Information Outlook

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• TECH WEBINARS * NAME CHANGE * SLA STRUCTURE.
• Librarians, Information Professionals and IT: A Natural Fit: MANY IT CHALLENGES ARE ACTUALLY INFORMATION CHALLENGES, AND THE SLA CORE COMPETENCIES SHOW HOW LIBRARIANS AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS ARE EQUIPPED TO ADDRESS THEM.
• READERS' TIPS.
• An Insider's View of IT: THE FIRST PRIORITY OF THE IT DEPARTMENT IS TO SAFEGUARD THE ORGANIZATION'S DATA AND NETWORK. LIBRARIANS CAN USE THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE ORIENTATION TO HELP IT BETTER SERVE USERS.
• Navigating Our Relationship with IT: Starting a dialogue and identifying common organizational goals are critical to a successful relationship between libraries and IT departments.
• The Transformative Power of Dialogue: MORE AND MORE, COMMON GOALS ARE REPLACING TECHNICAL PROBLEMS AS CONVERSATION STARTERS BETWEEN IT DEPARTMENTS AND LIBRARIES.
• Five Ways to Build a Strong Relationship with IT.
• 10 Questions: Sophia Guevara: IF THERE'S ONE THING SOPHIA GUEVARA LIKES MORE THAN TECHNOLOGY, IT'S SHARING WHAT SHE LEARNS ABOUT IT WITH OTHERS.
• Personal Interaction Sets the Stage for Success.
• Starting the Conversation: The Disabled Library Patron: NUMEROUS RESOURCES AND EXAMPLES ARE AVAILABLE TO INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS WHO WANT TO MAKE THEIR LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION CENTERS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE WITH DISABILITIES.

Featured documents

• Adding value to recruitment services: information professionals bring skills to recruitment that can take service capabilities to a higher level.
• The Transformative Power of Dialogue: MORE AND MORE, COMMON GOALS ARE REPLACING TECHNICAL PROBLEMS AS CONVERSATION STARTERS BETWEEN IT DEPARTMENTS AND LIBRARIES.
• E-books: Integrating Deep Searching across Platforms: Libraries have been making their collections more searchable for years, but too often they resist promoting full text searching, even when that capability is available (and paid for).
• 10 Questions: Arne and Sharon Almquist: THE HUSBAND-AND-WIFE AUTHORS OF A BOOK DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE ENTREPRENEURIAL INSTINCTS AND PRACTICES AMONG LIBRARIANS TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR UNDERGRADUATE LIBRARY EDUCATION, CONFUSING TASKS WITH VALUE, AND THE HIDDEN COSTS OF CHANGE.
• 10 Questions: Elizabeth Greenfield: her flexibility and willingness to learn new things have helped Beth Greenfield navigate a career path that has encompassed the publishing, educational, legal, and library science worlds.
• Organizing and embedding a library hackfest into a 1st year course.
• 10 Questions: Susan Makar and Amy Trost: THE CO-AUTHORS OF THE BEST CONTRIBUTED PAPER AT SLA 2018 DISCUSS THEIR INTEREST IN BIBLIOMETRICS, THEIR DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THE CHALLENGES OF WORKING WITH SCIENTISTS AND FUTURE SCIENTISTS.
• Visualizing Data: An Interview with Anselm Spoerri: VISUALIZING DATA STARTS WITH PUTTING THE DATA INTO A FORM YOU CAN VISUALIZE, THEN UNDERSTANDING WHO YOUR AUDIENCE IS AND WHAT THEY WANT TO KNOW.
• 10 questions: Tina Franks.
• 10 questions: Michelle Bond: her passion for travel and her love of librarianship have given Michelle Bond an appreciation of the diverse job roles and experiences of SLA's members.