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Improving Technology Literacy Among Service Desk Staff, Lauren Wittek Jul 2019

Improving Technology Literacy Among Service Desk Staff, Lauren Wittek

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This article discusses the creation and implementation of weekly technology training sessions for staff and faculty of the Central Washington University Brooks Library.

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Why Can't We Be Friends? Examining The Benefits And Challenges Of Maintaining Your Friends Of The Library, Maureen Rust, Julia Stringfellow Jan 2018

Why Can't We Be Friends? Examining The Benefits And Challenges Of Maintaining Your Friends Of The Library, Maureen Rust, Julia Stringfellow

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One of the most fruitful collaborative relationships a library can have is with its Friends of the Library organization, providing that group is vibrant and progressive. This article provides insight into the history of the Friends of the Library group at a regional comprehensive university since its founding in 1962 to nearly becoming defunct in 2015. The steps taken in the transformation of the Friends of the Library since then from an inactive group with no clear direction, to a robust organization with an active board who have identified goals and strategies for successful library advocacy are described. The work …

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Creating A Town Library Team: Collaborative Projects Between Public, School, And Academic Librarians, Maureen Rust Jan 2018

Creating A Town Library Team: Collaborative Projects Between Public, School, And Academic Librarians, Maureen Rust

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Library outreach, especially at the public and academic levels, is not a new concept. In the current climate of library budget cuts, instantaneous information, and readily available nonauthoritative sources, librarians, library staff, and library directors are making it a priority to educate their communities on the benefits of and accessibility to quality library resources. Collaboration between different types of libraries is also not uncommon. Partnerships between public and school libraries assist in coordinating information literacy curricula, promoting reading programs and providing access to materials and resources. This article encourages pushing those boundaries even further out to include academic libraries, thereby …

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Visualizing Space, Your Depository As Place, Aimée C. Quinn Jan 2017

Visualizing Space, Your Depository As Place, Aimée C. Quinn

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A decade ago, libraries began to reimagine their roles from traditional institutions of knowledge storehouses and repositories to social organisms of growth. With the advent of social media and an ever-increasing demand for information, today’s users request more flexible spaces for a variety of uses including the traditional library, but also for e-government services, information literacy education, social liaisons, gaming, safe and neutral spaces for all kinds of public discourse and a host of other societal projects for all ages. An outstanding study of the library as place was captured a decade ago by John Buschman and Gloria Leckie.[i] …

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Carrying Your Life In Your Pocket: Portable Electronics In Libraries, Mary Wise Jul 2007

Carrying Your Life In Your Pocket: Portable Electronics In Libraries, Mary Wise

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In this article, the author discusses their takeaways from a conference session by Michael Porter, discussing the use of portable electronics in the library.

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The Open Worldcat Is Out Of The Bag, Mary Wise Jul 2006