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		<title>From selection and recommendation to curation and suggestion</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Rundle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago I went the the VALA 2012 conference and saw an inspiring keynote closing address from Eli Neiburger.  Whilst the talk itself was great, it was the question and answer session afterwards that inspired this particular &#8230; <a href="http://itsnotaboutthebooks.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/from-selection-and-recommendation-to-curation-and-suggestion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsnotaboutthebooks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22498676&amp;post=254&amp;subd=itsnotaboutthebooks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dear CEOs and senior managers, it’s no longer ok not to know how Social Media works</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Rundle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine if Canadian library managers decided not only that they were uninterested in hiring French-speaking staff, but actually banned their staff from speaking French, making signage in French or providing materials in French. Imagine speaking French was dismissed as a &#8230; <a href="http://itsnotaboutthebooks.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/dear-ceos-and-senior-managers-its-no-longer-ok-not-to-know-how-social-media-works/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsnotaboutthebooks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22498676&amp;post=244&amp;subd=itsnotaboutthebooks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blogs and the post-paper library</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Rundle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My title this week is a little provocative. I’m unconvinced of the imminent, or even eventual, complete death of all ‘dead tree’ publishing. Much, however, will move to electronic and just as we in wealthy nations say we live in &#8230; <a href="http://itsnotaboutthebooks.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/blogs-and-the-post-paper-library/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsnotaboutthebooks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22498676&amp;post=231&amp;subd=itsnotaboutthebooks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Using risk-reward calculations in the library</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Rundle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since my post before Christmas on maximising the idea-generating ability of libraries, I’ve been thinking a bit more about how we design space and experiences in libraries, and why. Risk Public librarians talk a lot about risk.  Nearly always this &#8230; <a href="http://itsnotaboutthebooks.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/using-risk-reward-calculations-in-the-library/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsnotaboutthebooks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22498676&amp;post=221&amp;subd=itsnotaboutthebooks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Return of the Coffeehouse: How to turn your library into an ideas factory</title>
		<link>http://itsnotaboutthebooks.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/return-of-the-coffeehouse-how-to-turn-your-library-into-an-ideas-factory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Rundle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I read Steven Johnson’s Where good ideas come from: the natural history of innovation.  It’s a fascinating book, full of anecdotes about Charles Darwin and MIT’s Building 20.  Johnson uses Darwin’s life and work to highlight his main themes &#8230; <a href="http://itsnotaboutthebooks.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/return-of-the-coffeehouse-how-to-turn-your-library-into-an-ideas-factory/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsnotaboutthebooks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22498676&amp;post=210&amp;subd=itsnotaboutthebooks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What libraries can learn from public transport ticketing</title>
		<link>http://itsnotaboutthebooks.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/what-libraries-can-learn-from-public-transport-ticketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Rundle</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[change management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I had a bit of a run-in with the bureaucracy running Melbourne’s new(ish) public transport ticketing system, Myki.  It got me thinking about introducing new technology into libraries and how many of the lessons that apply to new technology &#8230; <a href="http://itsnotaboutthebooks.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/what-libraries-can-learn-from-public-transport-ticketing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itsnotaboutthebooks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22498676&amp;post=190&amp;subd=itsnotaboutthebooks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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