Author Archives for Andy Burkhardt

Expect Amazing Things


In a recent OCLC podcast with Roy Tennant and R. David Lankes, Lankes says that lower expectations are going to doom libraries as we know them. He goes on to say that librarians have trained our communities to expect too little of us, and this leads to complacency in librarians. This also leads to a [...]

New Guest Post On Library Tech Talk


Are you getting annoyed with Google Reader, or feeling overwhelmed when it regularly say “1000+ unread?” Check out my guest post over at Library Tech Talk about an alternative that is much less overwhelming and much more visually pleasing. “Google Reader is a great tool for organizing all the blogs, sites, and content you subscribe [...]

Awesome Library Day In The Life


I decided last minute to do Library Day in the Life this time around. It all started this morning when I was at the gym. As I was working out I was listening to Steve Thomas’s most recent Circulating Ideas podcast featuring Bobbi Newman. I’ve really been enjoying these podcasts and liked listening to Bobbi [...]