Daily Archive: Thursday, July 29, 2010

Put your library on the (Google) Map

Is your library in Google Maps? Want to add your own info to it? Then own up your library's listing on Google Maps and make it better by displaying your library's unique information in Google Places. Check out the video below on how to get started.

Project Reference

Library world it is time to take a lesson from reality TV and the show Project Runway. Joe Janes, The Internet Librarian wrote an inspired article asking library professionals to be more creative with finding reference sources. He starts by imagining a world without Google and Wikipedia. His article appeared a few weeks aga in

Getting Permission

At our last SPLAT meeting we discussed work-life balance issues, the culture of libraries and the future for attracting library staff.  While we immediately gravitated toward why working in libraries may not provide an individual with the ideal work-life balance, we did recognize that it is a personal responsbility also.  This led to several creative