PW (Project Wombat, formerly Stumpers-L) Librarians Twibe - Librarians Twitter Users. 85 Reasons to be Thankful for Librarians. Ten Technologies to Increase Communication in Your Organization. We live in a time unprecedented for information and knowledge in management and organizational cultures. Systems theory and other theories of organizational innovation state that there must be open channels of communication in the organization. Yet, today we use organizational communication based on the memo to communicate for the most part. With the technology available today it is easy to increase communication in your organization even with a tight budget.
I am going to talk about 10 things one can do with technology to facilitate communication, either externally or internally. 1) Start a blog. 2) Start a Twitter feed. 3) Share your best practices on a Wiki. 4) Start an organizational discussion board. 5) Start a Facebook organizational page. 6) Start a YouTube or Vimeo channel. 7) Scrap that old print newsletter. 8) Incorporate social software into your organization. 9) Create a Flickr account to share organizational photos.
33 Reasons Librarians are Still Extremely Important - DegreeTuto. 16 Reasons Why Libraries and Librarians are Still Extremely Important Many predict that the digital age will wipe public bookshelves clean, and permanently end the centuries-old era of libraries. As libraries' relevance comes into question, librarians face an existential crisis at a time when students need them the most.
Despite their perceived obsolescence in the digital age, both libraries and librarians are irreplaceable for many reasons. Nearly twenty reasons, in fact. We've listed them here: 1. Google Books recognizes this. 2. While one might use the internet or a search engine to find these databases, deeper access to them requires registration. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Technology is integrating itself into the library system, not bulldozing it. 7. But e-books are not an all-consuming transition for readers. 8. 9. Indeed, this cultural change predates widespread use of the internet. 10. 11. In a vacuum, crowds probably are very wise. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. You Can’t Afford Not To Do These Things - 3/15/2009 - Library Jo.