Make sure to visit the SLA Future Ready 365 Blog all this week. It’s featuring a whole series of articles from the 2011 edition of Best Practices for Government Libraries. The 2011 Best Practices for Government Libraries: e-Initiatives and e-Efforts: Expanding Our Horizons is available in PDF: 2011 Best Practices for Government Libraries in PDF.Read… Read more »
Yesterday I posted David Shumaker’s article: The Value Proposition of Embedded Librarianship. Today, I want to continue on that theme with this article by Mary Talley, co-author of the SLA Funded Research Project: Models of Embedded Librarianship, 2009 for this article: Rethinking Value: How Embedded Roles Makes Us Valuable. This article was originally published inRead… Read more »
Now you can attend LexisNexis CLE Classes from the comfort of your desk! These CLE classes are included in your agency’s LexisNexis subscription. They will be offered online using WebEx Conference Services. Register today at www.lexisnexis.com/govelearn. Your research possibilities are virtually unlimited with the LexisNexis Government e-Learning Series. CLE Webinar Schedule for August 2011 ImproveRead… Read more »
The 2011 AALL Annual Meeting is underway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the city is broiling hot with the temperature hitting over the 100 degree mark. There is so much beauty and history in Philly. All you have to do is walk out the door of your hotel and there it is. Even in the swelteringRead… Read more »
LexisNexis is proud to support the 104th Meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 23 – 26, with special programs, scholarships, events, and exhibits. Make plans to visit the LexisNexis at Booth #526 in Philadelphia, where knowledgeable product representatives will demonstrate LexisNexis® products and services. Come see what we haveRead… Read more »
Thanks to Kathy Kelly, MSLS, CA, for this guest post about the 2011 SLA program: 60 Apps in 60 Minutes. READ ON… The SLA Competitite Intelligence Division presented a “60 Apps in 60 Minutes” session on June 14, 2011 SLA program, which featured Scott Brown, Owner of the Social Information Group, and Joe Murphy, aRead… Read more »
Thanks to Ken Wheaton, SLA PNW President-Elect 2011, Web Services Librarian, Alaska State Court System, for this guest post about the KM Café on Competencies and Careers held at the SLA 2011 Annual Conference & Info-Expo on Monday, June 13th from 4:00- 5:30 PM. Cafés and unconferences bring a new spin to conference attendance andRead… Read more »
The ALA Annual Conference and Exhibit is in gear in New Orleans, LA. This conference brings together more than 25,000 librarians, educators, authors, publishers, literacy experts, illustrators and the leading suppliers to the market. (2011 ALA Conference Overview) One of my favorite things about ALA is the huge exhibit hall. it’s worth attending the conferenceRead… Read more »
You will find LexisNexis at Booth #1839 in the Exhibit Hall. Stop by and talk to the LexisNexis product and research specialists about how to get more research value out of the LexisNexis products and solutions you use most often and to learn about what’s new. Exhibit hall hours are: Friday, June 24: 5:30 PMRead… Read more »
New Orleans is a great town for a conference. It’s easy to fall in love with it: the food, the music, the architecture, the history, the people. You can take a cooking class and learn how to make jambalaya at Crescent City Cooks. Or just enjoy the view. Over at the Ernest N. Morial ConventionRead… Read more »