—This is the last in the series that has been instigated by my travels. (Whew!) 
On a recent flight to Boise, I was talking with the man who sat next to me. He worked with start-up businesses, providing support and information. The good news is that he is well-aware of LiLI-D and encourages all his budding entrepreneurs [...]

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Well, not Rosie the Riveter, but still a woman that is just as powerful. Rosy is a tarantula that now resides in the children’s area of the library. She is part of our Summer Reading outreach to Catch the Reading Bug. Rosy isn’t technically a “bug” but she eats plenty of them. She has been [...]

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Shirley at ICFL posted this link on LIBIDAHO to a slick, informative, and all around terrific resource about librarians, libraries, and library careers.  I could have used this site when I went to the local high school for the career fair — and I will use it next time.  The site was created by an MLIS student [...]

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Today, May 1st, is RSS Awareness Day, a time when people are encouraged to get to know little ol’ RSS, or Real Simple Syndication, which by itself means very little but for people who use news readers (Google Reader, Bloglines, etc.) it’s the very life blood of content delivery.  Have you hugged your RSS today?

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For customers, an alternative to crummy customer service and support? For businesses, an alternative to out-sourcing?
Letting your customers do the talking for you and with you - in public?
http://www.fastcompany.com/articles/2008/04/interview-muller.html?page=0%2C1
This is brilliant.  I’m a tech person, but not a joiner. (It’s just my demeanor.)  But within a few minutes of visiting http://getsatisfaction.com, I’d signed up.
It taps [...]

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