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Guitar Lending Library Poster Session Video
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Tagged advocacy, circulation, collection development, collections, guitar, guitar collection, librarian, librarians, librarianship, libraries, library, library 2.0, presentation
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Guitars at the Library? Its Gonna Be Freaking RAD!!
I thought I’d share an update on the whole Guitar Lending Library at my library. It’s been a long journey but I think we are almost there. A whole lot of awesome has happened since we started this back in … Continue reading
The #Partyhard Post: How Partying Can Make Libraries Better
This post stems entirely from @librarianjp and our conversations on FB and his youtube video. From what I understand, he got inspired by Andrew W.K. so I’m researching that guy too. Anyway, I wanted to give him credit for getting … Continue reading
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Tagged #makeithappen, #partyhard, advertising, advocacy, branding, guitar, librarian, librarians, libraries, library, library 2.0, marketing, presentation, video, youtube
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Libraries Will Save the World (if we let them)
When I attended the Eureka! Institute we gave a presentation at the end about innovative ideas in libraries. Our group had a whole bunch of them and I presented them. The response was “it seems like your trying to save … Continue reading
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Tagged branding, circulation, collection, collection development, collections, economics, economy, education, fulfillment, guitar, learning, librarian, libraries, library, philanthropic, philanthropy, save the world, ted
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Starting A Library Guitar Collection
In case you haven’t heard (read) me mention it on Twitter or Facebook I’m putting together a collection of circulating guitars for my library. If anyone is interested, here is some background on this project, what I’m planning, and how … Continue reading
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Tagged aquisitions, cataloging, circulation, collection development, guitar, librarian, libraries, library
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So Much To Do… What Should I do First?
So I’ve been complaining about not knowing what to do next. I have my personal life goals sorted out as in this post, and I’m still figuring out my professional goals, but I’m just not sure where to start within … Continue reading



