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Crafting @ the Library (On a Budget) » Public Libraries Online

Crafting @ the Library (On a Budget) » Public Libraries Online | Libraries, Leadership and Foresight. | Scoop.it
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KidsCash: Fun, educational online money-management for kids || Newshour

KidsCash: Fun, educational online money-management for kids || Newshour | Libraries, Leadership and Foresight. | Scoop.it
KidsCash: Fun, educational online money-management for kids| Source : thenextweb
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visual education

visual education | Libraries, Leadership and Foresight. | Scoop.it
#INFOGRAPHIC: DOES LEADERSHIP QUALITY MATTER?
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The Wrong War Over eBooks: Publishers Vs. Libraries - Forbes

The Wrong War Over eBooks: Publishers Vs. Libraries - Forbes | Libraries, Leadership and Foresight. | Scoop.it
Libraries, like other consumers, should be free to buy any published e-content at competitive prices, to keep these items in their collection, and to loan them to their patrons.
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Five Leadership Mistakes Of The Galactic Empire - Forbes

Five Leadership Mistakes Of The Galactic Empire - Forbes | Libraries, Leadership and Foresight. | Scoop.it
In running his Galactic Empire, Emperor Palpatine made five key leadership mistakes that led to his inevitable failure. Here's what you can learn from his bad example.
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Faculty and Librarian Collaboration on Problem-based Learning | Hines | Journal of Library Innovation

Faculty and Librarian Collaboration on Problem-based Learning | Hines | Journal of Library Innovation | Libraries, Leadership and Foresight. | Scoop.it
Faculty and Librarian Collaboration on Problem-based Learning...
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Stanford announces prize for innovation in research libraries

Stanford announces prize for innovation in research libraries | Libraries, Leadership and Foresight. | Scoop.it
Today Stanford University Libraries announces the Stanford Prize for Innovation in Research Libraries – SPIRL, an award that is intended to recognize and celebrate individual research librari...
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Libraries Build Community - Google Drive

"I created this Google presentation for my SJSU SLIS LIBR 287 Hyperlinked Library class with Dr. Michael Stephens, Fall 2012. "

~Valarie Kingsland

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Don't Confuse Engagement with User Experience

Don't Confuse Engagement with User Experience | Libraries, Leadership and Foresight. | Scoop.it
Designing a great user experience is not the same as designing greater engagement.
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Renovated downtown Madison branch will showcase the future of libraries - Isthmus | The Daily Page

Renovated downtown Madison branch will showcase the future of libraries - Isthmus | The Daily Page | Libraries, Leadership and Foresight. | Scoop.it
It's 4 p.m. on a Tuesday at the Goodman South Madison library on Park Street, and the brightly lit community room is packed with teenagers.
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Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki - Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki

Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki - Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki | Libraries, Leadership and Foresight. | Scoop.it

"Welcome to Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki. This wiki was created to be a one-stop shop for great ideas and information for all types of librarians. All over the world, librarians are developing successful programs and doing innovative things with technology that no one outside of their library knows about. There are lots of great blogs out there sharing information about the profession, but there is no one place where all of this information is collected and organized. That's what we're trying to do."

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Daily Number: Teachers Say that for Students Today 'Research = Googling' - Pew Research Center

I have to wonder about how accurate this is since it hearsay. In any case it certainly demonstrates the need for information literacy as part of a formal education.

 

 

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The Tao of Tablets | American Libraries Magazine

The Tao of Tablets | American Libraries Magazine | Libraries, Leadership and Foresight. | Scoop.it

"We are barely two years into the tablet revolution and the “post-PC era,” as Steve Jobs dubbed this new age of personal computing devices. The convergent evolution of both tablets and academic library services is happening quickly, with innovations in the two areas emerging on a regular basis."

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From Customer Management to Customer Engagement - Forbes

From Customer Management to Customer Engagement - Forbes | Libraries, Leadership and Foresight. | Scoop.it
Empower your People and Reap the Rewards In a previous post, we talked about the ways Microsoft Dynamics is reimagining business applications, by making the experience of using the applications more natural and more intuitive—by making the tools we...
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The pop-up, over-the-top library

The pop-up, over-the-top library | Libraries, Leadership and Foresight. | Scoop.it
“The Harvard Library is changing,” said Goldenson of the course’s co-sponsor. “This is a way to bring students to the table.” The Labrary emphasis is on making things, he added.
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How can libraries reivent their programs and place?

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Op-ed: Old-school job skills you won’t find on Google

Op-ed: Old-school job skills you won’t find on Google | Libraries, Leadership and Foresight. | Scoop.it
Young graduates might well be digital savvy, but employers are finding they lack the old-school research skills. Guest columnist Alison J. Head proposes some ways to bring them up to speed.
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Libraries can and do prepare kids for their future...career and college ready

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The Heart of Innovation: The 8 Dimensions of a Brainstorm Session

The Heart of Innovation: The 8 Dimensions of a Brainstorm Session | Libraries, Leadership and Foresight. | Scoop.it
Creativity, Innovation, Team Building, Leadership, Brainstorming, Idea Champions...

Via Buffy J. Hamilton
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CEOs Don’t Come Pre-Made, Authentic Leadership Has To Be Learned | TechCrunch

Editor’s note: Scott Weiss is a partner at Andreessen Horowitz and the former co-founder and CEO of IronPort Systems, which was acquired by Cisco in 2007.
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"A person cannot make hard decisions, hold unpopular positions, or stand tall for what he believes unless he knows who he is and feels comfortable in his own skin." ~ Jack Welch

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Derek Sivers: How to start a movement

http://www.ted.com With help from some surprising footage, Derek Sivers explains how movements really get started. (Hint: it takes two.) TEDTalks is a daily ... (RT @MadeMyDay: How to start a movement.
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Four Ways to Reinvent Service Delivery

"For a quick assessment of innovation opportunities, locate your service in each of the four matrices throughout this article, which correspond to the four dimensions. This effort can provoke a valuable discussion, especially if there is disagreement about which cells your business falls into."

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How to Create an Innovation Ecosystem

How to Create an Innovation Ecosystem | Libraries, Leadership and Foresight. | Scoop.it
The best ideas don't spring from individuals.
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20 Game-Changing Technology Trends That Will Create Both Disruption and Opportunity on a Global Level | Flash Foresights from Daniel Burrus | Big Think

20 Game-Changing Technology Trends That Will Create Both Disruption and Opportunity on a Global Level | Flash Foresights from Daniel Burrus | Big Think | Libraries, Leadership and Foresight. | Scoop.it

"To stay competitive, your organization needs to anticipate the most significant technology trends that are shaping your business and then develop innovative ways to use them to your advantage, both inside and outside of your organization"

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Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013

Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013 | Libraries, Leadership and Foresight. | Scoop.it
By Jeffrey Beall Released December 4, 2012 The gold open-access model has given rise to a great many new online publishers. Many of these publishers are corrupt and exist only to make money off the...
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Digital Public Library of America » Blog Archive » Press: The Digital Public Library of America: Moving from Concept to Reality

Digital Public Library of America » Blog Archive » Press: The Digital Public Library of America: Moving from Concept to Reality | Libraries, Leadership and Foresight. | Scoop.it

“As the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) moves toward its launch date in April 2013, leading experts in libraries, technology, law, and education continue to explore the possibilities of a national digital public library through meetings, workshops, and even an Appfest.

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Kindergarten Coders and the New Toy Tablets | Endless Innovation | Big Think

Kindergarten Coders and the New Toy Tablets | Endless Innovation | Big Think | Libraries, Leadership and Foresight. | Scoop.it
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