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Month: October 2009

School Libraries, Work Stuff

Trying to figure it all out…

23 October 200913 December 2009 lpearle

YALSA Blog says that libraries are not supermarkets. This reminded me of my mantra: it's about the patrons (including messing with Dewey to make it easier). It also makes me wonder why is it so difficult for librarians (school, public, academic, whatever) to embrace change, to get over the Way Things Were Done. Change is… Continue reading Trying to figure it all out…

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School Libraries, Work Stuff

Things could be worse

11 October 20092 February 2020 lpearle

The past few years at MPOW have been pretty stress-filled, thanks to the fire. Luckily, much of that has lessened but there are still some things that need to be resolved. One of them is the rebuilding of the old space - we're getting close to the finish line, with progress evident on a daily… Continue reading Things could be worse

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