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Being “The Library” Again
What would it take for “the library” to regain its former stature? To be recognized as the primary institution for free and equitable access to information? To be the place where people turn first to get answers to everyday questions, … Continue reading
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Digital Natives Want ‘More’ From Their Public Libraries
A colleague recently put me onto a study by the Idaho Commission for Libraries that collected feedback on “Perceptions of Idaho’s Digital Natives on Public Libraries“. It is a very comprehensive, eye-opening, and highly useful study from which I believe … Continue reading
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21st Century Library Strategy – Change!
Last week during the Edgy Librarian webinar there were some excellent topics discussed. Lybrarian Blog has a nice review of some of it, with more to follow. One session that I listened to that peaked my interest was the “Culture … Continue reading
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21st Century Library Strategic Management
In my Strategic Planning series of posts in the fall of 2010, I stated that the Strategic Plan was essential to the survival of a 21st Century Library. That series was fairly comprehensive in addressing the Strategic Planning model that … Continue reading
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Changes in Our Librarian Education for the 21st Century – Revisited
In my original Post Changes in Our Librarian Education for the 21st Century in May, 2010, I wrote the following. Unfortunately, much of the MLS theory gets lost in the face of reality dealing with customers and daily issues. The … Continue reading
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Two Years of Blogging
Today marks the beginning of year three of my blogging adventure. The past two years have been an adventurous, bewildering, challenging, discouraging, encouraging, enlightening, exciting, exasperating, frustrating, and satisfying experience (don’t worry I wasn’t planning an alphabetical listing of emotions). … Continue reading
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Leader Development
OK, let’s agree that the librarianship profession does not attract lots of leader type people. What should we do about that? DUH! We should develop leaders from among those librarians who have an aptitude for it, express an interest in … Continue reading
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Why Don’t Librarians Collaborate More?
After reading a lot of literature on libraries in this 21st Century, it finally struck me that one area in which I have read virtually nothing is collaboration among librarians. Having consulted with numerous libraries, I find more that do … Continue reading
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Are You a 21st Century Librarian?
How does one measure their own librarianship to determine whether they are a 21st Century Librarian? Good question. None have been written of which I’m aware. So, where does one find an instrument – metric – outline – guide to … Continue reading
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Sure-Fire, Can’t-Fail Way to Prove Your Library’s Relevance
There are few things more important in the librarian profession today than proving to the funders that the library is relevant and valuable to the community. You can better prove that by using more than “count” numbers – circulation count, … Continue reading
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