Calgary Central Library: combining intimacy and civic statement
The Calgary central library was on first impression the finest public building I have been in for years.
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Collective collections: Prospective and retrospective collection coordination
Coordinating collective collections
Collective collections are collections addressed at a level above the individual institution. I introduced our recent report
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Operationalizing a collective collection
While collective collections have been much discussed, less attention has been paid to how to operationalize them in consortial settings. This post introduces work done with the BTAA to explore this challenge.
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The facilitated collection redux: a note on collections as a service, the University of California, and Elsevier
Libraries now manage facilitated collections alongside their acquired collections: these are collections assembled from the web organized around user interests.
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Memory institutions redux: pluralizing memories and a stay against forgetting
We are now used to memory institutions as a way of collectively referring to libraries, archives and museums. We also recognize that memory is not univocal or may be contested.
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University Futures are shaping Library Futures
Libraries are not ends in themselves, but serve the interests of the organizations of which they are a part. As university emphasis varies around research, education and career poles, we can expect to see libraries evolve to support those emphases more strongly.
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A reservoir not an ocean - visualizing and operationalizing collective collections
When I think of the Google Books initiative now, three things stick with me. The first is simply what an
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The powers of library consortia 4: scoping, sourcing and scaling
In making choices about focus and investment, consortial options can vary along three important axes: scoping, sourcing and (right)scaling.
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The powers of library consortia 3: scaling influence and capacity for impact and efficiency
Scaling capacity (building shared infrastructure and services) and scaling influence (aggregating a library voice to lobby or persuade) are historically core consortial activities.
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The powers of library consortia 2: soft power and purposeful mobilization: scaling learning and innovation
Library consortia play an important role in scaling learning and innovation – this will become both more purposeful and more important in coming years.
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The powers of library consortia 1: how consortia scale capacity, learning, innovation and influence
Libraries and related organizations group together in a variety of ways to get their work done. They consort where there are scale advantages: to lobby, for example, to negotiate and license, to reduce costs, or to build shared infrastructure.
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One handed writing - the blog
Recently @mishdalton [https://twitter.com/mishdalton] pointed me at an article
[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/opinion/tips-for-aspiring-op-ed-writers.
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