Topic
Library Management
11 published works
Explorations with Information and Technology
Building the Budget
By David Whelan
Reading Time: 7 minutes I’m still in my first year at my new role and it’s budget season. This is one of those perennial experiences that you would think would…
Vable
Is agile project management still the right approach for your library?
By Clare Brown
Is agile working still relevant for library and information professionals? In my opinion, "agile working" has simply become "working" but you need to look at the possibilities. As the needs…
Vable
Don't drown in content – aggregate, automate, gain insight!
By Clare Brown
Your colleagues are overwhelmed by information. It is your job to employ your library management skills to ensure that they can identify that key article that will impress their client,…
Explorations with Information and Technology
Muddle Management
By David Whelan
I was talking to a law librarian about career plans recently. One of the challenges of any librarian is the one about whether to go into library management. You may…
Explorations with Information and Technology
Need to Know
By David Whelan
One of my first library school classes was about library management. Professor (now Dean Emeritus) Herman Totten taught us a lot of concepts and one that has stuck with me…
Explorations with Information and Technology
Hard Choices
By David Whelan
I’m confident our law library is not alone this winter when it comes to planning for straitened circumstances next year. 2021 will be a year of reduced budgets. We lost…
Vable
Where can I find free online courses on library management skills?
By Clare Brown
The whole library and information world seems to be on social media - the controversies, the victories and challenges, as well as the normal day-today stories. As a result, it’s…
Dewey B Strategic
Join Me At SLA Annual Meeting Program: Don’t Just Be Integral Be Alligned
By Jean O'Grady
I will be moderating a hot topic program at the Special Libraries Association Annual Conference in Cleveland. The Event is sponsored by Lucidea. Don’t Just Be Integral: Be Aligned. Building on…
Civil Service Disqualification Appeals Attorney Blog
Bronxville Library Director resigns withdrawing Article 78
The Bronxville Library is one of the great libraries in New York. I spent countless hours there in 1982 studying for NYPD Sergeant. This photo shows one of its rooms.…
3 Geeks and a Law Blog
Lead, Follow, or Stay the Heck Out of the Way
By Greg Lambert
While my wife is off in Austin, along with 6500 of her closest librarian friends, at the Texas Library Association Conference this week, she left a task for one of…