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Kathryn Greenhill argued that librarians should avoid trying to duplicate content providers like Facebook and Wikipedia and instead focus on providing access and understanding of these tools. Kate Davis disagreed, writing that rather than librarians building our own software and online tools, we should partner with existing providers
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By: Patrick Gill Dear Michael Rosenblum, You recently wrote an article for the Huffinton Post Media section asking “What’s a Library?” Though you proceeded to write about the death of libraries, I ... Delete the scoop?
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As librarians, we know the value of our community services, and our patrons appreciate their importance as well. But in an increasingly digital world, we see the role of libraries as community and cultural centers at times undervalued, and occasionally under fire. When shrinking municipal budgets combine with the nonstop technological revolution, public library services that focus on building community face-to-face, inspiring and educating patrons about art, literature, and music, and helping patrons engage in civil discourse can seem quaint. But it is precisely those shrinking budgets and the onslaught of technologically mediated life that make public libraries’ cultural and community offerings more important than ever.... Delete the scoop?
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Editor's note: The following post was written by Professor Jill Hurst-Wahl and Matthew Gunby, recent graduate of the LIS degree program at the iSchool. The current conversation around the value of... Delete the scoop?
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I was recently invited to sit with a panel of library "CEOs" at the 2013 BC Library Conference to discuss issues that keep us all "up at night". When I first began pondering the question, my reaction was, "what doesn't keep me up at night?!" In order to teach a wide variety of courses, manage site visits and field placements, mentor students, and encourage community engagement, I find myself observing and experiencing many changes to the profession of librarianship, technology and human behaviour. "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." --- Albert Einstein, 1879-1955. Delete the scoop?
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The New York Public Library’s newest branch is going to sparkle like fine crystal.The W. 53rd St. center will be an airy, vibrant structure with multiple public spaces, modern computer labs, an audio-video collection, and walls of books, library officials said Monday as they unveiled new renderings of the three-story facility designed by Enrique Norten’s TEN Arquitectos.Meanwhile, the city is sucking dry its existing libraries. Delete the scoop?
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Please help us in our campaign to keep libraries across New York City open, stocked, and staffed. Delete the scoop?
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The increasingly digital context brings challenges and opportunities for librarians, library staff, archivists, and museum professionals. New roles and the competencies required to perform them are evolving. One overriding role for all of us is that of the leader. The complexity of the changes we experience leads to many unfamiliar situations in which deep learning is necessary to successfully work through the problems and challenges. Scholar Warren Bennis calls these “crucible” experiences. Delete the scoop?
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The Donnell branch of the New York Public Library has been reconceived to fit at the base of a high-rise hotel and designed to emphasize places to congregate rather than those for books. Delete the scoop?
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Two separate incidents made me a little bit sad over the last couple weeks. Delete the scoop?
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User experience is an important tool for libraries to employ against a number of competitors like bookstores and at-home Internet access. Libraries have taken this as an opportunity to provide services that are not available elsewhere, like the story above illustrates. The strategy to focus on users and their needs has earned libraries strong support from the public as demonstrated by a recent Pew Internet study: an overwhelming 91% of Americans “say public libraries are important to their communities." Delete the scoop?
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Ever worry about where our profession is headed? I do—a lot—but then something happens to make me realize there is indeed a bright future for librarianship, and that library work still attracts talented, creative, and interesting people. I recently had the good fortune to meet two such individuals: Ashley and Heather Pierce. They’re sisters who both happen to work at the Harvard Law School Library (HLSL), and they’re both vibrant, motivated young women who enjoy their work immensely and are obviously committed to it. Delete the scoop?
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Ten Little Free Libraries — miniature lending libraries where anyone can take or leave a book under the honor system — will pop up all over downtown Manhattan on Saturday. Delete the scoop?
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By the 1900's libraries will be dead. Discover why! Delete the scoop?
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Real life accounts from library patrons whose lives have been changed for the better by libraries. Delete the scoop?
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"Moving Past the Deficit Model and Demonstrating Our Worth" Texas Library Association Annual Conference. Fort Worth, TX (via Skype). Abstract: Our communities, be they an academy or a city, are not... Delete the scoop?
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OverDrive and Sourcebooks are preparing to launch an innovative and ambitious pilot program whose goal is to clearly demonstrate the impact library ebook lending has on book sales and author recognition. Delete the scoop?
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San Juan Capistrano’s new librarian has the know-how to take on a changing library landscape By Brian Park It’s no small task replacing a local legend, but that’s exactly what San Juan Capistrano’s... Delete the scoop?
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Libraries: the Best Bang for Your Buck (via Observer-Dispatch) Recently an Observer-Dispatch editorial noted that: the public library …. is a treasure. We...
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Installed on the Dunham Public Library website is a Library Value Calculator. Based on generally accepted costs for materials and services, people can compute the personal value of their library. Delete the scoop?
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The readers’ palace on W. 53rd St. will be an airy, vibrant structure full of public space, modern computer labs, an audio-video collection and — of course — walls of books, library officials said Monday. Delete the scoop?
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The purpose of this paper is to promote discussion across the sector between library leaders, information service providers, vendors, practitioners, students, commentators, colleagues in Australia and internationally – anyone and everyone with an interest in the field. The paper is intended to engage, excite, provoke. It is not our blueprint for the future. The feedback we receive through various fora will help us create a final document towards the end of the year. The findings of this project will enable us to review the strategic direction of the Association and develop our new strategic plan for 2015.
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Who are the unsung of the book-publishing world? The librarians and booksellers, who give advice and make recommendations to their members and customers. The people who are in their jobs because t... Delete the scoop?
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I know... I know... another post about the future of libraries. But this one is different from the talk I gave before. It's shorter; it geared towards an audience of non-librarians; it uses different stories; it betrays more of the form of a larger idea that I'm working on. And it has a different ending! This presentation was for the Seventh Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning, held at the University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, May 1-2, 2013: On the verge: debating the future of university teaching. Delete the scoop?
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Permission Based Publishing: The New York Publishing Model (and Why It ... Delete the scoop?
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Porter Anderson on the muted May Day response to Hachette Book Group's ebook library lending plan, which should be good news for librarians. Delete the scoop?
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