The Partnership
The second issue of Partnership: the Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research was released today. Jennifer Richard’s editorial gets the issue off to a good start. She wrote “I personally, have always thought open access was pretty much a no-brainer and there really isn’t a lot to discuss, the benefits are so [...]
The buzz of collaboration
Who hasn’t experienced buzz word fatigue? Innovation, transparency, community, NextGen, and more are thrown around, sometimes in an attempt to clarify, but unfortunately at other times to obfuscate. Daphnée Rentfrow, in The Content of Collaboration (EDUCAUSE Review May/June 2007), takes a closer look at collaboration as a buzz word in librarianship. She admits to it [...]
And we were making jam…
I was trying to figure out what was missing from staff meetings. After all, it’s a prime time slot with a guaranteed congregation for evaluating, strategizing and reenergizing. Thankfully while browsing through Seth Godin’s Blog I found a quick explanation for my meeting malaise.
J.A.M. (Just another meeting). Same people, same seating, same agenda, [...]
Rare recognition
On May 4th and 5th the Centre for Studies in Leadership at the University of Guelph hosted the international conference Public Sector Leadership in the 21st Century.
Attendees heard from a variety of academics, government officials, and business and management consultants – but not librarians. Why do I find this significant? We have our own conferences, [...]
Thirty – one, thirty – two, thirty – three and rising
What would I have to write to get that many comments posted here?
Clearly Steven J. Bell found not only the topic but also the voice to elicit response in Good at Reviewing Books But Not Each Other.
There was much going on in his writing and at times, while reading (and re-reading the piece - and [...]
Marketing with passion and risk
One of my favourite blogs to read is Darlene Fichter’s Blog on the Side.
Recently she posted about marketing outside of mediocrity and how
to reach people “that are truly passionate about a particular service or ‘the library’
so they will spread the word”. She also referred to Seth Godin and a rule he offered: “The riskiest thing [...]