From the monthly archives: September 2011
The benefits of regular exercise as a stress reducing or coping activity have been documented in a wide variety of forums from medical journals, to popular self help magazines, and human resources texts. Walking–one of the simplest, least equipment heavy exercise options–has been touted as having benefits as such exercise, as well as offering potential [...]
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Flyers, handouts, letters. Even in the age of blogs and tweets, there are times when printed materials are the best way to communicate with your library community. Are your materials as effective as they could be?
Before you start creating your next piece of material, ask these three questions:
What’s the purpose of this [...]
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In this podcast, Infopeople’s book guy Michael Cart editorializes – with some asperity, it might be noted — about the latest attack on young adult literature.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Megan Cox Gudron is the author of the “Wall Street Journal” article lambasting YA literature. You’ll find it and Chris [...]
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George & Joan just finished presenting a very thought-provoking webinar on Libraries in a Post-Print World (the archive is available now). There waas more chat than any of us could keep up with during the webinar. We’ve added a link to a transcript of the text chat for those who would like to [...]
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Birds do it, bees do it, and I do it every morning. It’s what brought me to the brand new Hippie Gypsy coffee shop (because I did it online last night). Richard Feynman did it on the beach (and Leland Myrick depicts that perfectly in his and Jim Ottaviani’s new
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In this edition of Thinking Out Loud, Joan starts the ball rolling by reflecting that she still views the start of the new school year as the start of her new year, with thoughts of what she wants to learn and what she wants to achieve. Both George and Joan have [...]
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I’ve worked in a host of library buildings that (oh, let’s be polite) need not just redesign, but some clear thinking around what works for users, staff, and collections in spaces where these three come together. And I’ve been lucky enough to be involved in the planning and project development required in rehabilitating some spaces [...]
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