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Earlier this decade, the library’s vision was access to information. Before that, much before that, say 1894, the library’s vision was free books for all. But how quickly we’ve changed. Today it’s all about connection. Connection to the world through internet access Connection to vital public services through the same Connection to community through programming Connection to others by . . . → Read More: A new vision of the library My great grandpa would have remembered when Philadelphia Public Library coined the phrase, “Free Books for All.” That was 1891 and he would have known. He was proud to witness the driving of the Golden Spike ( now that was progress), the buggy and wagon’s morph to the automobile, the steam locomotive’s morph to the . . . → Read More: “Free For Books for All” going going gone Yesterday I went to a very interesting training sponsored by UALC: Outcomes based measurement by Julie Todaro. She did a great job. There were many people there (maybe 100) from academic libraries in Utah. It was kind of fun to catch up with some of my old “cronies” from when I used to work at . . . → Read More: Outcomes based training for libraries |
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Recently I went on a small hike with Zach (7 years old, adorable as they get). His daddy’s my favorite dentist, btw.
We were hiking down the path collecting rocks. He saw one he liked semi-buried in the ground. Bending down, he tried to pry it with his hands. Looking up he grinned and said, “it’s . . . → Read More: