From the monthly archives: August 2011
Infopeople’s Technology Petting Zoo addresses curiosity that can be expressed in groups who are given the opportunity to play with new means of working and communicating. It’s a kind of planned play date for staff as well as for the interested community in the contracting library’s location. Play dates are a great way [...]
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In this podcast, Infopeople’s resident reader Michael Cart reports on a brace of new books he’s recently read, including actor and screenwriter Albert Brooks’ terrific new novel and Jennifer Eagen’s Pulitzer Prize winner “A Visit from the Goon Squad.”
Titles mentioned in this podcast:
Eagen, Jennifer. A VISIT FROM THE GOON [...]
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In this podcast, Michael Cart, Infopeople’s book guy, talks about the new literary phenomenon called “crossover books,” which – in part, at least – refers to adult books of interest to young adult readers. To find out what else have a listen.
Titles mentioned in this podcast:
Anderson, M. T. THE [...]
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Infopeople regularly offers courses in developing and conducting readers’ advisory services targeting adults. Each time this online course is announced there are questions from potential registrants about whether the course is suitable for those performing advisory work with children and/or teens. While there are some aspects of working with anyone in search of [...]
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In this edition of Thinking Out Loud, George and Joan suggest that librarians devote less of their energy to formatting the “right” answers when writing requests for proposals (or requests for information) and more care and thought to asking the right questions.
During the podcast, they mention a Wayne County Library [...]
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