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Puppies In The Library And Social Media


  I think @champlib should rent out puppies tostudents to help you study and deal with stress. Everyones GPA would increase #campchamp #btv — Marc Rizzi (@MarcRizzi) April 1, 2012 It all started with a tweet. At the start of the month a student made an off-hand comment on Twitter about renting puppies to deal [...]

NELA Conference Presentation


Last week at the NELA conference I was part of a panel presentation at NELA with Heidi Steiner from Norwich University and Michelle McCaffery from St. Michael’s College. My section was the first one about using social media for outreach in reference. The panel was a lot of fun and Heidi stole the show at [...]

Using Social Media To Demonstrate Value


Higher education is increasingly putting more emphasis on evidence and assessment. Libraries everywhere, whether public, special, school, or academic, are feeling more pressure to demonstrate their value to administrators, boards, politicians, and their constituents. Megan Oakleaf, a professor at the iSchool at Syracuse University, wrote an excellent report entirely on this topic called The Value of [...]