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#INFOGRAPHIC: DOES LEADERSHIP QUALITY MATTER?
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.
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.
Faculty and Librarian Collaboration on Problem-based Learning...
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...
"I created this Google presentation for my SJSU SLIS LIBR 287 Hyperlinked Library class with Dr. Michael Stephens, Fall 2012. " ~Valarie Kingsland
Designing a great user experience is not the same as designing greater engagement.
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.
"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."
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.
"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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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...
“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.
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.
Creativity, Innovation, Team Building, Leadership, Brainstorming, Idea Champions...
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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.
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.
"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."
The best ideas don't spring from individuals.
"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"
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...
“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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