Kanab City Library was filled with fond memories and tributes to Marolynn Watson at their Tenth Anniversary Open House on May 16th 2009. The Library Board and staff had gone all out to show off many highlights of the past ten years. There were displays showing library accomplishments and artifacts of the library in days of . . . → Read More: Kanab City Library celebrates 10 years in its new building
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Joanne Taylor received an UPLIFT Professional Development grant in 2009. One class she attended through the grant was Economics of Information. Here are her thoughts on just one piece of the puzzle: The Economics of Consortia “Libraries have long engaged in cooperative ventures. Government documents and interlibrary loans are two of the older and better-recognized cooperative . . . → Read More: UPLIFT Grant: The Economics of Consortia class Friends of the Library training is coming June 23 & 24 here in Utah. Register: http://library.utah.gov/workshops When I think of Friends of the Library I think of collaboration. What are Friends of the Library groups for? Public, academic. school, and special libraries. No one’s too obscure or too high powered to have Friends. May 13, 10-11 am Mountain Time: Leading in Difficult Times (SirsiDynix Institute) As a library system director I get asked for advice regularly, but in the last few months the requests have been growing louder. How do I control the fear, what is leadership in tough times all about, why is inaction not an option this time . . . → Read More: Free online training in May for librarians This has been a super value to our library as we did not have a website until this project. We would not have had the money to hire a professional or even have our technician spend the time on creating one for us. This is something that we have control over and can update . . . → Read More: Web in a box value I am thinking of ways to get this site even cooler than it is. I want to make it so it’s smoother, easier to use. Any ideas from you 2.0 gurus out there? I just joined Library 2.0 on ning and am thinking of some of those features. Help me obi wan kanobi, you’re my only hope. . . . → Read More: Making this site more 2 point Oh! ey |
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Tools of engagement
As Clay Shirky said in his 2008 keynote at Web 2.0 Expo, media is a triathalon: people like to consume, produce, and share it. Media that is targeted at you but doesn’t include you may not be worth watching. We might ask ourselves, in what ways are we engaging our audiences? How well do libraries help . . . → Read More: Tools of engagement