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Recent Posts

What does Google have to say about your library?

Posted by Mark Maslowski on 1/15/2015

Originally posted on SydneyPLUS blog 8/21/2014

Visitors to your library’s website have often formed an impression of it before they even see it, thanks to search engine “snippets.” You can exert some control over what these snippets contain...

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Topics: Library Management, Knowledge Management

6 Principles Supporting the Sustainable Library

Posted by Mark Maslowski on 1/15/2015

Originally posted on Inmagic blog 5/30/2014

The simple truth is, there are serious challenges to the long term sustainability of special libraries, many of which may threaten your future if you don’t act. These challenges include the need to:

  • Stay relevant by leveraging and managing social tools
  • Reach an increasingly mobile user base
  • Integrate your library’s knowledge with an increasingly complex IT environment
  • Do more in an environment of ever-shrinking budgets
  • Avoid being made redundant by content providers who reach out to end users directly
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Topics: Library Management