and Librarians in Singapore – this will ultimately be like a directory of library and librarians of sorts):

 “Passing batons at Aberystwyth” – by Dexterine Ho

We  (Ngian, Lin Mui and myself) did not attend the course at Aberystwyth for our professional certification altogether, but at different times, and I for one found that this "turn-taking" created a beneficial hand-me down effect. 

I remember fondly the marvellous notes left by Ngian that helped me in my studies and the winter clothing Lin Mui passed to me that kept me warm through the winter months.

Passing the baton not only meant the support given unconditionally but the unspoken trust and encouragement that said, “I have done it, so can you!” Likewise, we can only pay forward the benefits that we have received to those who come later – both librarians and users.

Story and librarian context: Dexterine was amongst many who went for overseas training for professional librarianship certification during the 80s. To find out more about Dexterine and her library experiences please visit

http://dexterine.blogspot.sg/search/label/Aberystwyth

Cheers!

yit

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After a few rounds of editing and verification of facts and figures, on 23 Oct 2012, the full write-out with 500+ words were produced, and now I just follow Yit's suggestion to publish it on my blog:

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Hi Dexterine,

Please post your full story on your blog (it’s your content after all!) – for our printing purposes, we will use of the 100-word version (otherwise it would be weird to have different lengths for different stories) – if you could share a permalink to your blog post – we could state that the 100-word version is an abridged form of your original story and link to it.

Regards

yit

 

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“Passing the baton at Aberystwyth”

– by Dexterine Ho Soo Miang

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We (Ms Ngian Lek Choh, Ms Wee Lin Mui and myself) did not attend the Postgraduate Diploma Course in Librarianship at College of Librarianship, University of Wales, Aberystwyth for our professional certification at the same time.  Nevertheless, I was fortunate enough to be in the unofficial loop and took the same course in turn and greatly benefited from the unofficial baton relay. 

 

In 1981, when I attended the PG (postgraduate) course, I was naturally not a librarian yet and did not know Ms Ngian.  As a History degree holder who aspired to be a teacher but was not selected by the Institute of Education, librarianship seemed to be the next best choice.

 

Ngian was the pioneer in this Aberystwyth relay, Lin Mui, my university classmate, the second, and I was the third. Most of us are self-sponsored library science students. I think our aspiration to be a professional librarian connected us through CLW (College of Librarianship, Wales) and the link amongst CLW Alumni is the bridge that spans over three decades.  

This bridging created a hand-me down effect. I fondly remember the marvellous notes left by Ngian that helped me in my studies and the winter clothing Lin Mui passed to me that kept me warm through the freezing winter months.

 

Passing the baton not only meant the support that was freely given but the unspoken trust and encouragement that said, “I have done it, so can you!”

 

Likewise, we can only pay forward the benefits that we have received to those who come after – both librarians and users - sharing with them the wealth of knowledge that enriches our lives. I think they, too, will "pass the baton" in many unknown ways to benefit and warm the hearts of others!

 

Notes: 

 

* I would like to thank Ms Ngian and Lin Mui (now Mrs Law Lin Mui), not only for the help they rendered when I was an "infant" librarian, but also for their continuous support and friendship throughout my library career.

 

Ms Wee Lin Mui, in front of the Padan House, Aberystwyth on 1 Feb 1981

* Amongst all the winter clothing I received, the woollen overcoat from Ms Loi Sai Bay (Studied in Liverpool Polytechnic in 1979, retired in 2009 from NIE Library) was the most appreciated item during the winter months.  (My ex-colleague Ms Yvonne Yin, also from Aberystwyth, would like to add this sentence: When the wild Welsh winter winds whistled and howled down the valley, I was well-wrapped up!)

  Dexterine Ho Soo Miang wearing the woollen overcoat

from Ms Loi Sai Bay, at the hill top, in front of the castle, Aberystwyth in 1981

* Thanks also to Mr Jim Davies and Mr Ng Soo Kwee, two ex-IE/NIE Chief Librarians for their guidance and their support in my being granted the NIE staff development scholarship in 1989/1990 for the Masters Degree in Information Science, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

* A big thanks to Mr Yit Chin Chuan for initiating the first edition of this 100 word story, and Ms Ngian Lek Choh, Mrs Law Lin Mui and Ms Yvonne Yin for their editing and new input. 

* Many thanks also to other librarians, friends, teachers and people in my life journey who have guided and helped me to grow from an infant librarian to a lecturer/trainer/assessor in library and information studies. My first dream to be a teacher finally realised in my library career.

 

Story and librarian context: Dexterine Ho Soo Miang was amongst the many librarians who went for overseas training for professional certification on her own during the 80s. She has recounted her experience in a heart-warming manner. To find out more about Dexterine and her library experiences please visit: 
   

http://dexterine.blogspot.sg/search/label/Aberystwyth  

 

OCLC record: Ho Soo Miang: part 4

Source of information:
http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/np-ho,%20soo%20miang

General public who has no access to OCLC Cataloguing Account, can do a google search and may also get WorldCat records. If they know how to access WorldCat direct via http://www.worldcat.org/, they can find the records with much ease.

The search at http://www.worldcat.org/ is like OPAC search. Viewers can read the full records, but cannot have access to MARC format.

The search at http://connexion.oclc.org/ that we use in LAS WSQ Level 2 Support Bibliographic Control allows trainees to view MARC records and get links on MARC tags and fields/subfields.

I did a few google searches tonight and noted that under "何舒敏", "Soo-Miang Ho" or "Ho Soo Miang", and "新加坡最早的華文日報 : 叻報 (1881-1932)" I was led to the above WorldCat summary for all my works in various editions, held by 9 +3 libraries worldwide.

Here are the first records I found with OCLC record number:

新加坡最早的華文日報 : 叻報 (1881-1932) by 何舒敏( Book )

1 edition published in 1979 in Chinese and held by 3 libraries worldwide

OCLC record number: 51791659
http://www.worldcat.org/title/xinjiapo-zui-zai-di-hua-wen-ri-bao-le-bao-1881-1932/oclc/051791659

http://www.worldcat.org/title/xinjiapo-zui-zai-di-hua-wen-ri-bao-le-bao-1881-1932/oclc/051791659

In summary, my work on the history of Lat Pau has a total of 6 records in OCLC WorldCat and they are:

新加坡最早的華文日報 : 叻報 (1881-1932) by 何舒敏( Book )1 edition published in 1979 in Chinese and held by 3 libraries worldwide
OCLC record number: 51791659

http://www.worldcat.org/title/xinjiapo-zui-zai-di-hua-wen-ri-bao-le-bao-1881-1932/oclc/051791659

新加坡最早的華文日報 : 叻報 (1881-1932) by 何舒敏( Book )1 edition published in 1979 in Chinese and held by 0 libraries worldwide

OCLC Number: 31786713

http://www.worldcat.org/title/xinjiapo-zui-zai-di-hua-wen-ri-bao-le-pao-1881-1932/oclc/031786713

Hsin-chia-pʻo tsui tsao ti Hua wen jih pao, Le pao, 1881-1932 = The earliest Chinese newspaper of Singapore, the Lat pau, 1881-1932

published in 1979 in Chinese and held by 1 libraries worldwide

OCLC Number: 663453095

http://www.worldcat.org/title/hsin-chia-po-tsui-tsao-ti-hua-wen-jih-pao-le-pao-1881-1932-the-earliest-chinese-newspaper-of-singapore-the-lat-pau-1881-1932/oclc/663453095

Xin jia bo zui zhao di Hua wen ri bao : Le bao.

Book : Document : Chinese

HathiTrust Digital Library

Additional Physical Format: Print version (OCoLC)68323652

OCLC Number: 551706987

Details:
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Other Titles: Earliest Chinese newspapers.
Contributing Library: University of Michigan

http://www.worldcat.org/title/xin-jia-bo-zui-zhao-di-hua-wen-ri-bao-le-bao/oclc/551706987&referer=brief_results

新加坡最早的華文日報, 叻報, 1881-1932 /Xinjiapo zui zao de Hua wen ri bao, Le bao, 1881-1932

= The earliest Chinese newspaper of Singapore, the Lat Pau, 1881-1932 / Ho Soo Miang
OCLC Number: 10133172

http://www.worldcat.org/title/xinjiapo-zui-zao-de-hua-wen-ri-bao-le-bao-1881-1932/oclc/010133172

It is an interesting experience for me to explore OCLC WorldCat and OCLC Connexion. With this experience, I am able to understand and appreciate detailed cataloguing works done by cataloguers in various countries.

Cheers for the day! Even though I am rather exhausted now!

Dexterine Ho

OCLC record: Ho Soo Miang: part 3

While searching for cataloguing example for MARC tag 041 "Language Code" to clear the doubt of one candidate for Module 3 Support Bibliographic Control this evening, I found with joy the following OCLC record number "654390268" of my previous work:

The earliest Chinese newspaper of Singapore, the Lat Pau, 1881-1932
新加坡最早的華文日報: 叻報 (1881-1932)

041 is being used:

041 0_ $a chi $b eng

in this case:

First Indicator
Translation indication
0 - Item not a translation/does not include a translation

Subfield Codes
$a - Language code of text
$b - Language code of summary or abstract

Source of information:
http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd041.html

To enlarge the image, just click on it:


In addition, I noted that the item is now available from Google Book.

Even though it is not available for sale, its content is available for searching using the search box "From inside the book" or browsing via the following keyword index:

The earliest Chinese newspaper of Singapore, the Lat Pau, 1881-1932

新加坡最早的華文日報: 叻報 (1881-1932)

http://books.google.com/books?id=rO59AAAAIAAJ

Common terms and phrases:
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When I click on "葉季允", the editor of the earliest Chinese newspaper of Singapore, the Lat Pau Press, I get the following texts:

1906 未见,因此笔者认为,在叶季允辞去编务〔 1904 〕之前,何渔古为叻报主笔之一, ... 同注 173 ,叶季允于二十一岁任叻报主笔,以其任期四十一年推算,逝世时实^应为六十 ...

Although the OCR (Optical character recognition) is not able to read and transcribe all the Chinese Characters in the text correctly, knowing that it is done and available in "Electronic Resource" is still a great discovery for me.


Hence, I think those who are interested in researching the earliest Chinese newspaper of Singapore will be able to source for my writing with ease via Google Books (http://books.google.com/books?id=rO59AAAAIAAJ)!

Some trainees wanted to know if the same e-copy was available from NLB. So I did a search and found it in BOOKSG which had the entry with a different cover page show at

http://sgebooks.nl.sg/detail/9928cc9b-b855-4c77-aa55-78653ca5b805.aspx

The first 12 pages are available for free preview:

http://sgebooks.nl.sg/opencmscontent.aspx?app=BOOKSG&id=ab3f9738-c676-4522-ae03-039daa055e23

The full-text of this title is available for viewing in digital format at the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library:
http://sgebooks.nl.sg/holdingNA.aspx

Singapore and Southeast Asian Collections
Lee Kong Chian Reference Library, Level 11
National Library Singapore
National Library Building
100 Victoria Street
Singapore 188064

Please approach the staff on duty at the Information Counter for assistance to view the item.

Source of information: http://sgebooks.nl.sg/holdingNA.aspx

Cheers for the day!

Dexterine Ho