Comments on: Getting deeply local at our libraries

By: 10 things to keep in mind when prioritising library projects | Librarians Matter

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:28:11 +0000

[...] identify what we offer that users cannot get online, in other libraries, or elsewhere – the deeply local – and use this to guide where we put our [...]

By: Getting local data to the world, and still being funded | Librarians Matter

Getting local data to the world, and still being funded | Librarians Matter — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:37:11 +0000

[...] my second last post, Getting Deeply Local at our libraries, I suggested that libraries should focus on their deep human knowledge of their local communities [...]

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This is just to say… « La de da — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:47:14 +0000

[...] Getting deeply local at our libraries [...]

By: Leah

Leah — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:28:13 +0000

What a wonderful post! Thank you so much for sharing your insight. This is valuable not just to the public arena but all libraries. The best kind of information

By: Joann Ransom

Joann Ransom — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:54:32 +0000

Hi Kathryn,

Great post on a topic I am thinking more and more about too. I am moving to a position where its seems a much better use of our limited staff to focus on the local; look after the stuff that only we know and care about. Let National Library cataloguers and contracted book selectors look after all the general stuff, the 80% of the stuff that is common among most public libraries, and let us look after the critical balance, the local stuff, which makes our community ours.

cheers Jo.