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Skokie PL Digital Media Lab – Tony Makes Music

Skokie PL Digital Media Lab, a photo by mstephens7 on Flickr.

Skokie PL Digital Media Lab

Skokie PL Digital Media Lab, a photo by mstephens7 on Flickr.

Stabi Film “make yourself at home” – Video from Stabi Hamburg

Well done!

Douglas County Libraries Digital Branch

Tech-Talks

Tech-Talks, a photo by Mesa County Libraries on Flickr.

TWIL: Design Thinking with Aaron Schmidt

New White Paper: Think Like a Startup

Please go here ASAP:

http://chronicle.com/blognetwork/theubiquitouslibrarian/2012/04/04/think-like-a-startup-a-white-paper/

to find out all about the new white paper from Brian Mathews:

This paper is a collection of talking points intended to stir the entrepreneurial spirit in library leaders at every level. I think it is also useful for library science students as they prepare to enter and impact the [...]

That Human Voice & Connection

http://www.darienlibrary.org/catalog/books/2012/03/09/you-are-what-you-read

Today, I’m enjoying reading the above post from the good folks at Darien Library. This is one of many posts that shares what everyone is reading in the Reader’s Advisors group. The human voice that comes through is pleasant and conversational. This may be something to roll into my courses – practical experience being [...]

“Club Milner”

“We cannot keep libraries the same exact way. We cannot hope that our students will use the old technology. Hope is not a strategy for us,” she said. “We need to change; we need to transform; we need to find new ways to deliver information. And we are after the whole person, not just the [...]

Overcoming e-book ‘stagnation’ by Åke Nygren

Don’t miss this article by Åke Nygren at InformationToday Europe:

http://www.InfoToday.eu/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=80411&PageNum=2

Åke explores how Stockholm Libraries are responding to e-book stagnation:

Since 2010 the Stockholm Public Libraries have been working hard at coming to grips with the conflict between a growing public demand for e-books and the devastatingly low percentage of e-books available in their stacks. [...]