Tag Archives: collaboration

Update – Sorry – Reference Renaissance Conference Presentations are no longer available.

Update – it appears all the materials from both BCR sponsored Reference Renaissance Conferences have been removed from the web and are no longer available – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – … Continue reading

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Diving into Diversity at Dover

Dover Town Library in MA is quite something, especially for a community of only 6200. It’s a pretty tree-shrouded building in a bucolic central location.  Real estate agents frequently bring prospects by as it’s such a selling point for living here.  Even in … Continue reading

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My First Job

The lovely Bacon Free Library in South Natick (just over two miles away and not a branch of Morse) is the reason I stubbornly and foolishly refused to get my MLS until I was 35, even though my love of … Continue reading

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There’s No Place Like (the) Home (Library)

Back in my hometown of Natick, MA and checking out the new (well new to me) Morse Institute Library, which is grafted onto the original one –  - very cool that they’ve left all the old building – the brick and … Continue reading

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Later at WebWise

The Denver Art Museum hosted the opening event, which included Imagining the Digital Future: a Conversation, with Howard Besser and Susan Chun, and a tasty reception.   As it so frequently does these days, collaboration was addressed, especially between museums, libraries and … Continue reading

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Free Opportunity to do Text Messaging @ Your Library

I’ve always been a fan of collaboration and in the current economy it makes more sense that ever.  Costs are less, staff effort and responsibilities are reduced – there are even surprise benefits like networking opportunities and getting great ideas … Continue reading

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David Lee King, Ask-a-Librarian and a Call for Collaboration

David Lee King wrote a post about Ask-a-Librarian services and the restrictions we put on them that has generated some great conversations about the changing nature of reference transactions.   Yes, it is true that answering questions via email or … Continue reading

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