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Reflections on a year as ALA president – at LOC 6 Dec 2011
Press contact: Donna Urschel (202) 707-1639 Public contact: Office of Scholarly Programs (202) 707-3302 Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6382 (voice/tty) or...
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2011 Conference Notes
By Jean Sack The 44th Annual Conference included 13 speakers in 8 sessions. Jean Sack offers notes about some of the speakers. -Ed. Keynote Kristen Purcell’s Keynote “Information 2.0 and Beyond”...
View ArticleKnowledge management project and job descriptions in USAID RFAs
The Knowledge Management Working Group is seeking descriptions of Knowledge Management (KM) activities and jobs from USAID RFAs. We are looking for the KM sections of RFAs or RFPs, and another KM job...
View ArticleSingle Search: The Quest for the Holy Grail
While it is abundantly clear users want a single, Google-like search interface to the diverse digital information that a cultural institution such as a library provides, it is not yet clear what the...
View ArticleThe case for partnering doctoral students with librarians: a synthesis of the...
Colleen S. Harris, (2011) “The case for partnering doctoral students with librarians: a synthesis of the literatures”, Library Review, Vol. 60 Iss: 7, pp.599 – 620 Abstract The paper demonstrates an...
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San Francisco – here I come !
The APLIC conference is always a great time to catch up with old friends and learn what colleagues are up to, and the sessions help to keep perspective on substantive issues as well as questions about...
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2012 Conference Registration
The conference registration form is now up and available for download. Early-bird rate for registration ends on March 30. That may seem like a long way off, but remember that hotel and air rates may...
View ArticleTwitter citations ? MLA’s got your back
Alexis Madrigal over at The Atlantic reports that MLA has come up with a standard form for citing tweets. Maybe not mission-central, but nice to know. . . .
View ArticleConference keynoter Kahle thinks big
Lori Delaney points us to a New York Times article featuring the titanic vision of Brewster Kahle. One interesting quote : “A lot of libraries are doing some pretty drastic weeding. . . .” You’ll have...
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Toward knowledge access for all: Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive
Prior to attending the 2012 APLIC Conference, I was only partly aware of Brewster Kahle and his work with the Internet Archive Project (IAP). I knew that he was the person behind one of my favorite...
View ArticleCapturing business intelligence required for targeted marketing,...
Title may not seem relevant to us, but the highlights are of interest: ► Students using library resources more frequently perform better academically on average. ► Inexperienced students tend to gain...
View ArticleJazz it up – Save the date !
Jazzing it up: hit the high notes with new tools and skills 46th APLIC Annual Conference April 8-10 New Orleans, Louisiana Update : See the Conference pages At its Fall meeting, hosted by Allison Burns...
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Mouth, watering
One thing I have noticed since I started hanging out with APLIC folks back in 2009 is that they know how to eat well. In 2010 it was Local, in Dallas; in 2011 it was Zaytinya, in Washington DC; in 2012...
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APLIC in Boston – Save the date!
APLIC in Boston: Exploring the collaborative common ground 47th APLIC Annual Conference April 28-30, 2014 at the Marriott Copley Place Boston, Massachusetts At its Fall 2013 meeting, hosted by the...
View ArticleUse PAA code for APLIC Conference Reservations
The APLIC conference is coming up in about 10 weeks ! If you haven’t yet made hotel reservations, it’s a good idea to do so as soon as possible, even if you’re not sure you’ll be able to make the trip....
View ArticleAct soon to register for annual conference
Friendly reminder : The conference Early Bird discount rate goes away on March 28. If your institution is like mine, that means getting your paperwork moving now is important. See the registration...
View ArticleSay Hello to your new board
The APLIC Annual Conference was a great event and our business meeting verified the new board. In brief : Debra Dickson, Johns Hopkins, is our new President Yan Fu, University of Michigan, is our new...
View ArticleConference 2014 : Impact ? Intrigue ? Value-add ? The Ins and Outs of Data...
Presenters : Erica Nybro, Measure DHS, and Amanda Makulec, John Snow, Inc. Stephen Woods reports : This session identified four distinct stages for creating a useful visual concept. The first stage of...
View ArticleConference 2014 – Creating a Technical Knowledge Hub on SharePoint
Presenter : Sarah Burns, Pathfinder Allison Long reports : Sarah is the only KM person at Pathfinder, and she has been tasked with implementing a knowledge/collaboration hub using SharePoint. While...
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Conference 2014 – Boston Public Library Tour
Jean Sack writes : Monday afternoon from 4-5 pm, a dozen APLIC-I conference registrants rendezvoused with a volunteer docent for a fascinating tour of the Boston Public Library – an amazing contrast to...
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