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Emerging Library Leaders: Kathryn Deiss on Leadership
via Tame The Web by Michael on April 23, 2008
As part of Dominican GSLIS Emerging Library Leaders series, we had Kathryn Deiss, ACRL Content Strategist, in to present on Leadership. I captured some of her points but it was so interesting I stopped typing to listen. Her slides were beautiful — filled with lovely images of nature and flowers.Some thought provoking statements/questions:Multiple communication channels are available now for...
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SJCPL News: Library cuts summer hours to reduce expenses
via Tame The Web by Michael on April 25, 2008
Margaret Fosmoe writes at the South Bend Tribune: (Link will expire very soon)The county library plans to cut service hours, purchases and staff by 12 percent this year and 12 percent in 2009. Staff will be reduced through attrition and not layoffs, Napoli said. The summer Saturday closings will help achieve the goal of fewer service hours, thus reducing salaries and utilities, he said.Very...
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FLA 2008 — slide from Williams keynote
via Tame The Web by Michael on April 25, 2008
FLA 2008 — slide from Williams keynote, originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian. I’m totally taken with this… need more info. Will the FLA2008 presentations be uploaded? Maybe our TTW Contributor Lee Leblanc will write up some conference impressions when his papers are done.
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Those Pesky Teens & Gaming
via Tame The Web by Michael on April 26, 2008
Ryan Deschamps writes:Public Libraries use gaming to attract teensThat’s not precisely true. If we have public computers, the teens are already there — gaming. Gaming programs are an attempt to channel the gaming energy into a community building experience. It’s noisy; it’s not books; it’s probably more fun than your average taxpayer would like to think a teen should be having in a...
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New Blockbuster Concepts
via Tame The Web by Michael on April 26, 2008
http://www.hackingnetflix.com/2008/04/new-blockbuster.htmlBlockbuster is using a dozen Dallas-area stores to test concepts such as:•Whether customers want to rent movies as early as 6 a.m. on their way to work, instead of after work.•Including the option to buy a cappuccino or a fountain drink.•Offering new technology for watching movies, reading books or shooting video at a...
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Starbucks Training Day
via Tame The Web by Michael on April 26, 2008
Via Library trainer Lori Reed:http://librarytrainer.com/2008/04/26/learning-from-corporate-america-starbucks-closes-nationwide-for-training/From the Starbucks Web site, “That amounts to almost a half a million hours of training in one night.”My first thought on hearing this announcement was publicity stunt. Why do you need to close for training? Why can’t you do it before or after closing...
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Transparency & Communication in Action: ACPL Director Krull on YouTube
via Tame The Web by Michael on April 24, 2008
Allen County Public Library’s Sean Robinson writes: The property fax reform in Indiana is causing library budgets to shrink across the state. In an attempt to be more transparent and to inform both our staff and the community on how we plan to handle this change our Director Jeff Krull has created this video. We are planning for it to be part of a series as we go through this process.I...
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Evolution of a “Hotlist”
via Tame The Web by Michael on April 30, 2008
Evolution of a "Hotlist", originally uploaded by mstephens7. I saw the word “hotlist” on a Web page today and it reminded me of the SJCPL Hotlist from the late 90s. I worked for HOURS inputting suggested links and annotations into the site, by hand coded HTML!Now, it’s a wiki:www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/Main_PageIncorporating this into my presentations - good example of...
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Win: The director works for 2 hours at your job!
via Tame The Web by Michael on May 03, 2008
Win: The director works for 2 hours at your job!, originally uploaded by mstephens7.One of the prizes at WNPL Staff Day!Other libraries could do this.
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Micro Interactions + Direct Engagement
via Tame The Web by Michael on May 03, 2008
| View | Upload your own David Armano posts a presentation on Micro Interactions at his blog Logic+Emotion. I think he really taps into an important opportunity for libraries. Take a look and checkout his well-cited and well-crafted show.Don’t miss the points about consumer-generated content, Starbucks and lifestreaming. Does your library have a way to participate in your users’...
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