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Thinking about Strategy
The fine people at the WebDrivenChurch blog have been thinking about strategy – and I think their ideas for rethinking their tasks and projects is a great one, and can be adapted to also work for other...
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Answer these Questions
I recently read What do You Want People to See over on the Social Rabbit blog. Good read … and it made me think a bit. The article discusses setting some goals for your social media sites by answering...
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Video, Youtube, and My Library
I’m still thinking about Youtube and videos, which I started with my post Poking Around in Youtube Insights. So my next couple of posts will talk as bit about YouTube and how to tweak your videos to...
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Five P’s of Preparation
I’m reading The Secrets of Facilitation: The S.M.A.R.T. Guide to Getting Results with Groups by Michael Wilkinson (all us managers at the library are reading it right now). I just read about the 5 P’s...
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Which Side of the Bus are You On?
Just a thought from Jim Collins‘ book Good to Great. In that book, Jim writes this: “to build a successful organization and team you must get the right people on the bus.” The “bus” is the company, the...
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Uusi keskustakirjasto from WDC Helsinki 2012 on Vimeo. I love the direction Helsinki City Library has gone with their new building. From this article about it, check out some of these highlights:...
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One Big Social Media Prediction for 2017
Here’s my one big social media prediction for libraries in 2017. Are you ready? It’s this: Your social media won’t improve … if you don’t try to make it better. If you are guilty of any of these...
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Digital First and Libraries
Throughout the pandemic, my library has been talking about having more of a “Digital First” approach to our whole library. Let’s explore that concept in the next couple of posts. What is Digital...
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Digital First: Start with a "Digital And” Approach
In my last post, I talked about having a Digital First approach at your library. In this post, let’s loosen that concept up just a bit, and explore something that I call “Digital And.” What is Digital...
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Big Shifts with Digital First and Digital And Approaches
I’m still focused on Digital First. Here are some things to think about as your library or organization moves closer to emphasizing digital. Digital is just as important as physical or in-person. This...
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My Digital First and Digital And Posts, and some helpful links
Arrow Image by Ian Muttoo For the last few posts, I’ve been focused on digital first and libraries. It’s been fun to explore! Hope you found them helpful. Here are the links to the whole blog post...
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Video Equipment Used at My Library
Here’s a short video using some of the video equipment my library currently uses to make our YouTube videos (check out our YouTube channel!). [Also, feel free to subscribe to my YouTube channel....
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When Facebook goes down – do you have other options?
Smartphone with apps A couple days ago, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp (all Facebook apps) went down for about six hours. Globally. That’s a pretty big deal these days! I was affected just a teeny,...
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Social Media Use in 2021
I missed this when it came out in April, but there are some good takeaways from Pew Research Center’s Social Media Use in 2021 report. Social Media Use in 2021 from Pew Research Social Media Use in...
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Mixology at the Library (well, sort of)!
Has your library ever partnered with a bar to make drinks that match up with a library event? Well … we have! Watch our first Mixology video (embedded in this post) – showing a bartender at a local...
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Library Engagement Platforms – New ALA Publication!
My newest LTR! Interested in Library Engagement Platforms? Then this new Library Technology Report (written by me) is just for you! Here’s a blurb about it: This issue of Library Technology Reports...
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8 Things to Work on in 2022
Yay! It’s 2022! Boo! We’re still in pandemic mode! The last two years have been pretty weird, to say the least. And so far, it looks like 2022 might be yet another, let’s say, “interesting,” year. But...
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Experiments with Short Form Video
In January, I made a short time lapse video of me shoveling snow off my driveway (see the video embedded in this blog post if you’re interested!). Because I think doing that type of thing is sorta fun...
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Exploring Library Engagement Platforms, Tools, and Techniques
I have a new article in Computers in Libraries magazine that has been posted at Information Today, all about different types of Library Engagement Platforms. Here’s the beginning of the article:...
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Five Ways to Up your Library’s Mobile Game – new article
I have another new(ish) article in the April 2022 Computers in Libraries magazine. It’s focused on easy ways to make your customer’s mobile experience a better one. Here are my five points in the...
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