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Libraries In Today's Ever-Changing Digital World
My director handed me this article and thought it might make for an interesting blog post. The article itself is a book review of John Palfrey’s new book entitled BiblioTech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google due out in just a few short days on May 5th.…
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Library Website Design & Management
First of all, if someone has this all figured out, please let me know! A number of years ago our library website was integrated into the township website as we began using a new server/company. As the library, we have complete control over how/what we design and is added to…
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Marketing Your Library
Marketing has been on my mind for awhile, maybe because it’s such a prevalent topic at conferences, but while I was sitting in on a session about branding your library, I realized that a great program to offer at a conference would be “How to Write an Elevator Speech.” I’ve…
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Amazon the new library?
Amazon has recently launched a new “Netflix-like” subscription service for ebooks. And a number of recent articles are posting that Amazon is now going to replace libraries with this service. Including this article from Great Britain, whose author believes that the country could save money by offering an ebook subscription…
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Summer Reading Prep…
or ” How to Try and Organize My Life for the Next 3 Months” All of our major spring programming has wrapped up, which is awesome, but after a short reprieve, I am now facing the summer reading kick-off countdown. And I have WAY too much to do in the…
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Public Libraries – Books for All!
It’s been one of those days where I started the morning with a dentist appointment that started late, which made me late to a meeting, then I came back to the library for a second meeting and am now waiting for a third meeting to start. It’s one of those…
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Library Website Usability
So, because I have so much extra time on my hands (not!) and our library website is sorely in need of an update, I’ve decided over the next month or two to start renovating! In all actuality, the library tends to be a little quieter during the holiday season, so…
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PaLA Annual Conference
I was fortunate to spend Monday at the Seven Springs Mountain Resort for the Pennsylvania Library Association Annual Conference. I find conferences invigorating, exciting, and fun! I love to learn about new ideas, programs, and concepts and seeing so many of my fellow librarians excited about what they do, excites…
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Online Resources Available from the Library
For the past few weeks, I’ve been battling with our online resources making sure each link works correctly so that the teachers and librarians at the local schools have access to these amazing resources. Well, let me tell you, after testing, re-testing, sending out step-by-step directions, I’m exhausted but I think…
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12 Most Underrated Jobs…
According to job website, CareerCast, librarians along with 11 other careers are considered the most underrated jobs for 2013. Take a look at the article posted on CNBC. I’m not sure how objective and factual based this list is, but I’d have to agree being a librarian is definitely underrated. …