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May 2, 2013

To post or not to post?

Now that being social is part of just about everyone’s job description, one question in particular comes up again and again. To post or not to post?....Read more

Apr 16, 2013

12 fast and inexpensive ways to market your library

With press coverage of National Library Week reaching your user communities and sponsors through all levels of media, it is a great time to draw attention to your library with these quick and easy marketing tactics. If you are located in another country, consider piggybacking on coverage of (or even starting!) your own local or national library event. ....Read more

Feb 21, 2013

Libraries are continuing to evolve, but what about library marketing?

Today's libraries face a multitude of marketing challenges, from the rapidly changing world of reading habits to a major rebranding of what it means to be a library. If you are feeling like your current marketing efforts are falling flat, read on for some ideas and motivation.....Read more

Jan 11, 2013

Challenging the Status Quo – Elsevier’s 15th Annual Digital Libraries Symposium at ALA Midwinter 2013

Elsevier is pleased to present three excellent speakers on the theme of Challenging the Status Quo. Librarians today face challenges in terms of changes in the university's mission, research services and scholarly publishing. The program speakers will address these topics and more.....Read more

Aug 9, 2012

Librarians considering telecommuting, consider this

Not all employees or positions are right for telecommuting, but for those that are, libraries can gain advantages by opening up a telecommute option. Such flexibility may be key for recruiting and retaining employees whose specialized skills are difficult to replace. Library employees who negotiate a formal telecommute agreement may find more job satisfaction and be less likely to seek out other employment. For both libraries and library employees, then, here are four factors to consider when considering telecommuting.....Read more

Jun 21, 2012

A Lesson Learned From Librarians

The valuable lesson librarians taught our social media manager as he heads off to follow his own passion.....Read more

May 22, 2012

A way with words – Mark Funk’s mining of MLA literature shines a light on 50 years of medical librarianship

I’m not going to be able to do justice to Mark E. Funk’s plenary lecture that started out the day at MLA 2012, but I’ll try to provide a few highlights. In examining the history and philosophy of medical librarianship, Funk chose to do a frequency of word analysis from text within the Journal of the Medical Library Association (formerly the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association).....Read more

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