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Farewell to IL2018
IL 2018 has concluded. It was an excellent conference, and I hope you have enjoyed the summaries I have written. There were many other sessions of interest. You can see the speakers’ slides from many ...
Libraries’ Biggest Challenges and Solutions For the Future: The Closing Keynote Panel
This closing session, moderated by Jane Dysart, was a conversation discussing the challenges for libraries in the future and some solutions to them. Panelists were Donna Scheeder, Past President, IFLA, and Consultant, Library Strategies International; Jason Griffey, Founder, Evolve Project; Susan Broman, Assistant City Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library; ad Peter Raymond, Founder and CEO, […]
Google Analytics and My Business
Trey Gordner, Founder, Koios, presented the following top 10 tips for Google Analytics. Get certified. Google has an “Analytics Academy” giving courses on various aspects of Google Analytics. Check for the code everywhere. Find out the purpose of the code for every subdomain on your site. If the code is not there, you will not […]
Changing Stakeholder Perceptions About Library Value
Bill Irwin, Assistant Professor, Huron University College and Kimberly Silk, Sr. Planning and Development Officer, Hamilton Public Library, focused on the good, bad, and ugly aspects of evaluation in the workplace. Good: evaluation can provide data to management on library users. Bad: how can you find it good if you don’t go anywhere with it? […]
Measure the Future: Next-Gen Metrics for Libraries
Jason Griffey, a consultant formerly at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University, was also librarian at the University of Tennessee. The library staff wanted to measure the attention of library visitors: where people tended to go and how long they stayed there, which can be thought of as similar to Google Analytics for a […]
From Makerspace to Solve Space
This double session was a mini-workshop with tips and techniques on setting up a makerspace. Chad Mairn from the St. Petersburg College library said we need to try new things and not be afraid to fail but learn from them. If you don’t try out something, it will probably not be a good fit with […]
Accelerating Your Market Input: Creating Positive Outcomes: The Thursday Keynote
Susan Schramm, Founder and Principal, Go To Market Impact (a consulting firm helping organizations in times of change), is not a librarian, but she is a very zealous promoter and supporter of libraries. She believes that libraries will be catalysts for transforming smart communities. Change is going on, and there is a gap that libraries […]
