Davis Forum, Spring 2008:
Digital Literacy
14 Feb 2008
Part 2 of 3
Ivan Chew
www.nlb.gov.sg

I am a librarian
from Singapore

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My personal reasons for Blogging
S’pore public library’s digital experiments
Senior Citizens & Blogging

Story:
Somewhere in Singapore.
At a meeting.
Librarians discussing about blogs.

“Excuse me…”

“What’s the point of the library
starting blogs?”

?

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spicy chicken broth

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“That, is why”

publicise
engage

High Browse Online
blogs.nlb.gov.sg/highbrowseonline
“To help
make
informed
reading
choices”
• Book reviews
• Librarians’
recommendations
• Readers’
contributions
• Events at Public
Libraries

ASK!
blogs.nlb.gov.sg/ask
Weblog:
Advisory &
Enquiry
Service
•Features selected
Q&A
• “Show people what
they can ask”

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Library@orchard
blogs.nlb.gov.sg/orchard
About the
relocation of
library@orchard
• Publicity
•Communications
•Maintain “brand
awareness”
•Goodwill

Library@esplanade
blogs.nlb.gov.sg/epcl
Music, dance,
theatre, film
• Publicity
• Specialised
materials
• Staff

Y.O!
blogs.nlb.gov.sg/yo
Young People
Service’s Blog
• Teen Expression
• Reading
• Learning
• Librarians

“Seek out bloggers
and leave comments”

start a “conversation”
hope for a response

leverage on
heightened awareness

Tracked outcomes

Part 2 of 3
ivanchew@nlb.gov.sg
ask@nlb.gov.sg
RamblingLibrarian@gmail.com
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