Daily Archives: May 11, 2011

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Have You Found Us Yet?

Melbourne Museum and social media, originally uploaded by ellen forsyth. Ellen Forsyth writes: The Melbourne Museum wants to make it really easy for you to connect with them online. They have signs around the museum prompting you to connect with the via facebook, twitter, Flickr, YouTube or Foursquare. They also had signed advertising their free wifi. They also have a free ipad app Please touch the exhibit. I like the way they prompt and do not assume that you know where to find them online.

New Library Leadership Blog from Ken Haycock

Don’t miss Ken Haycock’s new blog focusing on all aspects of library leadership: http://www.kenhaycock.com/kens-blog.html Here’s a bit of a recent post on “Building A Better Manager:” How do you determine what makes a great branch manager? The results would be fairly obvious, I suspect… along the lines of have a clear vision and strategy for your team, help staff with career development, be productive and results-oriented… All standard stuff. Well, Google found the same results but they took a more methodical approach. How many of us stop to actually analyze those performance reviews, feedback surveys, and nominations for manager awards? […]