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Someone @MPOW was looking for me while I was away at CIL2009.
I’m home now, and my notes are here. I hope you find them interesting or useful for whatever innovation and adventure is ahead of us in the coming year or three.
Enjoy. And, whoever you are, let’s do lunch and talk about this stuff.

CIL2009: Innovative Services & Practices

John Blyberg, Head of Technology and Digital Initiatives, Darien Library
Gretchen Hams-Caserotti, Head of Children’s Services, Darien Library
Sarah Ludwig, Head of Teen Services, Darien Library
Kate Sheehan, Head of Knowledge and Learning Services, Darien Library
See presentation slides here

A culture of innovation allows us the freedom to fail
The world around us is a legacy of failure
The space between [...]

CIL2009: School Libraries+Public Libraries- Partnering for Technology

Tasha Squires, Young Adult Consultant, Shorewood Troy Public Library District
Author of Library Partnerships: Making Connections Between School and Public Libraries
Why should schools and public libraries collaborate?

We serve the same “clientele” at school during the day and at the library in the evening
We generally serve the same geographic community.
Our goals and purposes overlap
We [...]