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From Need to Want: How to Maximize Social Impact for Libraries, Archives, and Museums

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Bohyun (Library Hat)

At the NDP at Three event organized by IMLS yesterday, Sayeed Choudhury on the “Open Scholarly Communications” panel suggested that libraries think about return on impact in addition to return on investment (ROI). He further elaborated on this point by … Continue reading →

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Near Us and Libraries, Robots Have Arrived

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Bohyun (Library Hat)

** This post was originally published in ACRL TechConnect on Oct. 12, 2015.*** The movie, Robot and Frank, describes the future in which the elderly have a robot as their companion and also as a helper. The robot monitors various activities … Continue reading →

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Why Not Grow Coders from the inside of Libraries?

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Bohyun (Library Hat)

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 →

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