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Library Thinker Series: How do we get non-users to become users?


This post is a part of the Library Thinker Series where we examine some of the larger questions that we struggle with in librarianship and try to come to some insights together. This week we’re examining the question “how do we get people who don’t use the library to actually use it,” which Steven Bell [...]

Library Thinker Series: What is a Library?


There have been a lot of good posts and resources that I’ve been looking at recently about libraries and librarians that have got me thinking much more deeply about librarianship. Aaron Schmidt talked about libraries without content. Andy Woodworth explored the value of gaming in libraries and if it’s crucial to our mission. Stephen Bell [...]

Going to the library is like sex


Follow me on this one. It’s a sensational title, but as I was in a library instruction class the professor actually compared going to the library to sex. You can’t get better marketing than this. We were doing some Q&A towards the end of the session, when the conversation surprisingly turned to libraries and library [...]