I'm Aaron Tay, a librarian with NUS Libraries (National University of Singapore Libraries). This page keeps tracks of
compliments received through various sources (Facebook, Twitter, other
blogs etc) on my blogs - "Musings about librarianship" blog at www.blog.nus.edu.sg/aarontay and http://musingsaboutlibrarianship
I blog to highlight and share creative use of technology by other libraries, as well as original ideas of my own that could be adopted by libraries. Blogging takes up a lot of time, and as such this page serves as motivation for me to continue blogging.
After 6 months,
- Content on this blog have being bookmarked over 100 times in total over just 6 months (see below) on social bookmarking site like delicious. The general blog homepage itself has being bookmarked on delicious 7 times and 13 times for a total of 20 times.
- Currently blog has 250 subscribers to the RSS feed and 8 users subscribed via email.
General compliments about the blog
"The blog is really oriented to making the students’, professors’ and
readers’ lives easier through the use of web2.0
tools.The posts aim to
explaining in depth how to make the most out of them. For instance, the
latest posts explain 8 ways to share links with users.
We like:
We like the top ranked post Subject guides on web 2.0 startup pages – 12 widgets! A must read."
"As a modern day library student, you’re probably excited
about discovering and experimenting with the new tools and systems that
have changed the way we find, receive and catalog information. But with
all of the new technology out there, it can be hard to keep track of
everything beyond your own niche field of study. This collection of
library and information technology blogs have changed that, and now
you’ll be able to learn about all of the trends, developments, tools
and resources available to librarians in every niche."
"School librarians, whether they work small college
libraries, large research universities and departments, or elementary
schools, need to stay current on the latest in technology innovation,
reading lists, the publishing world, ebook trends, special project and
lesson ideas, and a lot more. Luckily, you don’t have to think of
everything all by yourself. These 100 bloggers serve as excellent
reference resources for learning about everything from library
technology to young adult fiction."Listed on "100 best blogs for School Librarians"
"We actively read and discuss posts and “how to” pieces by Aaron Tay on his blog “Musings About Librarianship. We’re fans, love how he shows as much (if not more) than he tells how to get crafty with technologies and try to follow the same educational elements in our blog as he does in his." -- Mobile Reference in Libraries by Mosio, a mobile technology company and the creators of TextaLibrarian.com.
"Aaron---I have been rereading some of your blog posts
on your regular blog and now over at Library 2.0---you are truly
innovative and brilliant. Thank you for inspiring me to create a
FriendFeed account for my library; I had not seen your Google Profile
article until just a few minutes ago, but it dovetails perfectly with
what I did yesterday---I created a Google Profile for my library. Keep
up the terrific work and thinking ahead of the curve!" --Buffy Gunter Hamilton, Librarian
"Good blog for library2.0 stuff" -- Brian Kelly ,from UKOLN, a UK national centre of expertise in digital information management via Twitter
"NUS librarian Aaron Tay runs a very informative blog called Musing about librarianship" -- highlighted on Centre for Instructional Technology Blog
"Wow, @aarontay has a really informative blog on library & database widgets, search plugins, etc" -- via twitter Jeff Karlsen (Librarian)
"The blog looks very informative and interesting, will be adding to my feed"-- Ivy Lee, NLB Librarian
"Great find, Ivan! Thanks for sharing, I added his blog to my feed." -- Lisa Philpotts, Librarian
"I’m getting a lot out of your posts–thanks so much for being so generous with examples here (and in previous posts)." -- Jeff Karlsen(Librarian, Sacramento City College Learning Resource Center)
"I couldn't find contact info for you, but wanted to
type you a note via Ning to let you know I really enjoy your
posts/comments. I'm a fan and really enjoy them" -- Noel Chandler,CEO, Mosio - Text a Librarian service.
"My #followfriday goes to @aarontay , a techy librarian from Singapore. Has many tips as a tweeter and a blogger" -- Laika (Jacqueline), medical information specialist at the Academical Medical Center (AMC) in Amsterdam via Twitter
"#followalibrarian #followfriday @aarontay he's always exploring & experimenting w/ new tech for libraries & sharing great info along the way" -- Sarah Vogel, Pharma / Biotech information researcher via Twitter
"As a conduit for scholarly information, not just science, you're one of the best." -- MrGunn, Senior Assay Development Scientist
at Genalyte via Twitter
"Thanks for the very thoughtful blogging!" -- Joan Star, Mgr of Strategic & Project Planning @ California Digital Library, Univ. of California via Twitter, #followfriday
"I've been reading your blog and have found it most
informative. I am a second-year librarian (work in both public and
academic - P/T) and just wanted to express my appreciation for the
useful professional content." -- via email
"Keep blogging! I know it's time consuming, but your blog always has interesting stuff!" -- via Twitter, Lindy Brown, LIS Student
"I really liked his blog because it is so informative! He writes about
LibX, Xobni, UserVoice, GetSatisfaction, Yelp, Library 2.0, and
interactive location maps for libraries. You will have to check out his
blog if you want to really understand these tools and many others...it is great because he gives directions on how to use his ideas, as well as explains why they are relevant." -- Jordan Hogg's favourite library blog.
"Another techy librarian working at the National University of Singapore
is Aaron Tay. Aaron Tay (@aarontay) is not working in the field of
medicine, but his web 2.0 tips are useful for anyone, and his blog
Musings about Librarianship is certainly a must for libraries that want
to use web 2.0 tools to the benefit of their users. Personally, I found
the tips onViewing research alerts – full text within Google reader
very useful." Laika (Jacqueline), medical information specialist at the Academical Medical Center (AMC) in Amsterdam via blog
"My current favourite feeds" -- Jo Hunter, Oxford University Health Care Libraries , presentation "Learning from HE : feedback from the UKSG Conference 09
Comments on specific articles
- Shared on Google reader 3 times
- Tweet on this post has being faved 3 times
- Bookmarked 2 times on delicious
- Retweeted once
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insightful review of Google reader features" -- via Twitter Joan Star, Mgr of Strategic & Project Planning @ California Digital Library, Univ. of California "
- Bookmarked once on delicious
- Twittered 4 times
"
I always learn something from Aaron's posts!" --
Bill Shepherd, Reference Librarian, Emory University "
Great post about using 2.0 in tech services" --
John Adkins, Head of Public Services at the University of San Diego Legal Research Center.- Bookmarked twice and once for total of 3 times.
- Twittered 4 times
"Excellent! This is very helpful. Thanks for sharing." -- Marky, Information Services, Librarian Eastern University, Warner Memorial Library
- Bookmarked on delicious twice and once for total of 3 times
- Shared on Google reader thrice.
"An excellent post. Academic research is changing rapidly. new tools, new methods" -- Thomas Otter, Research Director at Gartner
- Twittered/liked about 10 times
- Bookmarked on delicious 9 times and 4 times and 1 time for a total of 14 times
"This is a VERY cool idea! I love it!" --Buffy Gunter Hamilton, Librarian
- Bookmarked on delicious twice
"This is a detailed, helpful post on how to do some
real-life information mashing. I hope people will find this useful in
their own situations." --Bill Shepherd, Reference Librarian, Emory University
"Loved it " -- Freddymin, CEO Netvibes.
"Nice post! Great ideas! I think it would be great for
publicity, getting attention is no easy matter. I'll see if any one is
game for this at my library and let know if I can get something like
this going. Keep at it!" -- Victor Santiago, librarian.
"Great post Aaron... I have started to play with the
apps you have posted and share an interest in this area with you...
Mix09 was a great event and Floatzam another example of innovative
minds at work." -- Paul Hayton Electronic Services Coordinator, Dunedin Public Libraries/NZ
Featured example by Dr Myungdae Cho, SungKyunKwan University at 6th international conference on social software , 15-16/9 , 2009 , JeJu, Korea.
- Bookmarked on delicious 1 time
- Twittered 3 times
- Bookmarked on delicious 5 times and 1 time for total of 6 times
- "I read your blog
posts when you tweet them & find your posts (& evidence) on
libraries & Twitter v. useful. Please continue!" -- Brian Kelly ,from UKOLN, a national centre of expertise in digital information management.
- "great blog post! note that OU_library is the Open University (UK long distance / remote learning Uni) so that's 3 unis in top 20" -- Chris Keene, Technical Development Manager (Library), University of Sussex Library keene
- Twittered 6 times
- Bookmarked on delicious 5 times and 1 time
"I had not seen your Google Profile article until just a
few minutes ago, but it dovetails perfectly with what I did yesterday—I
created a Google Profile for my library. Keep up the terrific work and
thinking ahead of the curve!” –Buffy Gunter Hamilton, Librarian
"Article about using NetVibes for library home pages and
subject guides, and offering lots of things via widgets. Very important
article." -- comment on delicious
"Very nice! RT @aarontay Creating web search widgets for any database - 3 different options" -- via twitter cclibrarian JMS, Illinois. Community College librarian
"Cool! great you're sharing this! Will adopt and publish
about it." -- via Twitter, Guus van den Brekel Coordinator Electronic
Services at Central Medical Library, University Medical Center Groningen
"A great article about the various ways to invoke ezproxy including bookmarklet, LibX, Zotero, and GreaseMonkey here…" - Think4lib
"Nice suggestion for getting around the problem of proxy servers and RSS feeds from databases" --via Friendfeed Stephen Francoeur, librarian at the Newman Library at Baruch College
"From Musings about Librarianship, Aaron posted
something I wanted to share with the greater blogospere: Libraries on
FriendFeed .. The post is a great read, providing lots of background information about libraries and social media." -- Blog post, Lindy Brown
"Great post! You have inspired me to create a Friend Feed account for my library! http://friendfeed.com/theunquietlibrary" -- Blog comment, Buffy Hamilton
Example given in "Social Networking & Libraries" presentation by Ellyssa Kroski
"Library scientist Aaron Tay discuss various mechanism for making search engines available within the browser." via Friendfeed, DeWitt Clinton (Google)
"Well how about that, I had no idea you could add all sorts of stuff to the Google Toolbar" - -- Jeff Karlsen(Librarian, Sacramento City College Learning Resource Center)
"Great post on my favourite topic "The infectious Library": http://bit.ly/y5BKQ by Aaron Tay by NUS Libraries" via Twitter by Guus van den Brekel Coordinator Electronic Services at Central Medical Library, University Medical Center Groningen
"Your website is actually how I discovered hab.la in the first place. So I owe you a "thank you."--via twitter (Direct Message)