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Make the STEM connection | The Next Big Thing
Sometimes I think that we forget that library science is itself a science. There’s no reason then why STEM shouldn’t be a natural part of our collections and our instruction. But where to get started?...
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Library Systems Landscape: Putting the Pieces Together Open Source Options Company Profiles Auto-Graphics, Inc. Ontario, CA; 800-776-6939 www.auto-graphics.com Auto-Graphics offers a suite of modular,...
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Open Source Options | Library Systems Landscape
Library Systems Landscape: Putting the Pieces Together Open Source Options Company Profiles Led by Koha and Evergreen, open source ILS solutions continued to demonstrate steady growth in 2013. These...
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Putting the Pieces Together | Library Systems Landscape
Library Systems Landscape: Putting the Pieces Together Open Source Options Company Profiles Imagine a future library use case: a mom picks up her son from soccer practice, and he mentions that he has...
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Self-Check Solutions | Product Spotlight
Few things can be more frustrating to library patrons—or staff, for that matter—than a self-check system that’s ill-suited for its setting. But when such a system runs smoothly, it increases...
View ArticleLet the Future Go
The future of libraries won’t be created by libraries. That’s a good thing. That future is too big and too integral to the infrastructure of knowledge for any one group to invent it. Still, that...
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ER&L Celebrates A Decade, Launches “Designing for Digital” Event
Electronic Resources & Libraries (ER&L) has announced “Designing for Digital,” a two-day user experience (UX) conference on February 25 and 26, immediately following the 2015 annual ER&L...
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Meet the Tabletarians | Mobile Services
In March 2011, the Boise Public Library (BPL), ID, used $3,300 in Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant funding to purchase four iPad 2 tablets and all of the trimmings, such as wireless...
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Ending the Invisible Library | Linked Data
To explain the utility of semantic search and, Jeff Penka, director of channel and product development for information management solutions provider Zepheira, uses a simple exercise. Type “Chevy...
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Manage the Device Deluge | Professional Development
Librarians have always taught patrons how to use the tools that serve their information needs. We had to explain card catalogs, vertical files, microfilm/fiche, photocopiers, and OPACs. The fundamental...
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