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This Facebook Ad Campaign Might Save Your School Library
John Chrastka is a BOSS! This is a guest post from him about his campaign to get signatures on the White House Petition on School Libraries On Wednesday, January 25th, a call went out for donations to help support a … Continue reading
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Tagged #alamw12, #alatt, #makeithappen, #partyhard, advocacy, advocate, ala, ala midwinter, american library association, California Library Association, change, Conference, government, i love libraries, john chrastka, librarian, librarians, librarianship, libraries, library, library 2.0, marketing, petition, reference, white house
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The ALA Think Tank’s Partyhard Guide to #alamw12
Alright team, here it is in all its glory! The ALA Think Tank’s Party Hard Guide to ALA Midwinter 2012. Each of these links to an event in Facebook because they are not all on the official conference scheduler and … Continue reading
Got the MLIS? How do you go from paper to interview?
I spent some time reviewing some applications with a written question and answer portion for a position in our library system a couple of weeks ago and it got me thinking about all of the times that I have done … Continue reading
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Tagged #alatt, #calibconf, #makeithappen, #partyhard, advocacy, ala, ala midwinter, american library association, California Library Association, career, career search, how to get the interview, human resources, interview, interviews, job, job search, jobs, librarian, librarians, librarianship, libraries, library, management, marketing
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ALA Emerging Leaders; Eff the projects it’s about the people
ALA describes the Emerging Leaders Program as follows; “A leadership development program which enables newer library workers from across the country to participate in problem-solving work groups, network with peers, gain an inside look into ALA structure, and have an … Continue reading
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Tagged #makeithappen, ala, ala midwinter, american library association, emerging leaders, librarian, librarians, librarianship, libraries, library
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Going to ALA Conferences? You’re Doing it Wrong!
I never used to enjoy going to the ALA Conferences and I’ve heard so many people say the same thing. They were always too big, too overwhelming, and just… too much. But, at the ALA Conference in Washington DC 2010 … Continue reading
Emerging Leaders Running for Office!
If you were a past or current EL you can support your fellow Emerging Leaders by voting for them in the 2011 ALA Elections! I’d link all of their info but it looks like you can’t get to it unless … Continue reading
Cool Guys Don’t Look at Explosions (and other thoughts on walking away)
I recently came across a job opening in an organization far outside of librarianship. It involved a lot of the things I was passionate about as a kid and am even more passionate about as an adult. This position was … Continue reading
The Great Librarian Write-Out!
It’s time for librarians to get out of the echo-chamber of librarianship and get some good words out to the people. So I’m proposing an award (my own personal money) of $250 for the best library-related article to be published … Continue reading
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Tagged #alamw11, advertising, advocacy, ala midwinter, branding, collection development, Internet Librarian, librarian, librarians, libraries, library, marketing
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Patrick “PC” Sweeney for ALA Councilor at Large #libday4
On the last day of ALA Midwinter I thought I would check out the Council Session that was going on that morning. As I stood in the back of the room I watched the session and got a much clearer … Continue reading
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Tagged #alamw10, #libday4, ala midwinter, councilor, librarian, library
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Blogged: Beer and Burgers with John Berry at Bukowski’s in Boston (who says alliteration is dead?)
ALA midwinter brought about many great experiences and I met amazing people who I have admired for a long time. I saw a couple of great presentations, finally met many of the great people that I’ve been following on Twitter, … Continue reading
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Tagged #alamw10, ala midwinter, John Berry, librarian, libraries, library
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