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Library Services Finding Users Via Social Media


About two months ago I wrote a post called Ambient Awareness in Twitter for Reference. I came up with the idea of setting up targeted search alerts in order to capture questions that people didn’t even know they had — questions in which the library could assist them. Laura, a London law librarian, asked in [...]

NITLE Summit 2010


The National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education’s Summit was held in New Orleans this year. It drew a variety of people including professors, instructional technologists, CIOs, IT professionals, and librarians. It was nice to have an opportunity to meet so many other people who share my interests in thoughtfully using technology to advance learning [...]

Library 101…Now What?


David Lee King and Michael Porter unveiled the Library 101 project last week. From what I have gathered, their premise is that there is a lot of social and technological change and libraries and librarians need to adapt and develop some basic skills to stay relevant in this new era. I feel there is a [...]