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Circulating Ideas – Episode 36: Michael Stephens and Michael Casey

“Steve speaks with Michael Stephens and Michael Casey, writers of the late, lamented ‘Transparent Library’ column for Library Journal.” Circulating Ideas Episode 36.

Charles Pace Named New Director at Gwinnett

Charles Pace was named Executive Director of the Gwinnett County Public Library. Dick Goodman, chair of the Gwinnett County Public Library Board of Trustees, made the announcement as the sole order of business at tonight’s Board Meeting. Pace, a 2006 Library Journal Mover & Shaker, was most recently the director of the St. Louis County Library. […]

Writing on the Wall: Social Media, the First 2,000 Years

Tom Standage is a digital editor at The Economist and author of the new book “Writing On The Wall: Social Media, The First 2,000 Years”. Video: Economist, author interview. Review: New York Times book review.   Leo Laporte interviews the author on Triangulation:

The Hyperlinked Library MOOC: Participatory Service

I had the privilege of speaking with Michael Stephens for his upcoming Fall 2013 Hyperlinked Library MOOC at the San Jose State University, School of Library and Information Science. The topic of our conversation was participatory library service, community engagement, the use of teams, and a few other interesting issues.

Computers, the 1980s, and Computer Chronicles

Shortly after I got my first computer in 1982 — a Commodore VIC-20 – I started looking for information regarding games, programming, computer hardware, etc. One of my first dependable sources for information came in 1983 when I began watching a new PBS television show called Computer Chronicles, hosted by Stewart Cheifet. This week, Cheifet is interviewed […]

Cloud Computing Contracts

Until only a few years ago, most of the software we purchased was installed on servers located in datacenters we owned. Sometimes we managed the software, sometimes an outside vendor managed it for us. But the software was almost always on a physical server housed under our control. But this is 2013, and many government […]

Dispel Distrust at Work

Change can make any work environment stressful, and with stress often comes distrust. This article from HBR is a good reminder about how transparency, relationships, and shared success can go a long way towards creating a better working environment, no matter where you work. Leaders can shift people’s thoughts away from threats by fostering an [...]

Still Relevant After Seven Years

The last few years have been difficult ones for many libraries. Budget cutbacks, hours reductions, salary freezes, and falling staff morale are but a few of the challenges that libraries have had to address. But signs of a (slowly) improving economy have many of us hoping for better times to come. With this thought I [...]

Stop Telling Your Employees What to Do

By Jordan Cohen at HBR: It turns out there is a scientific reason why employees are less effective when tasks are dictated. Amy Arnsten, a neuroscience professor at Yale University, studies the importance of feeling in control. Her studies can be applied to employee autonomy in managing a team. In an interview at her Yale [...]

Interview with Lee Rainie and John Seely Brown

Erik Boekesteijn has a great interview with Lee Rainie and John Seely Brown.

TWIL #57: Lee Rainie and John Seely Brown from Jaap van de Geer on Vimeo.