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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 [...]

Library Technology Conference Presentation and Roundup


I attended the Library Technology Conference this past week in St. Paul, MN. I’ve heard it’s an answer to Computers in Libraries and Internet Librarian being on the coasts and the need for a library tech conference in the Midwest. It did not disappoint. Not only did I get to travel back to the state [...]

Human-Centered Librarianship


I found a library marketing button in my drawer the other day that said “More than Books… Our Library has it All!” It depicts a VHS tape, a floppy disk, an audio cassette, and a CD. I’m guessing that button was never a good marketing tool. We keep hearing that libraries are more than just [...]