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Stephen Akey – Library

Posted on November 26, 2012 by kevinyezbick

June 3, 2012 – June 7, 2012 P. 8 “A librarian is what you are when you have failed to do all the things you want to do and have succeeded in avoiding all the things you don’t want to … Continue reading →

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a timely piece on burnout in libraries

Posted on October 4, 2012 by kevinyezbick

Marathons and long races are meant to be sporadic occurrences, with ample rest afterwards to avoid injuries. With both exercise and work, you can motivate yourself to work much harder than usual when you know the end is in sight, … Continue reading →

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unforeseen error, please return to

Posted on June 12, 2012 by kevinyezbick

Taught a class on ebooks and kindles today. Never fails that before the class begins I’m gettin all crazy about what could go wrong. But it also never fails that something does go wrong. For some reason I find it … Continue reading →

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You’ve got to have Sole

Posted on March 11, 2010 by kevinyezbick

A really wonderful thing happened to me tonight. The cork in my wine bottle busted as it was retracting. BUT WAIT. THAT’S NOT ALL. I finally found myself applying knowledge gained from Lifehacker in REAL life – not just my … Continue reading →

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How to disable a superhero

Posted on March 31, 2009 by kevinyezbick

Some days I feel like a superhero librarian. In fact, I’ve been wrestling with the idea of a series of posts that would focus on my technological superhero librarian utility belt – and hopefully getting into the groove of this … Continue reading →

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Sexy Senior Programming at your library

Posted on March 29, 2008 by kevinyezbick

Sexy Senior programming at your library – Outreach – instead of grandparents bringing grandchildren to storytime – taking the storytime to the grandparents – or even just an assisted living facility – younger parents take pleasure in this – their … Continue reading →

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Making Cities Stronger

Posted on March 29, 2008 by kevinyezbick

Libraries Passion Prosper Purpose – Hired research firm KRC – Key Message Tagline – Library card is the brand – Smartest Card – knowledge smarts – Talking points – partners for vibrant educated communities – partners was chosen for a … Continue reading →

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Running the One Woman / Man Show

Posted on March 29, 2008 by kevinyezbick

Running the One Woman / Man Show http://www.peabody.org/pla/resources.html julie.edwards@umontana.edu Overview Why you should program Tales from Peabody – 55k people Striking a Balance Making peace with grant writing Finding and creating programs Program really for 3 groups of people Programming … Continue reading →

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Rx for RA

Posted on March 29, 2008 by kevinyezbick

Rx for RA Rx for Small Libraries Carmel Clay Public Library 3 desks – Reference / Technology / Reader’s Advisory Not just RA – busy part of the library Commitment is made to RA Initial Training – from manager – … Continue reading →

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Web 2.0

Posted on March 29, 2008 by kevinyezbick

Web 2.0 Maney Tucson Pima Library Libraries are notorious for being behind the curve. – meeting yesterday’s needs today – we love databases but we hide them from our users Web 2.0 Levels the playing field – magic wand idea … Continue reading →

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