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Top 11 Lessons from FutureReady365

Top 11 Lessons from FutureReady365

365 days of solutions, strategies, tactics, and tips by information professionals around the world. Here are some lessons Cindy Romaine learned from the experience of running a daily blog. Read more...

Future Now: Operation Agility

Future Now: Operation Agility

How can we best be prepared for a future which is already here? Read more...

Leaping Off the Edge to New Opportunities

Leaping Off the Edge to New Opportunities

I often hear my colleagues discuss how SLA or other professional associations need to do more for members. What I don’t hear so much is how we can do more for ourselves. Read more...

Living in the ‘New Normal’

Living in the ‘New Normal’

I try not to be one of those who laments the loss of former times, but we are moving in a "new normal" and must take action to become a part of it. Read more...

Federal Librarians Are Trending and Are Future Ready!

Federal Librarians Are Trending and Are Future Ready!

Do you know the seven major trends defining how libraries can become future ready? Read more...

Small Changes Can Make a Big Difference

Small Changes Can Make a Big Difference

The future comes one day at a time; use each day to prepare for it. Read more...

MLW 2011, from the eyes of a first-time attendee

MLW 2011, from the eyes of a first-time attendee

The time-tested future ready recipe? A dash of professional development, a pinch of service obligation and a pound of...camaraderie. Read more...

Researchers’ Opinions of Contributions Made by Librarians to the R&D Process

Researchers’ Opinions of Contributions Made by Librarians to the R&D Process

December 24, 2011

A recent study by Elsevier found a distinct correlation exists between providing researchers, engineers and scientists with librarians and their ultimate success in R&D activities.

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Putting the E in Library

Putting the E in Library

December 23, 2011

I wonder what Miss Litella would have thought of e-braries and e-books and e-journals and e-patrons and e-librarians and who knows what will be next.

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When I Walk Across My Library I Think…

When I Walk Across My Library I Think…

December 22, 2011

This isn’t a paean to the forgotten days of yore. Libraries are better, and a hell of a lot better, than they were when I started. So What?

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I Need a Library Job: Finding and Filling a Need on the Fly

I Need a Library Job: Finding and Filling a Need on the Fly

December 21, 2011

Our original goal of helping other librarians to find jobs has been realized. But we continue to find uncovered niches. Where else should be covering?

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Accidental Advisors: There’s GOT to Be a Better Way!

Accidental Advisors: There’s GOT to Be a Better Way!

December 20, 2011

Here's a sampling of the advice and testimony from a small diverse group of volunteers and accidental advisors. What is a better way to do this?

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What’s in my toolkit? A passion for puzzles!

What’s in my toolkit? A passion for puzzles!

December 19, 2011

While our clients have access to most of the tools used to solve their puzzles, librarians can remain puzzlemasters, knowing how to follow the vague references and delve into the lesser known resources to uncover the information.

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Librarians Not Libraries

Librarians Not Libraries

December 18, 2011

With so much data electronic, librarians are still the key to finding and accessing corporate knowledge - they just may need to do so without a library.

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Continue Your Education

Continue Your Education

December 17, 2011

Inexpensive continuing education can be difficult to obtain in rural locations, but university extension programs are bridging that gap.

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Do YOU Interview?

Do YOU Interview?

December 16, 2011

It may seem strange to emphasize something as basic as the reference interview in a “future-ready” blog. However, in my interactions with clients the reference interview is key to our mutual success.

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A Special Library Student’s First Customer

A Special Library Student’s First Customer

December 15, 2011

Campus library job prospects can be difficult to find for all. But who says that even students can't be entrepreuneurs?

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