Our presentation at SXSWi 2012. Many thanks to the awesome Nate Hill, Michael Porter, and Char Booth for rocking the house. Via Buffy J. Hamilton 
Quote: "Our product is knowledge, connection, acceptance, creativity, and curiosity." 
Quote: "Library patrons between the ages of 21 and 40 ... turn to mobile technology when looking for content..." 
Information on ebooks in libraries 
Several publishers have barred libraries from buying their e-books, saying that allowing unlimited e-reading isn’t a sustainable business model. But one publisher is trying a different approach. Via nickcarman 
Quote: "This list has been around for a few years, but I've updated it to serve as an "interest grabber" at the beginning of a chapter. Can you add to the list?" 
"...library technologist Jessamyn West, has called on her peers in the profession to take action, for starters, by becoming informed."
Things to consider when putting together a school library program. 
UNESCO Public Library Manifesto @maddow http://t.co/izUWyabG... |
Quote: "...libraries play a more profound, yet sometimes overlooked, role in the advocacy for freedom of information." 
Or get out at least until there is a better system? I know what you are going to say, I can hear it already - "We can't! Our patrons demand ebooks! 
Quote: "For starters, just like most public buildings, the library needs to become as a new hub for social life among the local community." 
Library on Wheels is a program that the Sequoyah High School Media Center has been doing for a little over three years now, and we are pleased with the results. Library on Wheels is the name we... 
Quote: "Jonathon chose to highlight the plight of school librarians in the era of drastic budget cuts. He turned up more than sixty studies demonstrating the clear relationship between school libraries and student achievement." 
Information on why libraries should have advisory groups and tips on how to run/organize them. 
Quote: "Digital media is fundamentally different from a piece of media bound by a physical or mechanical container. The reason that digital rights management, the Harper-Collins 26 checkouts solution, or the Stop Online Piracy Act exist is because we insist on trying to find ways to make digital media fit within the same constraints we’ve become accustomed to for mechanical-era media." Via nickcarman 
An innovative, fantastic, and cool example of what libraries can be.
Via nickcarman 
American Libraries Magazine, the magazine of the American Library Association, delivers news and information about the library community. Via Buffy J. Hamilton |
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