Library Mobile Applications: What Counts as Success?

1 January 2011

Bruce Washburn

Geek the Library: A Community Awareness Campaign

10 December 2010

Cathy De Rosa, Jenny Johnson, Linn Haugestad Edvardsen, Patricia Harris

This new report provides complete details about the Geek the Library pilot campaign, including results from qualitative and quantitative research, and insight from participating public libraries. The pilot campaign and the research were funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Seeking Synchronicity: Revelations and Recommendations for Virtual Reference.

Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Marie L. Radford

The report is based on a multi-year study funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS); Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; and OCLC. A rich resource for further exploration of this important topic, it includes valuable statistics, lists of references, additional readings, and specific recommendations for what libraries and librarians can do to move VR forward in local environments. Today's students, scholars and citizens are not just looking to libraries for answers to specific questions—they want partners and guides in a lifelong information-seeking journey. By transforming VR services into relationship-building opportunities, libraries can leverage the positive feelings people have for libraries in a crowded online space where the biggest players often don't have the unique experience and specific strengths that librarians offer.