This Week in Libraries

A new Library Law in The Netherlands, the importance of curiosity, one national digital library, Borges and connecting the digital to the physical library. This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of library innovation! thisweekinlibraries.com You can also sign up for our newsletter: thisweekinlibraries.com/?page_id=218 Or join in the discussions at our Linkedin group: linkedin.com/groups/This-Week-in-Libraries-3933248

Deconstructing the conference model, worries about the future of innovation in libraries and investing social energy. This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of library innovation! thisweekinlibraries.com You can also sign up for our newsletter: thisweekinlibraries.com/?page_id=218 Or join in the discussions at our Linkedin group: linkedin.com/groups/This-Week-in-Libraries-3933248

The story behind TWIL. The most interesting libraries around the world. Fanmail and the potential of podcasting. This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of library innovation! thisweekinlibraries.com You can also sign up for our newsletter: thisweekinlibraries.com/?page_id=218 Or join in the discussions at our Linkedin group: linkedin.com/groups/This-Week-in-Libraries-3933248

Building self sustaining libraries in Africa, making use of fiber optic broadband. Finding a new Carnegie model and understanding new information needs. This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of library innovation! thisweekinlibraries.com

Creating an open environment for reading and research, all shades of grey of copyright, bringing together libraries, archives and museums and new ways of accessing digital collections. This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of library innovation! thisweekinlibraries.com You can also sign up for our newsletter: thisweekinlibraries.com/?page_id=218 Or join in the discussions at our Linkedin group: linkedin.com/groups/This-Week-in-Libraries-3933248

Librarian generations, Library schools and landscapes in Canada, the role of sharing in the library community and the library as a 3rd place? This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of library innovation! thisweekinlibraries.com You can also sign up for our newsletter: thisweekinlibraries.com/?page_id=218 Or join in the discussions at our Linkedin group: linkedin.com/groups/This-Week-in-Libraries-3933248

Choreographing content, Facebook strategy, giving multiple perspectives on a single subject and the overconcern with the death of libraries. This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of library innovation! thisweekinlibraries.com

A People's Lab, Maker Spaces, buildings partnerships, user driven innovation and engaging with users from the heart. This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of library innovation! http://www.thisweekinlibraries.com You can also sign up for our newsletter: thisweekinlibraries.com/?page_id=218 Or join in the discussions at our Linkedin group: linkedin.com/groups/This-Week-in-Libraries-3933248

The new Rijksstudio website, the importance of deadlines, using SCRUM in public sector developing and creating Core Values. But also conversation about bringing collections close to the people and "Concept is King". This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of library innovation! thisweekinlibraries.com

Catching the twinkle in the customer's eye, authenticity in communication, The Alpe d'HuZes project and storytelling for companies. This and much more in this week's episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of library innovation! thisweekinlibraries.com

Finding a library job and the next step in readers advisory. These topics and more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of library innovation.

We meet three library students from the Czech Republic and the University of Washington and talk about communicating library services and promoting yourself well. But we also look into teaching innovation and changing stereotypes. All this and more in your weekly dose of library innovation.

Video retrieval, search, speech recognition. "Deep in our hearts we are all librarians". Some of this and more on this week's episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of library innovation.

Surfacing undiscovered library content. The importance of user testing in building new platforms. And the difficult task of aggregating a wide range of library content across Europe. All of this and more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of library innovation.

Owning and managing your own eContent. Self publishing and how do we position ourselves as libraries to be at the heart of the publishing revolution. All of this and more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of library innovation.

Streaming books. A new “Golden Age of Publishing”? A need for more experimenting and sharing inside of platforms. All of this and more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of library innovation.