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You’ve got to have Sole

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Guys Read Preconference

The Guys Read Preconference – divvied into a keynote and 5 panels. My interest in Guys Read stems mainly from being a guybrarian. Our library has already initiated the program, but I was looking to gain a deeper understanding of … Continue reading

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Me, my orange shirt, desk, and Sanford Berman.

Me, my orange shirt, desk, and Sanford Berman. Today is Friday. Many businesses have something they call "casual Fridays." The library is always pretty casual — but I like to have fun with ties and dress up and stuff. I … Continue reading

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Scholarship and Libraries in Transiton : A Dialogue about the Impacts of Mass Digitization (Shorthand Notes)

Most of this has already been covered here (first post, reverse chronological), here, and here. Offical Symposium Weblog – the webcast should be available soon…I’ll post here when it is… With the copious amounts of documentation available there, why should … Continue reading

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