Archive for 'Innovation'
Tapping Your Inner Entrepreneur
Are you a Librarian Entrepreneur? You might be. Would you answer “yes” to these questions:
I am an opportunist.
I am a creative genius (or part of a creative work team)
I am persistent
I am customer focused
I connect the dots
I am passionate
I am a risk taker
According to my research in preparation for a talk at Inspiration, Innovation, Celebration: [...]
Posted by StevenB on June 24th, 2009 under Conference Blogging, Innovation, Uncategorized.
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Innovation Moves Our Profession Forward
In a previous post I had a some fun pointing out some obsolete tools and technologies that were no longer important to the work of librarians. You must have had some fun with it as well. That post remains the most commented on one we’ve written here at ACRLog. Readers shared examples of their [...]
Posted by StevenB on May 26th, 2009 under Innovation, Technology Issues.
Comments: 2
More To Bezos Than Books Or Kindles
If you’re about my age you may remember when Bruce Springsteen appeared on the cover of Time and Newsweek the very same week (Oct. 27, 1975). It was a pretty big deal. Outside of a president or other world political figure, simultaneous mutual admiration by multiple highly read national magazines is pretty rare. While history [...]
Posted by StevenB on May 26th, 2008 under Administration/Leadership, Innovation.
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LibraryThing for (Academic) Libraries
I joined LibraryThing a while ago and find it a handy place for me to keep track of what I’ve been reading (yes, I’m a crime fiction junkie) and to share ideas about what to read next with like-minded readers. I’ve have been intrigued by LibraryThing for Libraries – without knowing entirely how academic libraries [...]
Posted by Barbara Fister on March 8th, 2008 under Innovation, Technology Issues.
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Make 2008 Your Year For Trend Watching
Librarians need to pay more attention to important societal, cultural and business trends. That was the core premise of the Soaring to Excellence (STE) program in which I participated back on October 26, 2007. If you unfamiliar with STE it is a professional development teleconference that library workers can join both over the web and [...]
Posted by StevenB on January 1st, 2008 under Innovation, Professional Development.
Comments: 4