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Blink: the power of thinking without thinking
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell, is a book about decision making. More specifically, it is about snap judgments — the decisions we make in the blink of an eye, without thinking. What Gladwell shows is that there is a lot more to that split second of decision making than we might think. Gladwell explores the concept…
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Shelfari vs. LibraryThing
Over the summer I signed up for both Shelfari and LibraryThing. On June 10th, I created my accounts and spent about 5 minutes on each site, after which I decided to use Shelfari. I’m not sure what exactly made me choose Shelfari over LibraryThing. What I remember is being a bit overwhelmed by LibraryThing, and…
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Exploring heart, trust, decision making and change in libraries
There are a couple of topics I’m considering for my research paper for my Library 2.0 class. heart & trust The first is what intrigued me during our first weekend in class; the importance of positive human interaction in libraries. How can we encourage kindness and trust through library 2.0 technologies? How can social networking…
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Virtual communities and their impact on libraries
I never really got involved in virtual communities until I started graduate school at Dominican in 2007 and also started working at my current job at Train Signal. Before that, I was always at the edge of the circle, as Nessbaum-Beach put it “lurking,” reading and paying attention but not actively participating. But all that…
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Finding a niche
One statement that stuck with me through the Library 2.0 readings was a sentence from Blyberg’s post “The frantic search to find our niche is only beginning.” Blyberg’s statement, which sounds unremarkable and obvious, is, in my opinion, a fundamental question and a starting point for any library determined to embrace change and Library 2.0…