Inappropriate Musings
Crisis, real or imaginary, allows for rapid and sometimes drastic changes. Governor Daniels signed an order on his first day on the job that ended collective bargaining with public employee unions and...
View ArticleThe Two Faces of Facebook and Friends
You would think that the Internet and Intellectual Freedom would go together like peanut butter and jelly and you would be both right and wrong. The Global Network Initiative (GNI) was formed to...
View ArticleFacing Facebook
Deprecated: Function split() is deprecated in /home/bluede5/public_html/deep/wp-content/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/googleanalytics.php on line 379 I found this really interesting video...
View ArticleSex, Drugs and Teen Literature
What do these three things have in common? They are all things that a parent fears their teenager is going to be exposed to. Teen literature has supplanted rock-in-roll and this is understandable, as...
View ArticleGoogle+ Presentation for Library Camp 2011
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View ArticleOodles of Googles ILF 2011 Presentation
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View ArticleIs browsing lost?
This holiday session I was out and about, thinking about buying a book for my brother who was coming down from Michigan to visit. I didn’t know what to get him and thought I would go out to browse...
View ArticleGeneral thoughts on collection development (long version)
The information environment is rapidly changing in so many ways; from how we search to how we expect information to be delivered. Libraries and librarians face many challenges, fortunately there is a...
View ArticleLibrary Governance
Library Governance Topic Working as an agency within County Government I. General introduction If I was ever granted three wishes, I think my first wish would be that all public libraries have a...
View ArticleHow do Americans value public libraries in their communities?
I am often asked, “How do Americans value public libraries in their communities?” A recent comprehensive Pew study answers this question. 90% of Americans 16 and older stated in the study that closing...
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