Practical tips and tools for success in libraries
For most of the time that I’ve been working in libraries, I’ve been teaching. At first, I was creating research guides, leading building tours, demonstrating online searching. Later, both in the classroom and as a trainer, I’ve taught a ton of in-person classes, facilitated workshops, and created online tutorials. And so it may come as […]
Medina focused his talk on the interplay between crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence…
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I’m writing this article in December and that’s the time of year when many review the year that is just…
Projects—and the need to manage them—permeate libraries. We migrate catalogs and implement new discovery services. We start new chat reference services…
Have you been working as an entry-level librarian and are itching for change? Is your supervisor putting you into new…
It turns out that when we work more, we sleep less. And when we spend more time with family, we…
I was browsing the literary and grammatical gifts at the Virginia Shop of the Library of Virginia recently, chuckling to myself…
