[Web4lib] Stockholm: Great Library website

[Scott Warren]

Teman is the indefinite plural of tema which means theme, so teman means 
themes. Subjects is basically accurate.

They seem to be written by librarians. By clicking on the part that says 
läs (read) below each entry, and then where it says 'av' (by), short 
bios come up. Every one I've looked at, about a half dozen, all work for 
libraries. Not all are reference librarians, however. They seem to be 
spanning lots of jobs, including at least one or two behind the scenes 
IT folk. Here's an example,

On the Tips and Teman page, 
http://www.biblioteket.stockholm.se/default.asp?id=2994&refid=2989
Clicking on Skönlitteratur (first category, upper left, roughly 'fine 
literature') brings up this page,
http://www.biblioteket.stockholm.se/default.asp?id=5610&ptid=
Under the first entry is Läs böcker du inte får läsa ('Read books you 
may not have read' or 'have not read' or 'may not have gotten to read')
Clicking on that takes you to
http://www.biblioteket.stockholm.se/default.asp?id=5284
where it says Av Daniel Andersson (By Daniel Andersson). Click his name 
and you get his bio
http://www.biblioteket.stockholm.se/default.asp?id=2149 and you see he 
works on the Swedish library website.

It might be possible for the general public to comment. My Swedish is 
very very rapidly being outstripped here, but the bottom paragraph on 
the tips and themes page,

    När du läser och tar del av materialet, var med och tyck till! I
    anslutning till många teman och listor finns möjlighet för dig att
    skriva kommentarer och att sätta betyg! Har du tips på ämnen du vill
    läsa mer om? Skriv och tyck!


roughly (and I mean that!) seems to say that

"when you read and take out things...you can complete many 'themes' and 
lists because there is the possibility for you to write commentaries and 
to say/compose your testimony. Do you have  tips on [your] intentions 
you want to read more about? Write and Think/Imagine!"

So based on my course translation which offers no guarantees, I think 
there is some possibility for feedback or participation.

Scott


Cary Gordon wrote:
> Well, if you would like a bizarro machine translation, there is:
> http://www.tranexp.com:2000/InterTran?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biblioteket.stock
> holm.se%2Fdefault.asp%3Fid%3D2994%26refid%3D2989+&type=text&text=&from=swe&t
> o=eng
>
> It translates "Tips och teman." to "Hint and subject"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Bret Parker
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 4:27 PM
> To: Scott Warren; web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Stockholm: Great Library website
>
> Would anyone that knows Swedish care to comment on this page:
>
> http://www.biblioteket.stockholm.se/default.asp?id=2994&refid=2989 
>
> I am intrigued with the links in the left sidebar under the heading:
> "Tips och teman."
>
> Are these blogging categories?  Are they posts by library staff or the
> community at large?
>
> Bret Parker
>
> _______________________________________________
> Web4lib mailing list
> Web4lib at webjunction.org
> http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/
>   

-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Scott Warren, M.A. LIS
Assistant Head
Textiles Library and Engineering Services
North Carolina State University Libraries
Box 8301
Raleigh, NC 27695-8301
919-515-6602 (phone)
919-515-3926 (fax)
scott_warren at ncsu.edu
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~