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Category Archives: Public libraries
Staff Picks
It was my turn to put together a staff picks display for my library. I have to say that it was much harder than I anticipated. It was hard in a good way–it made me think. When you put a … Continue reading
Posted in Library Director, Management, Public libraries
Tagged book recommendations, reviewing
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Digitizing Our Treasures
Many in the library world will by now have read The Aspen Institute’s Report, Rising to the Challenge: Re-envisioning Public Libraries, and if you haven’t, you should. It is thoughtfully prepared and presented, and it makes an important point about … Continue reading
Posted in Collection Development, Disappearing print, Public libraries
Tagged de-selection, weeding
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What management doesn’t get about Youth Services
Cutting edge libraries these days are changing up the way they do things. Management teams look at the traditional ways that libraries are set up, with an Adult Services Department and a Youth Services Department and a Technical Services Department … Continue reading
Hospitality
There are people I have worked with over the years who seemed to me to be the definition of hospitable. They will bake dozens of batches of Christmas cookies to give away. They will organize a potluck and make sure … Continue reading
Mission first
To me, the best thing about working in a public library is that the work matters. It changes lives. It sparks interests that will lead both children and adults in new and wonderful directions. It makes it possible for people … Continue reading
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Not an expert in library marketing but…
I am a children’s librarian and a library administrator, not a library marketing expert. Yet even I can tell you that: On March 30, after a long and brutal winter, on a day in which my neighbor said that if … Continue reading
What I Have Learned in Dog Training
Maybe everybody does this. I am always trying to relate something I learn from one area in my life to the other areas of my life. The thing I’ve been doing lately that has been one big learning experience is … Continue reading
Posted in Child Development, Parents, Public libraries, storytime, Youth Services
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The Modern Public Library
When I first started working at my library, it was at a temporary site while the old building was being extensively remodeled. A few months later it opened for a thrilled community. Another nearby library was also under construction using … Continue reading
Battle of the Books
34 years is a long time. That is how long my library has collaborated with our area schools to run a Battle of the Books competition. 34 years! Last night we celebrated with an awards ceremony for the winning team … Continue reading
Youth Services Showing the Way
At my library, and perhaps yours too, we are looking at our services and our staff and trying to figure out what changes we should make to adapt to the changing roles of libraries. It will not surprise anyone that … Continue reading
Posted in customer service, Management, Public libraries, Youth Services
Tagged ALSC, future of libraries, librarians
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