Y.O!

a blog by the librarians & volunteers from the Young People’s Services (Public Library)

Sports@Public Libraries – We’ve made history…

⊆ August 28th, 2010 by Reena | ˜ 6 Comments » 117 views

Sports@Public Libraries is brought to you by Public Libraries Singapore in celebration of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games. Various exciting activities took place. Here’s a look back at some of them.

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Other Highlights
Introduction

Library Dress-up

Stories Next Door
- Submit a Photograph
- Nominate a Champion

Design a Card Game

Sports Disability Showcase

YOG-themed Art Exhibits: By the Girls’ and Boys’ Home

SYOG Banners and Quiz go to schools
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Posted by: Reena Kandoth
Associate Librarian
Young People’s Services


Sports@Public libraries – Library Dress-up

⊆ August 28th, 2010 by Reena | ˜ 3 Comments » 98 views

Library Dress-up
Each library had 1 or 2 sports assigned to them. Here’s what they came up with.

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Cycle away after borrowing books there perhaps at Central Public Library?

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Central Public Library’s archery hits many targets.

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Flags of the participating countries, shaped as mini-jerseys! Only @ Geylang East Public Library.

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Fancy some fencing? Head on down to Bishan Public Library.

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Marine Parade Library “Swims” and “Dives” into the action!

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Sailing at the library with a real boat at Jurong Regional Library.

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There’s even a mini-table-tennis set! Isn’t it cute!

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Neon Green Tennis Rackets at Ang Mo Kio Public Library!

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Taekwondo – Queenstown Public Library and a Taekwondo Uniform.

Find out what took place behind the scenes with these videos!

Check out http://www.pl.sg/ for more upcoming events in the future.

Other Highlights
Introduction

Stories Next Door
- Submit a Photograph
- Nominate a Champion

Design a Card Game

Sports Disability Showcase

YOG-themed Art Exhibits: By the Girls’ and Boys’ Home

SYOG Banners and Quiz go to schools

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Posted by: Reena Kandoth
Associate Librarian
Young People’s Services


Sports@Public Libraries – SYOG Banners and Quiz go to schools

⊆ August 28th, 2010 by Reena | ˜ 2 Comments » 120 views

12 primary and secondary schools were greeted with SYOG standee banners bearing the mascots – Lyo and Merly. They had the chance to win special SYOG memorabilia when they participated in a quiz and borrowed some books from the Mass Borrowing session. The banners provided all the answers to the quiz and the students had a great time filling it up.

Check out these photos!

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All set up and ready for business

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Can you find the answers?

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Got the answer! Now we must complete it and win the prizes

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She must have won some prizes OR loves the books she borrowed!

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What a large crowd!

Other Highlights
Introduction

Library Dress-up

Stories Next Door
- Submit a Photograph
- Nominate a Champion

Design a Card Game

Sports Disability Showcase

YOG-themed Art Exhibits: By the Girls’ and Boys’ Home

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Posted by: Reena Kandoth
Associate Librarian
Young People’s Services


Sports@Public Libraries – YOG-themed Art Exhibits: By the Girls’ and Boys’ Home

⊆ August 28th, 2010 by Reena | ˜ 1 Comment » 181 views

Beautiful exhibits by the Girls’ and Boys’ Home were put on display at the public libraries.

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Basketballs can be works of art too

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Lyo and Merly are their inspiration

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All the arrangements to admire!

A big thank you to all the girls and boys who contributed to this exhibition!

Other Highlights
Introduction

Library Dress-up

Stories Next Door
- Submit a Photograph
- Nominate a Champion

Design a Card Game

Sports Disability Showcase

SYOG Banners and Quiz go to school

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Posted by: Reena Kandoth
Associate Librarian
Young People’s Services


Sports@Public Libraries – Sports Disability Showcase

⊆ August 28th, 2010 by Reena | ˜ 1 Comment » 106 views

On 3rd July at Woodlands Regional Library, the public libraries celebrated sports with people with disabilities. Everyone had the chance to participate in fun games and received lots of gifts too!

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Lots of supporters as he carefully aims and rolls the ball.

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Junior Reading Ambassadors wowing the audience!

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Look at the size of the crowd at the sharing session with our paralympic athlete.

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Books for borrowing. The wire figurines are gorgeous!

Other Highlights
Introduction

Library Dress-up

Stories Next Door
- Submit a Photograph
- Nominate a Champion

Design a Card Game

YOG-themed Art Exhibits: By the Girls’ and Boys’ Home

SYOG Banners and Quiz go to schools

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Posted by: Reena Kandoth
Associate Librarian
Young People’s Services


Sports@Public Libraries – Design a Card Game

⊆ August 28th, 2010 by Reena | ˜ 2 Comments » 89 views

Design a Card Game
All secondary schools were invited to participate in the Sports @ Public Libraries – Design a Card Game Contest. They came up with interesting trivia from NLB’s resources and some beautiful designs too.

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Display of the winning design and sports trivia.

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Winning entry from CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School ~
Beautiful design and interesting sports trivia.

Hear what some teens had to say about them

It’s very interesting and cool! ~ Lee Hui En

Creative. Shows Olympic value and meaning. ~ Germaine

I think the designs by the students are creative and nice :) They’re creative and the torch looks fabulous :D ~ Jocelyn

I think it is really creative of them to come up with these designs :) Through this activity, I believe they learnt more about YOG :D ~ Zoey

It displays enthusiasm of the 2010 YOG games here in Singapore. Even in the library, they provide equal opportunities to showcase their support through arts by participants all over Singapore. ~ Karen Koh

I think that the designs are very colourful and attractive, and interesting at the same time. Through this, we can understand and know more about the Olympic Games. ~ Audrey

I think that the designs are very colourful and attractive. We can learn more about the Olympics through this. ~ Jolyn Seet

The card designs are very interesting and colourful. It is also very unique. It is also very attractive. ~ Foo Si Ning

It’s very educational, it raises awareness about different sports, It increases general knowledge and is an innovative way of learning. ~ Fanny Wong

I think it’s really interesting and creative. I’ve never seen such a thing before, and I think it will be popular among people. ~ Chua Min Pei

I think it is a very good way to educate people on sports through creativity and I think people will be able to relate to them. ~ Amanda Lim

It is a great way to showcase different sports and it is a most creative way to express it. ~ Juniana Wijaya

Interesting, fascinating, very inspiring, effective, impressive. ~ Olivia Lim

Very interesting and creative! :D Conveys message effectively! Impressive. ~ Sharlene

I find the designs interesting. They are also very innovative. The students are creative to come out with such designs. ~ Michelle Loke

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The Team Singapore Match-up card game produced by Singapore Sports Council and the National Library Board introduced players to our Singaporean athletes in a fun way!

Other Highlights
Introduction

Library Dress-up

Stories Next Door
- Submit a Photograph
- Nominate a Champion

Sports Disability Showcase

YOG-themed Art Exhibits: By the Girls’ and Boys’ Home

 SYOG Banners and Quiz go to schools

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Posted by: Reena Kandoth
Associate Librarian
Young People’s Services


Sports@Public Libraries – Stories Next Door

⊆ August 28th, 2010 by Reena | ˜ 3 Comments » 162 views

Stories Next Door: Nominate a champion was created to discover people who embodied the values of Excellence, Friendship and/or Respect.

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Display of the winning entries

Here are the nominees and their write-ups.

Check out the videos specially created for it. Click on the links below.
Stories Next Door: Introduction
Episode 1-The Value of Friendship
Episode 2-Respect
Episode 3-Excellence

More inspirational videos
Singapore’s Blade Runner

Stories Next Door: Submit a Photograph
There was even a Stories Next Door: Submit a Photograph. Many interesting photos were submitted. These photos were abouts sports and the olympic values that sports bring out. Check them out!

Other Highlights
Introduction

Library Dress-up

Design a Card Game

Sports Disability Showcase

YOG-themed Art Exhibits: By the Girls’ and Boys’ Home

SYOG Banners and Quiz go to schools

psuedo-bookclub-01_2009-011.thumbnail.jpg

Posted by: Reena Kandoth
Associate Librarian
Young People’s Services


Storytelling sessions, Reading and Activity Clubs at the Public Libraries

⊆ August 25th, 2010 by Reena | ˜ No Comments » 102 views

Find out more about what the libraries’ are doing at their storytelling sessions, reading clubs and activity clubs.

Everyone loves a good story! And children especially, love storytelling sessions. Take a peek at one of these sessions and hear from our Children’s librarians and participants. This is sure to put a smile on your face.

“Reading is a lot more fun when you share.” This is what a book club is all about! Featuring the Heartlands Book Club at Bukit Batok Public Library.

Also, check out more videos about Stories Next Door, Friendship, RespectExcellence, Singapore’s blade runner and library dress-up too.

~ Sports@Public Libraries is brought to you by Public Libraries Singapore in celebration of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.

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Posted by: Reena Kandoth
Associate Librarian
Young People’s Services


Mockingjay coming your way

⊆ August 13th, 2010 by janiceow | ˜ 5 Comments » 250 views

Mockingjay coming your way

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The highly anticipated 3rd title in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins titled Mockingjay will be reaching your libraries very soon. This YP title is on embargo till 24 August. All the public libraries will receive the title on 25 August. So please keep a lookout for it.

If you haven’t heard of this series or the author, you can check out this link for some background on the books and some insights on the trilogy in an interview with the author.

 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/home/885800-312/the_last_battle_with_mockingjay.html.csp

By the way the 2 previous titles in the trilogy are “The Hunger Games” followed by “Catching Fire” both under Y COL.

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Posted by Janice Ow
Librarian
Young People’s Services
 


2010 Branford Boase Award

⊆ July 15th, 2010 by janiceow | ˜ 1 Comment » 225 views

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Author: Christopher, Lucy
Publisher: Frome: Chicken House, 2009
Call number: Y English CHR

<all rights reserved, Frome: Chicken House, 2009>

Stolen by Lucy Christopher is the winner of the 2010 Branford Boase Award which is given each year to the most outstanding work of fiction for children by a first time novelist. It is available at some of our libraries under the call number Y CHR. Below is a short write-up of the book.

Told in a moving letter to her captor, sixteen year old Gemma relives her kidnapping from Bangkok airport while on holiday. Taken by a troubled young man to the wild and desolate Australian Outback , she reflects on a landscape from which there is no escape. A story of survival, love and darkness, Gemma reveals how she had to deal with the nightmare or die trying to fight it. Stolen is a sensitive, compelling and intense novel with a great sense of place. It is an extremely confident debut.

Happy Reading!

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Posted by Janice Ow
Librarian
Young People’s Services