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Category Archives: Library
Digitizing current materials – notes (to be updated later)
Digitizing current materials What if you want to proactively digitize relatively current materials of your institution? – The opportunity to capture materials within the context and in communication with the contributors. – Express digitization grant from the national network of … Continue reading
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Netflix and Libraries: You Are What “Your Users” Think You Are, Not What You Think You Are
By now, probably almost everyone has read about the Netflix’s decision about separating their DVD delivery service from the streaming service. I am not going to argue about how bad the decision is since that should be pretty clear to … Continue reading
Research Librarianship in Crisis: Mediate When, Where, and How?
*** This post has been originally published on ACRLog *** The talk about the crisis of librarianship is nothing new. Most recently, back in May, Seth Godin, a marketing guru, has written on his blog a post about the future … Continue reading
Posted in Librarianship, Library, Research
Tagged academic librarianship, academic library, ACRLog, crisis, higher ed, research librarianship
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Apply or Not: ALA Emerging Leaders Program
ALA is now receiving applications for the 2012 class of the Emerging Leaders (EL) Program, and I saw many new librarians considering applying to the program in Twitter, Facebook, etc. Applying for this program requires some paperwork. You have to … Continue reading
Posted in ALA, Conference, Continuing Education, Librarianship, Library
Tagged ALA, emerging leaders program
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Beyond the Middlemen and the Warehouse Business
No Hyperbole Seth Godin recently wrote a blog post about the future of the library. His question is mostly directed to public libraries, and so many responses came out already. (Among many see the posts by Bobbi Newman, Nancy Dowd, … Continue reading
Tech Skills for New Librarians & Me (seeking advice)
I was recently asked to write a short piece on what kinds of tech skills new librarians will need to have before going out to the job market. Â So I got to put together a list of some of the … Continue reading
Posted in Continuing Education, Librarianship, Library, Technology, Web
Tagged new librarians, technology skills
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Personal Branding for New Librarians: Standing Out and Stepping Up
Tomorrow, I will be giving a webcast for ACRL 2011 Virtual Conference with Kiyomi Deards and Erin Dorney. The webcast is open to all attendees of either ACRL 2011 Conference or ACRL 2011 Virtual Conference. I have moderated a panel … Continue reading
Posted in Conference, Continuing Education, Librarianship, Library, presentation, Social Media, Technology, Web
Tagged 2011, ACRL, Conference, new librarians, personal branding, webcast
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Usability Express: Recipe for Libraries
Here is the slides for the presentation I am doing with my colleague, Marissa, at Computers in Libraries 2011 conference this coming Wednesday. Â I cover the first half in which we look at the common usability flaws in library websites … Continue reading
Posted in Conference, Library, Technology, Usability, Web
Tagged computers in libraries, presentation, usability
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Library and IT – Synergy or Distrust?
In my previous blog post, I asked why libraries are not actively encouraging those who are novice coders among library staff to further develop their coding skills. I was surprised to see so many comments. I was even more surprised … Continue reading
Posted in Librarianship, Library, management, Technology
Tagged coder, coding, collaboration, communication, culture, distrust, gap, IT, librarian, Library, misunderstanding, programmer, programming, synergy
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Why Not Grow Coders from the inside of Libraries?
How fantastic would it be if every small library has an in-house developer? We will be all using open-source software with custom feature modules that would perfectly fit our vision and the needs of the community we serve. Libraries will … Continue reading
Posted in Coding, Conference, Librarianship, Library, Technology, Web
Tagged code4lib, coder, coding, IT, libraries, programmer, programming
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