Canada needs an “American Indian Library Association”

In the United States, there is a great organization called the American Indian Library Association (AILA). I’ve provided a link to them in my blogroll. Anyhow, AILA has been in existence since the late 1970s (pretty impressive in the non-profit sector to last that long), and came into existence based on “increasing awareness that library services [...]

Mind Mapping as a Training Tool

Currently, I’m working on developing a one-day workshop for staff to introduce them to our new website and library (e.g. how to search, etc.) and to a few social software tools: Del.icio.us, RSS feeds and news aggregators, and potentially blogs. For some individuals, the relevance of social software tools is immediate; for others, it can [...]