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Planning Out Your Presentation
With June comes the ALA Conference (except for Chicago years), and when it ends that also signals a close what I would call the library “presentation season” for both academic librarians who present and those who attend. While there are programs throughout the year, I find that the months between April and June bring the [...]
Posted by StevenB on June 22nd, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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One Idea Can Make A Difference
A few weeks ago I had the great honor of serving as the Emcee for the TEDxNJLibs conference held at the Princeton Public Library in New Jersey. You probably know all about TED and the famous talks. You may be less familiar with TEDx which seeks to replicate the vibe and excitement of the annual [...]
Posted by StevenB on May 25th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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The Involved Academic Library Administrator
Becoming an academic library administrator brings many changes to one’s career. It typically means leaving behind old job responsibilities while adopting a new set of challenges. For many of us who’ve moved into administration from a public services position that typically means giving up the reference desk and classroom for planning, budgeting and other management [...]
Posted by StevenB on September 24th, 2009 under Administration/Leadership, Uncategorized.
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The Real-Time Library
Librarians across all sectors of the profession have spent considerable time discussing and analyzing the impact of Web 2.0 and what it means to have a Web 2.0 influenced library. Here at ACRLog we first acknowledged Web 2.0 in December 2005. Since then we’ve offered a number of posts about academic libraries using 2.0 technologies [...]
Posted by StevenB on August 25th, 2009 under Technology Issues, Uncategorized.
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I Never Fell Off The Turnip Wagon
It looks like my attempt at providing some humor here at ACRLog may have gone a bit awry. Last week I wrote a post that was clearly intended to mock a bogus web site listing a completely absurd list of so-called predictions about the future of higher education. I was totally aware that this site [...]
Posted by StevenB on August 11th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
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