I won’t spend much time commenting on how I haven’t posted anything since last October. Let’s just all agree that it’s embarrassing and move on, shall we? Instead, I’ll just jump in and give the people (maybe a handful out there!) what they want, which is an update on the renovation at my library obviously. The [...]
Remember that pilot digital media lab I mentioned about a month ago? Well, it’s officially open now and we’re promoting it as the Studio. What we do with the Studio is just a precursor to what we’re planning as part of our big renovation project later this year. We’re seriously diving into that “library as [...]
So, I think one way I can contribute to the Library Day in the Life Project (specifically #libday8) is to give a quick recap of the past three months on the new job. This should give you an idea of what’s happening in my little part of the library world and what my mind will [...]
I was fortunate enough to present at two programs this afternoon for the 2011 ALA Annual Conference. Here’s the full description of the first program, “From Grocery Stores to Kitchens: Empowering Users to Get Creative with Digital Media.” It’s time for libraries to stop functioning like grocery stores where people simply come to get stuff [...]
I just finished presenting the latest Business Bytes program at mpow, during which something really encouraging happened. Towards the end of my presentation, I asked people if they were finding the presentation helpful (introducing the concept of video marketing and YouTube). They were mostly nodding their heads yes, but when I asked a followup question [...]