In yesterday’s post I offered concrete steps library staff and insitutions can take to represent themselves well in professional communications. A post this morning in a widely-read scholarly publishing blog, Libraries and Netflix — Questionable Borrowing Practices From People Who Know From Borrowing, beautifully illustrates that professionals outside the library industry tune in to library
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Libraries can help bring back authoritative sources
It wasn’t so long ago that a young person’s formal introduction to research and authoritative sources was a teacher or librarian pointing to the Encyclopedia Britannica, the sum of human knowledge. Or the majority of American adults relied on Walter Cronkite to tell them “the way it was” for a given day. Or information about
How it feels to voice the unspeakable
On September 29th, I’ll be a panelist at Library Journal‘s virtual summit, eBooks: Libraries at the Tipping Point. My participation so far suggests it will be a provocative, content-rich program offered in a new way, at a rock-bottom price—which is so important with the need for communication within the library profession so high and training/travel
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Welcome to photo Friday! Click on image to enlarge. View or download the entire collection here. Welcome Guest Artists I’d love to broaden the gallery with more photos and other image types that exude a love of libraries and help reinforce the brand. Are you a visual person? Please consider becoming a guest artist.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
Click to Listen1 Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night By Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had
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Welcome to photo Friday! Click on image to enlarge. View or download the entire collection here. Welcome Guest Artists I’d love to broaden the gallery with more photos and other image types that exude a love of libraries and help reinforce the brand. Are you a visual person? Please consider becoming a guest artist.
Thinking ’bout library professionalism
If asked to name the hottest topic in the library world, I’d say “professional stature”. This impression is based on the number of articles in library blogs and professional publications that try to dispel negative stereotypes or forthrightly question librarians’ professional standing. Andy Woodworth of the Burlington County Library System addressed both quite recently. In
Community service and library advocacy in Darien, CT
Big shout out to Darien Public Library for its program to host websites for community NPOs. The Library currently hosts approximately 50 sites, many for organizations that might otherwise not have a web presence. John Blyberg, Assistant Director of Innovation & User Experience, supports a range of applications on the Library’s in-house server. Some organizations
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Welcome to photo Friday! Click on image to enlarge. View or download the entire collection here. Welcome Guest Artists I’d love to broaden the gallery with more photos and other image types that exude a love of libraries and help reinforce the brand. Are you a visual person? Please consider becoming a guest artist.
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Welcome to photo Friday! Click on image to enlarge. View or download the entire collection here. Welcome Guest Artists I’d love to broaden the gallery with more photos and other image types that exude a love of libraries and help reinforce the brand. Are you a visual person? Please consider becoming a guest artist.
