So, let’s just image nor a minute that public libraries did not exist and never have. And let’s imagine for a minute that some brilliant person or persons came up with this idea to use tax dollars to create a groundbreaking new service aimed at fulfilling the same mission of the public library. I...
Read more →Below are my notes for a talk I gave at the Innovative User’s Group meeting last week in Chicago. This talk was given as part of the Public Library Luncheon panel. Please keep in mind that these are notes, and that they refer to other things specifically talked about by other panelists and presenters...
Read more →I spend a lot of time visiting different libraries, and I’ll never cease to be amazed by just how different they can be from one another. I’m not even talking about museum libraries differing form college libraries and publics. I’m not thinking about libraries from far flung regions of the globe or anything as...
Read more →“We use social media in our library to post program announcements, publish lists of our new books, write book reviews, and tell the community what’s going on at the library!” YAY! Good for you! You’ve passed Social Media for Libraries 101! You passed, but I’ll give you a B at most.
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