Monthly Archive for May, 2013

Public Libraries Shine in the IFLA Marketing Awards

  It was great to see a number of public libraries named in the list of finalists for the 11th IFLA International Marketing Award for 2013. These awards are offered by the IFLA Section on Management and Marketing in collaboration with Emerald Group Publishing Limited. The Award honors organizations that implement creative, […]

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With MetLib in Amsterdam

    Several members of the Public Library Standing Committee joined  colleagues from the Metropolitan Libraries Section at the MetLib 2013 Conference in Amsterdam. The theme for this conference Without borders: the integrated library is applicable to all public libraries and the speakers provided much valuable food for thought. The […]

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A Salute to Paris

  From 3-5 May members of the Public Library Standing Committee were in Paris for the mid term meeting. What a warm welcome that beautiful city and our hosts extended to us. Committee member Annie Dourlent had arranged a rich program and we were able to visit three wonderful libraries […]

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