From the monthly archives: August 2012
In his latest podcast, Infopeople’s book guy Michael Cart reports on Americas new Poet Laureate and continues his discussion of the impact of technology on publishing.
Mentioned in this podcast: New Laureate Looks Deep into Memory (NY Times, 6/6/12), Room for Debate (NY Times 6/6/12), BEA 2012: Self-Published [...]
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Does your work in the library include service to children and their families? Do you want to do a better job and gain confidence in providing homework assistance, readers’ advisory, tours of your library, or family programs?
Through the Infopeople course Children’s Service Fundamentals, expert children’s librarian and author
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Caveat! This post isn’t intended as technical review, but one busy librarian’s experience!
A few days ago, I received another in a growing line of requests for a list of iPad apps that I find most useful in my workaday life. While the list does, of course, go through the necessary evolution that [...]
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One of the hallmarks of public libraries has traditionally been to provide free and open access to resources and services, ideally in an environment that is safe and respectful to both staff and patrons. However the peaceful co-existence of service, safety, and respect may be challenged by difficult, disruptive, or even dangerous [...]
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Dan Pink is coming out with a new book on December 31, 2012. It’s called, To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others. To “sell”, for him, includes much of what we do all day which is convince, persuade and motivate people to do what we want or need them to do.
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Are you ready to take your library’s readers’ advisory services to the cutting edge? Do you want to include adults who are seeking suggestions not only for what to read next but also for listening or viewing experiences? Would you like to assist library users in evaluating formats such as e-books, graphic novels, films and music genres as [...]
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In his latest podcast, Michael Cart pays a loving tribute to writer and faithful library supporter Ray Bradbury, who passed away on June 5, 2012.
Ray Bradbury titles cited in this podcast: Dandelion Wine, The Martian Chronicles, Farenheit 451, The Halloween Tree.
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