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Yearly Archives: 2011
Library and IT – Synergy or Distrust?
In my previous blog post, I asked why libraries are not actively encouraging those who are novice coders among library staff to further develop their coding skills. I was surprised to see so many comments. I was even more surprised … Continue reading
Posted in Librarianship, Library, management, Technology
Tagged coder, coding, collaboration, communication, culture, distrust, gap, IT, librarian, Library, misunderstanding, programmer, programming, synergy
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Why Not Grow Coders from the inside of Libraries?
How fantastic would it be if every small library has an in-house developer? We will be all using open-source software with custom feature modules that would perfectly fit our vision and the needs of the community we serve. Libraries will … Continue reading
Posted in Coding, Conference, Librarianship, Library, Technology, Web
Tagged code4lib, coder, coding, IT, libraries, programmer, programming
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Surprise – a Personal Brand is a By-product!
At the 2011 ALA Midwinter Meeting at San Diego, I moderated a panel discussion about personal branding sponsored by ACRL New Members Discussion Group. The program aimed at providing new and budding librarians with an opportunity to think about personal … Continue reading
Posted in ALA, Librarianship, Library, Social Media, Technology
Tagged ACRL, new librarains, new members discussion group, personal branding, social media
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Afraid of Marketing? How about a Tagline?
Marketing often comes up as a topic of discussion at libraries since there is much room for improvement for library advocacy and marketing. I have been always a bit afraid of marketing simply because it was never in my background … Continue reading
Practically Speaking – about Streaming the LITA Board Meeting
As many librarians know by now, on Saturday January 8th at the ALA Midwinter, there was a LITA board meeting. Jason Griffey, one of the LITA board members live-streamed the event. Having not been notified of this in advance, the … Continue reading
Posted in ALA, Conference, Librarianship, Library, Web
Tagged ala midwinter 2011, board meeting, lita, streaming
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