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Links for library staff / Liens pour le personnel des bibliothèques
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These librarians would adventure through muddy creeks and snowy hills just to deliver books to the people of these isolated areas.
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Coding workshops. 3D printers. And books. Far from extinct, today’s public library is about access to technology as much as to knowledge.
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Designer antibodies, volcano mining, and biomimetic materials. The future is wild.
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High volume, longer tweets, and growth of embedded content all fed into decision.
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Elles ont fraudé, cambriolé, tué. Mais donnez-leur à lire, et elles redécouvrent un sens à leur vie. Notre journaliste raconte six mois d'immersion dans le club de lecture de la prison pour femmes de Joliette.
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Our recent article on reading levels and the dangers of using strictly prescribed leveling systems in libraries for young readers sparked much dialogue and debate. One of the most popular and widely
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Interactive game experiences such as treasure hunts, mystery trails and Pokemon Go type apps have huge potential to enhance family learning
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Nobody wants Nazis in public libraries. But it's tough to find a coherent case to ban them without undermining libraries' most important function
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Realising that people who have fled their homes need more than just food and shelter, a pair of volunteers decided to requisition a minivan and turn it into something that would help enrich lives
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Text of my talk at The Danish Research Library Associations Winter Assembly 2017, Korsoer, Denmark. I like people. Not all people but in general. I strongly believe that people talking to each other, sharing ideas, challenging one another on believes and arguments makes this world a better place. The landscape of human beings interacting has… |
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As local news outlets disappear in America, some libraries are gaining new relevance.
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We’ve created a list of library trends of 2017 based on interviews with library thought leaders and on our own experience with libraries. Read here!
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A widely shared article declaring libraries and archives to be among the fastest-declining industries in America has been debunked.
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Should a lawyer or librarian answer copyright questions in your organization? It depends on the type of question and nature of your answer.
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La gratuité devient la norme dans les 173 bibliothèques publiques du Québec. En 2011, encore 27 d’entre elles exigeaient un tarif pour permettre d’emprunter des livres ou d’autres documents. Avec quelques semaines à faire en 2017, il n’en reste plus que sept.
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5 ways to turn your library management system homepage into an outreach superstar
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Library media specialist says the first lady should have given them to needy communities and that the books were a cliche.
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Libraries from coast to coast have won accolades for being oases in the unemployment desert for millions of job seekers using their libraries’ free internet computers to sharpen their interview skills and sift through job boards. Much less recognized is that many libraries are also making important contributions to the nation’s economic recovery by assisting … Continue reading How Public Libraries Are a Boon to Small Business →
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I’m always on the lookout for great business books, and recently came across The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users. Written by former chief Apple Evangelist, Guy Kawasaki, and social media marketing consultant Peg Fitzpatrick, this short book is still incredibly relevant despite its 2014 publication date. Here are my top 5…
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L’une des courses à la mairie qu’il faudra suivre en novembre prochain est sans doute celle qui se jouera à Gatineau. Nous assisterons à un duel entre deux candidats dont l’enjeu sera l’amélioration des bibliothèques publiques.
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Last week we discussed the new "cost-per-circulation" (CPC) model for public libraries -- in which they can make e-books available to patrons and pay the publisher per "loan" instead of paying fixed fees to "acquire" titles as if they were print books (the "pretend it's print" or PIP model). HarperCollins has just become the first… |
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Wow, these are the things I have been thining about for a long time now and keep trying to promote as a librarian. How do we teach the students of today for their future (Daniel Pink)?