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A sales rep visited our library earlier today (Recorded Books was showing off their fledgling Rdio for Libraries product). Cool product, though I’ll guess not many libraries will go for it - bad pricing model, and no way to brand it as coming from … [Continue reading]
Gina Millsap, my library's Executive Director, is a candidate for ALA president for 2013-14! Sweet! Below is a little info about her from the ALA press release. Before that though  ... I LOVE working for Gina. She really knows her stuff, she … [Continue reading]
For my Australian readers and friends - I'm visiting you guys in September! And I have a pretty busy schedule. Here's where I'll be talking: September 18 - ALIA 5th New Librarians Symposium in Perth September 19 - LibraryCamp Australia in … [Continue reading]
Wouldn't it be weird if Google, KS blocked Google from their own computers? Unfortunately, that just happened. OK - it's really Topeka, KS (Topeka renamed the city for that Google Fiber project). And they didn't really block Google - they … [Continue reading]
Last week, I focused on three questions every webpage should answer. The questions were: What can I do here? What should I do next? Why should I care? And now, I have a question for you. Are there other questions a website or an individual … [Continue reading]