Hazman Aziz : The Webology Stories

I should be feeling thankful to the Almight God that he has given me the opportunities to play a multi-roles in my life lately. Just to share with you guys, apart from just working in an academic library and a son, I am also a soldier. These three weeks (between 22nd July to 8th August), I have been recall back to report to my Reservist camp in Clementi.

A Librarian Role
Working in the academic librarian with a veneration of saints that safe keep the highest knowledge of the entire nation or even to the extent of a civilization is one of my daily roles in life. With the advent of technology today, I have the opportunities to explore using my initiative and creativity to promote the usage of a knowledge silo (library) to be mobilise into an entity that adopt formulation. This formulation is embraced by with a community of scholar that works to enhance our daily life for the sake of knowledge economy to be driven as far as we are able to prove the regime of truth. Knowledge mobilisation for the Library 2.0 to adopt and explore to embrace the beyond entity of the truth.

In the layman term, promoting information that each library has subscribed to a number of online information providers need to be known (or market) to the users. This is to ensure the information awareness is there as to estimate the perceive of usefulness and ease of use to ensure the sustainability of desirability for each patrons to fully utilise the resource effectively and efficiency.

” Has the libraries (especially in Singapore) reach this objectivity yet? “

A question, a pondering that this trainee librarian always ponder each day when he comes to the office and stare at the library technology and system’s infrastructure. He is not too sure if his senior librarians does even took this as a consideration to measure the critical success for the organisation to evolve in hybrid way. Sometimes, yes. And, sometimes, no. Anyway, he is always trying his best to share this to the community.

A Soldier Role

Returning back home to Singapore, I am not too sure where I have made the correct decision or not. But, this is my 2nd year, I have been scheduled and called up to serve the rest of liability as a Singaporean male. 10 years of reservists life. I am assigned to SAF’s 2nd PDF, 821 SIR. Charlie Company, Platoon VII as the Acting Platoon Sergeant. If you wish to know more about National Service in Singapore, you can check out here.

As Platoon Sergeant, it does give me a number of perspective to the roles and responsibilities.

To be truthful, it is really tough for me to handle these two responsibilities at this age. Moreover, as a son, I still need to finish of my postgraduate studies and graduate from the Graduate School. Now, I really feel that I am a cross point of my life and career. Like …