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Positive Vision and Questions in Libraries


“All we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.” -Buddha “A vivid imagination compels the whole body to obey it.” -Aristotle I just began a 6 week online workshop on Appreciative Inquiry conducted by David Cooperrider at Case Western University’s Weatherhead School of Management. [...]

2012 ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award


This past week our library was  awarded the 2012 ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award in the College category. Our team is all really honored and excited here. We’re looking forward to the party that we’re going to throw in celebration of it, because after all there ain’t no party like a library party. I’m also [...]

Getting Past Misunderstanding


On Friday I was at the LJ/Temple Library Future Symposium. I was on a panel with some great folks about bridging the culture gaps in our libraries. Courtney Young, our moderator framed the panel in terms of misunderstandings, and I found this to be really enlightening. Many of the problems we face when groups interact [...]