Posted in culture, livin', work, tagged central library, information literacy, LALIC, laos, library, nam ngun dam, vientiane on Monday, 18 May, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sorry for not having written in so long. Since I came back from Vietnam I have been incredibly busy, not only getting ready to go back home, but also visiting libraries around Vientiane.
When I first arrived back, Dr. Aree and some other experts from Thailand were here giving a UNESCO supported workshop on Information Literacy [...]
Posted in work, tagged centra library, CONSAL, information literacy, laos, library science on Friday, 27 February, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After several drafts and revisions, and meetings with the Library director, and then more revisions, and then another meeting, and then more revisions, and then finally his somewhat reluctantly given approval due to the not unfair critiques I make of the Central Library, and the Lao Ministry of Education, which I mostly had to remove, [...]
Posted in home, work, tagged finding a place to live, IFLA-ALP, information literacy, national university of laos on Thursday, 26 June, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Look! I’m really in Laos!!
This is a picture of the participants in the IFLA-ALP funded Information Literacy Education workshop at the National University of Laos, including myself (2nd row, 2nd from left), and Drs. Dorner & Gorman (front row, 1st and 2nd from left respectively; my heroes), and Dr. Aree (2nd row, 2nd from [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged information literacy, laos, library science on Wednesday, 18 June, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
yes, i have a blog. I may even actually try and use correct capitalization and puncuation in this blog. We’ll see how long that lasts.
The name of this blog comes from a type of bog.
quaking bog
n.
A floating mat of thickly woven mosses, rushes, and shrubs that forms across the surface of shallow ponds and may [...]
