21st Century Library Blog

When I saw this Huffington Post headline – The “Pop-Up” Library: A Mini-Movement of Knowledge – I just had to respond to what appears to be almost a counter culture movement (Actually I hate to give it that much credit, … Continue reading →

Kansas is in the forefront of the campaign to bring more eBooks to more Libraries. Last summer I reported that Kansas was one of the partners in a venture with 3M to find “a solution to digital libraries, and will … Continue reading →

Finally available online at http://osc.hul.harvard.edu/hlsc/oxford_debate, the 1hr:40min video was both stimulating and disappointing. For those of you who don’t have 1:40 or patience to wade through the stilted academician rhetoric to come to any conclusions, I thought I’d offer my … Continue reading →

That headline snapped into my brain yesterday when I read that The new head of Ottawa’s library is not a librarian, Danielle McDonald took over the Ottawa [Canada] Public Library and its $50-million budget this week. She’s a departure from … Continue reading →

In January 2012 Robert Safian posted an eye-opening article for FAST COMPANY titled “This Is Generation Flux: Meet The Pioneers of The New (And Chaotic) Frontier of Business“. When I recently read it, it resonated with me because it so … Continue reading →

The majority of libraries are not excellent libraries in terms of being able to exceed all standards, all employees having a positive attitude, providing excellent services, being customer focused, being an integral part of the community, and achieving their full … Continue reading →