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Outreach 2.0: The Digital Revolution in Public Relations (Video)

May 8, 2013 a305video

Public librarians Benjamin Bizzle and David Lee King discuss the rapid rise of Facebook as an essential vehicle for library promotion and profile heightening....

Video from CIL 2013: The New Faces of Reference

May 3, 2013 a304video

Six panelists from all walks of reference librarian life discuss new collaboration tools, remote control, app creation, ask-a-librarian services, and more....

Video from CIL 2013: Change Without Pain?

May 1, 2013 a301video

Laura Botts and Jill Sodt discuss the challenges librarians face as their jobs demand that they repeatedly absorb technology change and implement appropriate strategies and service models, and offer solutions for easing that process....

CIL 2013: Advances in Automation (Video)

April 29, 2013 d203video

Independent consultant and Computers in Libraries columnist Marshall Breeding reports his recent findings on the latest developments in library automation technologies, products, and implementation....

Video from CIL 2013: Turning Out the LAMP

April 26, 2013 CiL 2013:Turning Out the LAMP

Darien Library Assistant Director of Innovation and User Experience John Blyberg introduces web developers and project managers to next-gen technologies that they can implement in their systems going forward....

CIL Session Video: Mary Ellen Bates’ Super Searcher Secrets

April 24, 2013 meb-session

Watch online as Mary Ellen Bates presents Super Searcher Secrets Computers in Libraries 2013, April 9, 2013 in Washington, DC....

Video from CIL 2013: Top Tips from Top Searchers

April 22, 2013 Searchers

Top search experts discuss advanced search engine navigation and making the most of the latest information resources in this spirited session from Computers in Libraries 2013....

Another CIL Conference Has Ended

April 11, 2013 Save the Dates for CIL 2014

And so we come to the end of another CIL conference. Lots of good information was shared, and much learning took place. ...

Evolving Tech Services to Manage and Deliver E-Resources

April 11, 2013 Candice Kail, Colleen Major, John Coogan, Li Fu

This session featured presentations from University of Maryland University College & Columbia University staff discussing changes in their services ....

Becoming TechCentral

April 11, 2013 Becoming TechCentral

The Cleveland Public Library's TechCentral concept grew out of an "innovation team" that was charged with redesigning library services. ...

Social Media for Customer Connections

April 11, 2013 David Lee King

David Lee King, author of Face2Face , said that we have embraced the social web as individuals, but not so much in the business world yet. ...

Innovative and Awesome Technologies: The Tuesday Evening Session

April 10, 2013 Lee Rainie

The always popular Tuesday evening session gave us a look into the future at some upcoming technologies that might find use in libraries. ...

In the Cloud: A Virtual Desktop

April 10, 2013 myCloud logo

  Imagine being able to go into a library and load software of your choosing on a public access computer.  And then when you access one of those computers at a future time, all of your preferences, files, and software would be available to...

VIDEO: Uncertainty & Imagination: Evolving Libraries Through Technology

April 10, 2013 Daniel W. Rasmus

Daniel describes techniques that can help us navigate uncertainty and continue to innovate in the face of change....

Institutional Repositories

April 10, 2013 archive

The law schools at Duke and Yale have two of the most successful institutional repositories in North America. ...

Negotiating E-content and Tech Licenses

April 9, 2013 Negotiating licenses

The information professional must prepare for the meeting. Do the research, and go to the company website. You may know more than you think. ...