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User 2.0: Innovative Library Sites (Part 1 – Academic Libraries)
You may recognize this illustration from the work published in Diffusion of Innovations (1995) by the late Everett Rogers. A few weeks ago I posted a query on the dig_ref listserv asking this savvy...
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The Human Touch
The Human Touch (in which a crazy-bad “system” is made less bad by a live, caring human being)In November I’m going to be staffing a booth at New Jersey’s annual teacher’s convention to help promote...
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‘Just give them the ichthyo-’ Lessons in customer service through the eyes of...
Anyone who knew what ichthyo was without having to look it up wins a candy bar, on me.* Scenario 1: Can you imagine walking into a fish market, asking the fishmonger for a pound of cod and him...
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The Truth Is Out There–We Are Not Alone!
In today’s New York Times, Michelle Slatalla writes about turning to the Internet for advice for dealing with ‘life’s little insoluble conundrums’–in her case, a smoke detector going off in the night....
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A New Year, A New Book on Academic Library Research
Happy New Year to All! Although it is otherwise a slow news day, as we all await the start of 2009 and look ahead to a new year unfolding. I am so thrilled that “Academic Library Research: Perspectives...
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All Types of Libraries Invited to Join “Money Smart Week @ Your Library”...
Posted by Robert J. Lackie American Library Association logo The American Library Association (ALA) has announced in October 2010 a partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to make “Money...
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Midwinter in chilly San Diego
by April Bunn San Diego has a high today of only 59 degrees, so it’s not the warm getaway I expected, but it’s still a welcome relief from the piles of snow I left behind in New Jersey. The 2011 ALA...
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Money Smart Week® @Your Library (April 2-9, 2011) and ID Theft Resources
Posted by Robert J. Lackie American Library Association logoThe American Library Association (ALA), the Federal Reserve, and I hope that many librarians and their libraries are participating in the...
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Complimentary Downloads from Salem Press Concerning Osama bin Laden & Terrorism
Posted by Robert J. Lackie Milestone Documents in American History In an RSS feed I received today, Peter W. Tobey at Salem Press (ptobey@salempress.come) wrote that they were now providing free...
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