Postcards from the Cracker Coast

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Entries from September 2008

Competence vs. change?

September 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Stephen Abram has written an interesting post about competence as a roadblock to change.  The point is that competent people must be open to becoming incompetent, for a time, in order to implement change.  In a time in which technological change is constantly taking place, librarians must accept the challenge of changing skill sets for [...]

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Hurricane Preparedness Project

September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

There’s a post on SOLINET’s Check It Out  blog about a project being done by Florida State University’s Information Use Management & Policy Institute. They are researching how libraries assist their communities in preparing for and recovering from hurricanes.  The project team is seeking information from libraries that play a role in their communities during [...]

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Free Preservation Tools

September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

THE NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER is pleased to announce a suite of new products that address the training needs of archivists, librarians, and museum and historical society professionals. The free, online tools were developed primarily with grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and ongoing support from the National Endowment for the Humanities [...]

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FLhiddenTreasures.com

September 15th, 2008 · No Comments

We have been working on a new website to display our members collections we have helped digitize.  Check out www.FLhiddentreasures.com when you get a chance, and let us know what you think.  If you would like something in your collection digitized, contact Carol to learn how.

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