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The future of libraries is yours. What are you going to do with it?
At the risk of being part of Brian’s echo chamber, I’m pointing to his recent piece in on LISjobs.com called Librarian As Entrepreneur: A Blueprint For Transforming Our Future. It’s a nice rallying call for what Brian’s calling the Next Now Generation. While this sort of stuff has been said before (I think), it’s good…
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Expanding Demand for Online Higher Education – Eduventures Report
According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, a soon-to-be released report says “the online-education market has the potential to grow significantly, with about half of potential college students interested in earning a degree online, according to a survey conducted by Eduventures Inc.” Should be good news for librarians comfortable supported students in a virtual environment……
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What does a distance MLIS really cost?
A couple of months ago when Walt Crawford put out his Great Middle list of library blogs, I picked a few to watch in a separate folder before fully committing. One of the ones that graduated to my “real” subscription list is OPL Plus, the blog for librarians in one-person libraries, written by Judith Siess. …
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Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources
Got an email from Jimmy Atkinson of the recently-launched Online Education Database, a site that’s attempting to collect information about institutions offering degrees online. I don’t see anywhere in the few profiles I checked where the library’s mentioned, but Jimmy was asking me to take a look at a research guide he’d just posted called…
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What would you like to know about screencasting?
As I wrap up my final prep for next week’s SirsiDynix Institute, an Introduction to Screencasting, I thought I’d check to see what you thought I should be including. Either because you’re going to attend and want to learn, or if there’s something you think I should be sure to cover, will you let me…