I receive email updates from this publisher. They have an interesting lineup including digital subscriptions.
They also have lists for reluctant readers, and we know we have a whole lot of those in the Bahamas.
Their link: http://us.orcabook.com/index.cfm?countryID=USA
Reluctant readers link.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Something of interest from the Booklist blog
The Booklist blog has an entry about technology in the library with a link to the Educase website.
The link is here
Here is the link to a paper available on Educase on Undergraduate students and Technology:
http://www.educause.edu/Resources/ECARStudyofUndergraduateStuden/217333
Another Educase article recommended by the blog post about information technology in the library "3.0" is at:
http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/EDUCAUSEReviewMagazineVolume45/You30TheMostImportantEvolvingT/218701
Both have valuable information for librarians and the evolving library.
The link is here
Here is the link to a paper available on Educase on Undergraduate students and Technology:
http://www.educause.edu/Resources/ECARStudyofUndergraduateStuden/217333
Another Educase article recommended by the blog post about information technology in the library "3.0" is at:
http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/EDUCAUSEReviewMagazineVolume45/You30TheMostImportantEvolvingT/218701
Both have valuable information for librarians and the evolving library.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Quotable quotes
In my last post I recommended a book by Rudy Gurley.
Mr Gurley uses many quotes that he has picked up along life's road, which he uses to inspire himself when he faces challenges in life.
One in particular caught my attention:
Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible.
They are the engines of change,
windows of the world,
lighthouses erect in the sea of time.
They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind.
Books are humanity in print.
Mr Gurley uses many quotes that he has picked up along life's road, which he uses to inspire himself when he faces challenges in life.
One in particular caught my attention:
Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible.
They are the engines of change,
windows of the world,
lighthouses erect in the sea of time.
They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind.
Books are humanity in print.
--Barbara Tuchman
Book recommendation - Sent From Overseas by Rudy Gurley
I would like to recommend a book for everyone to read. Sent From Overseas by Rudy Gurley
A very engrossing and riveting book. This is the story of Rudy Gurley told in his own words, about his experience at Cable and Wireless St Lucia. He is the top executive of the company when an expatriate is sent in to hold on as CEO. The expatriate's appointment is only supposed to be for 18 months and a low key position.
Jealousy rears its ugly head and we see how Mr Gurley is unceremoniously kicked out by the expatriate because of his high profile in the country. The expatriate sees Mr Gurley as the company's figurehead and how he is placed on a pedestal by all and sundry, and wants all this fame for himself.
Because of the machinations of the expatriate, C & W loses ground to Digicel, who enters the Caribbean market and gains a big share of the cell phone market.
This book shows the behind the scenes dealing that goes on when multinational companies become a part of the Caribbean landscape.
It should be read by anyone who wants to find out what can happen when BTC is taken over by C & W.
It should be read by all BTC employees.
Read about it and order it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Sent-Overseas-Rudy-Gurley/dp/1427621861
A very engrossing and riveting book. This is the story of Rudy Gurley told in his own words, about his experience at Cable and Wireless St Lucia. He is the top executive of the company when an expatriate is sent in to hold on as CEO. The expatriate's appointment is only supposed to be for 18 months and a low key position.
Jealousy rears its ugly head and we see how Mr Gurley is unceremoniously kicked out by the expatriate because of his high profile in the country. The expatriate sees Mr Gurley as the company's figurehead and how he is placed on a pedestal by all and sundry, and wants all this fame for himself.
Because of the machinations of the expatriate, C & W loses ground to Digicel, who enters the Caribbean market and gains a big share of the cell phone market.
This book shows the behind the scenes dealing that goes on when multinational companies become a part of the Caribbean landscape.
It should be read by anyone who wants to find out what can happen when BTC is taken over by C & W.
It should be read by all BTC employees.
Read about it and order it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Sent-Overseas-Rudy-Gurley/dp/1427621861
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