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Steven
Convenience Trumps Quality? Blame Joe Thompson dbl.lishost.org
In the age of customer expectations, convenience rules. Short on time, too busy to learn something new, focused more on the surface than the complexity lying below it, the contemporary consumer – and our typical library...
Joe
How do we create library cultures that can sustain technology innovation and exploration with a community that encompasses all staff?
This question, fundamental to incorporating tech trends into library culture, was inspired by the challenges brought up in our recent ...
TWIL #72: Joe Murphy (Librarian and tech trend spotter) thisweekinlibraries.com
[fb_like] This week we are tech trend spotting with Joe Murphy and also talk about handling change and improving discovery. Your...
Jaap
Robert Scoble plus.google.com
What is the new social media ghost town? OK, let me get this straight. Since July of last year: I've gone from 0 to 1.5 million followers here. On Facebook at https://facebook.com/robertscoble I've gone from 13,000 to 261,000...
Rebecca
YA Librarian Reading/Programming Resources
What do you use to come up with book suggestions are program ideas? Some of my personal favorites are listed below, but I'd love to ...
Erik
Announcement from This Week in Libraries
462 members from all around the world are sharing thoughts and learning from each other. I would like to ask you to bring in 2 ...
Mylee
Marianne
DRM-Free? Is it possible?
Check out the poll for libraries and library patrons from Pew Internet Research.
Going DRM Free and What It Means, Plus Pew Surveys for Libraries:... libraryrenewal.org
Every year On the Media examines the publishing industry. This year’s show featured several segments on e-books, including ones about Amazon and its business practices; what Pottermore has done for e-books; and Randall White,...
Jaap
It seems like everyone's jumping on the Pinterest bandwagon. But is the latest social media darling a place for your business?
Erik
Are we not focussed too much on e-content for libraries. Do we believe this is going to save us? Should not we focus more on other...
Libraryman Michael Porter on Renaissance and Renewal
TWIL #51: Michael Porter (Library Renewal) thisweekinlibraries.com
[fb_like] Why are libraries at a crossroads? What kind of infrastructure do we need? Why Library Renewal? These are some of the...
Wilma
What is your experience with Library Camps?
Last Saterday we organized an unconference meetup for 100 dutch speaking librarians in Amsterdam. TWIL made a great episode of the day, ...
Jaap
TWIL #65: Jay Jordan, President and CEO OCLC, inc. thisweekinlibraries.com
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Malavika
http://chronicle.com/blognetwork/theubiquitouslibrarian/2012/04/04/thi... vtechworks.lib.vt.edu
Erik
The whole e-content discussion in libraries at this moment is a bit of a distraction. We should focus our foundation and services on more...
Aaron Schmidt at about 17.30 min. of this episode of TWIL
Design thinking in libraries, A one page website and tedious ebook discussions: some of the topics on this episode of TWIL, your weekly dose of library innovation.
Kathy
Just watched #68 with Ben Hammersley, who articulated many amazing thoughts. There's one I'd like your opinion on: What are our most...
Hammersley hopes that librarians can gain recognition and claim their proper place in society -- as leaders in the emerging info ...
