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Entries from June 24th, 2009

Future of libraries…some thoughts

June 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments · libraries

After our discussion at the Future of Libraries panel(see previous post) last week, and some general discussions around the blogosphere, it is clear there is profession-wide self-examination going on about libraries and our services and our customers. In his post, “Who are Your Competitors” David Lee King ponders this subject, asking “What are you doing [...]

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Future of libraries panel presentation

June 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Web 2.0

Or Where are we going? I’m fortunate to be participating in a very exciting panel discussion Thursday evening on the future of libraries, how social networking fits into that, and how we design our facilities due to those changes.  It’s a great group–Joyce Valenza, Buffy Hamilton, Cathy Nelson and myself, meeting to discuss and answer [...]

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