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Michael Edson on TWIL

TWIL #22: Michael Edson (Smithsonian Institution) from Jaap van de Geer on Vimeo.

Dangerous Ideas for Libraries by Mal Booth

Dangerous ideas for libraries: ASLA 2011

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Vade Mecum

This video inspires me. Have you seen it?

TWIL: Ellen Forsyth, Library of New South Wales

TWIL #48: Ellen Forsyth (Consultant at State Library of New South Wales) from Jaap van de Geer on Vimeo.

I met Ellen in Australia in 2009 . Her work with Learning 2.0 for library staff has been outstanding.

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I am thoroughly enjoying this issue of  Library Technology Reports by Kyle M. L. Jones and Polly Alida-Farrington. Read the first chapter here to get a taste of the useful, practical and engaging work. Kenley Neufeld and I have [...]

Supercharge your CPD: 23 Things for Professional Development – A TTW Guest Post by Maria Giovanna De Simone

What is it?

23 Things for Professional Development, also known as cpd23, is a self-directed, self-paced, inclusive, practical and free online programme open to librarians and information professionals at all stages of their career, in any type of role, any sector, and from any part of the world.  It encourages information professionals to explore and [...]

TWIL: Justin Hoenke

Don’t miss Portland Public Library Teen Librarian and TTW Contributor Justin Hoenke’s appearance on “This Week in Libraries.”

Zukunftwerkstatt Meets TWIL!

http://vimeo.com/24777638

http://vimeo.com/24910071

A hot room, three guests and 40 minutes. These are the ingredients of another steaming live episode of This Week in Libraries from the Bibliothekartag in Berlin. Mace Ojala and Jukka Pennanen talk about their cycling unconference and Dr. Hannelore Vogt tells us more about the use of social media and gaming [...]

I Read Where I Am – New Book on Future of Reading

I Read Where I Am, originally uploaded by mstephens7.

http://www.valiz.nl/en/IReadWhereIAm

I am honored to have a short piece written with Jan Klerk in this new book  just released in The Netherlands.

I Read Where I Am contains visionary texts about the future of reading and the status of the word. [...]

Seduced by Google – A TTW Guest Post by Dr. Troy Swanson

When we initiated a new usability study of our library’s website, we reviewed close to 60 library websites. The one dominant trend  we observed was the placement of some sort of search functionality was present on the library’s homepage. Most libraries had tabbed search boxes that allowed users to click between tabs for searching the [...]