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I would like to get some input from you all about texting for reference questions. Have you used it? If so, is it catching on? Do you use a service, or a personal phone? Let me know what this service is being used for, if at all, and if yo
Read more…Just when I was patting myself on the back for being cutting edge by using Google's map interface to trace John Steinbeck's route in Travels with Charley, I came across a new creativity tool. If you have an IGoogle account, Google has put in a fairly
Read more…Does anyone know of a good overview bibliography that would update the 1993 one I included in my dissertation"The creativity of selected library directors at private liberal arts colleges in the United States"(seehttp://openlibrary.org/b/OL14614199M/
Read more…Our library is starting a newsletter (yes, we are behind the times). Does anyone out there have something AMAZING we could use as a model? Suggestions please! We need examples!
Read more…I saw Terry Teachout's article Importantitis, Enemy of Art: How to Wreck a Career in One Easy Lesson in the Wall Street Journal of Feb. 16, 2008."Importantitis" is the word Stephen Sondheim used to describe Leonard Bernstein's inability to follow-up
Read more…That's the title of a blog post on 21st Century Collaborative, a blog of Sheryl, a technology and education consultant and adjunct instructor in the School of Education at The College of William and Mary. She writes many fascinating blog posts which
Read more…Take a look at this blog post:http://2thinknow.com/innovation/index.php/2007/08/08/generation-x-y-get-shafted-by-cranky-baby-boomers-its-the-creative-generation-stupid/Of course it's agist, but I find the assumptions interesting.
Read more…Is music an influence in your personal or professional life? Is it a source of inspiration? Is music even important? If so, why?
Read more…Isn't it?I came to this conclusion, whet I reread my diploma paper, which was devoted to problems of creativity in teaching English, Now, as three years have passed, it came to my mind that teacing has a lot in common in the creativity aspects. Do yo
Read more…I read this recently on Librarian in Black's blog. Had posted it on my classroom 2.0 site, but thought it might be worth sharing here:"It's long been an irritation to me that libraries have summer reading clubs. I want a library to have a summer non-
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Read more…If you know of a resource – print, audio, visual, electronic, whatever – that focuses on creativity or inspired thinking in any of their manifestations, post it here.
Read more…Flashes of enlightenment? Epiphanies? A deep sense of wonder? Profound questions? Share your special moments with us here.
Read more…Is there someone in your life that has had an influence on your personal or professional development? Tell us about it.
Read more…This is the “I wish I’d said that!” post.Be the change you want to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi
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