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Amazon’s New Kindle Bringing Fire to the Tablet Market
Toughted by Amazon as delivering; Movies, apps, games, music, reading and more, plus Amazon’s revolutionary, cloud-accelerated web browser • 18 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, and books • Amazon Appstore – thousands of popular apps and games • Ultra-fast … Continue reading
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The Physics of Your Library Brand
Yes, the physics of your library brand is Newton’s Law, because the public image of “LIBRARY” is stuck in public perception as “BOOKS” – instead of everything else that libraries are becoming – a 21st Century Library requires LOTS of … Continue reading
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Perpetual Beta – The Real 21st Century Library Model?
For many months now I have been writing and contemplating about what the 21st Century Library is, does and looks like. I began with a “model” that essentially only describes various external social factors that influence the environment of a … Continue reading
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Customer Targeting – A New 21st Century Library Skill
Ever wonder what happened to that 20-something person you noticed in the library several times a couple of months ago? What did you know about them? Were they a life long community resident? A student? A parent? How about the … Continue reading
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Apple Slams the Door on eBook Apps
Just as iPad and iPhone users were getting used to purchasing and downloading their Kindle, Nook, Google and OverDrive eBooks through the respective apps on their Apple devices, Apple has pulled the plug on those apps that made it possible. … Continue reading
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Planned Abandonment – A New 21st Century Library Skill
Actually, planned abandonment is not a new concept, but applying it in a library organization certainly is, considering that librarians are stereotyped as overly cautious about weeding their collections. Planned abandonment is the antithesis of some core librarianship behaviors. So, … Continue reading
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Digital Discovery – A New 21st Century Library Skill
In response to my recent Poll regarding topics readers would like to discuss, over 50% are interested in more business models for the 21st Century Library. I just happened to stumble across a new operating strategy that may have very … Continue reading
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Open Innovation – A New 21st Century Library Skill
Open innovation is essentially “a paradigm that assumes that firms can and should use external ideas as well as internal ideas, and internal and external paths to market, …” according to Wikipedia (who has yet to steer me wrong on … Continue reading
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Too Busy Keeping the Library Running!
This situation appears to be all too common among the vast majority of librarians I’ve heard from, especially library directors. So, what is it with that situation? How do busy directors and managers have time to plan for a better … Continue reading
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In Case You Didn’t Feel The Paradigm Shifting
“Amazon.com Now Selling More Kindle Books Than Print Books”, an announcement by Amazon.com on May 19, 2011. SEATTLE, May 19, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — … Amazon began selling hardcover and paperback books in July 1995. Twelve years later in November … Continue reading
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