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Are Cataloguing Departments experiencing the “Acceleration Trap”?

I read an interesting article in the April issue of the Harvard Business Review. The article, written by Heike Bruch and Jochen I. Menges introduced the idea of the “acceleration trap”, which is essentially departments, companies or organizations that take … Continue reading

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Bridging the Gap between New Generation Librarians and Boomers

How do you view your new librarian? Would you have more faith in a librarian who is older but a recent graduate, or a younger librarian with a few years behind her? Bridging the gap between the different generations of … Continue reading

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Qualities of Successful Managers

The Palinet Leadership Network recently posted a new article, Qualities of Successful Managers.  Part of the article consists of one of my earlier blog posts, Talking about Management to New Library Professionals.   The remainder of the article features additional bloggers … Continue reading

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IFLA 2008: Management and Marketing, Statistics and Evaluations, and Library Theory and Research

Management and Marketing, Statistics and Evaluations, and Library Theory and Research Managing libraries in a changing environment – legal, technical and organizational aspects Presenters: Ricardo Gomez/Chris Coward, University of Washington Information technologies and how they are used are not limited … Continue reading

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