Professional development doesn’t have to eat up your budget this Summer with the MOOCs that keep springing up! In addition to “The New Librarianship” (which started earlier this month), Library Science University is offering a free course in the latest… Read more ›
BIG SHOUT OUT to LISNews for bringing this announcement to my attention. Announcement: http://lisnews.org/introducing_library_cms_a_drupal_cms_built_for_librarians Why libraries should be excited: It’s mobile friendly It’s a simple, easy-to-use design that follows the standards Plug and play type of interface – don’t… Read more ›
So you made a great Prezi for an in-person instruction/training session and many of your attendees would like to share the presentation online with their colleagues. GREAT. But Prezi doesn’t have an intuitive way of exporting the presentation for video. BUMMER. An… Read more ›
Usability testing is not just for websites – find out what your users are saying about the ease of navigating your library, your marketing efforts, finding resources… if users use something, you can test it! Jeff Sauro provides some great… Read more ›
SlideComet released this fantastic slideshare about some design techniques for memorable presentations. I personally love Prezi, but for the times when you need a Powerpoint quick – it’s great to have a mini-Jobs, Lessig, Godin, Kawasaki, and Takahashi guiding you… Read more ›
As libraries begin to plan a space redesign many *usually* have a tiny budget and lots of old books they just got done painfully weeding. So why not put those books to good use?! The “A Media Specialist’s Guide to… Read more ›
The latest and greatest Library blogger in my bookmarks tab is Susan Brown’s blog <http://658point8.com/> Practical Marketing for Public Libraries. Though I work for Academics, Public Libraries have a vast amount of marketing knowledge to pull from. Check out her… Read more ›
Start. That’s it. Just sit down (or stand, whatever floats your boat) and start. Expect it to be bad – really bad. In fact, expect to burn the first draft so there is no evidence that you ever created something… Read more ›
Can’t get enough of kinetic typography! Great use by the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library – interesting, fast, mission driven ad.
Libraries and Mayo = same thing Okay, so it’s a stretch but Ned Potter describes how marketing libraries is very similar to marketing other products completely unrelated to libraries and why you have Hellman’s in your fridge. A short but… Read more ›
