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2023 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

I’ve been actively seeking out non-binary authors and trying to read print a little more. average read per month: 9.5 average read per week: 2.2 The always-updated booklist, going back to 1997, lives at jessamyn.info/booklist and it has its own RSS feed.

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2022 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

Previous librarian.net summaries: 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2007 , 2006 , 2005 , 2004. I’m also retiring my “people of color/non-Western” category only because it relies too much on surface impressions/names. average read per month: 12.

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2021 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

Previous librarian.net summaries: 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2007 , 2006 , 2005 , 2004. Here are stats for the books that I finished. average read per month: 9.6. average read per week: 2.2. number read in worst month: 6 (February). number unfinished: 0.

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Ep. 36 - Reopening Public Schools, Managing Inventory, and Implementing eBidding with Dave Pelletier and Kara Daniel

Decisions That Matter

Daniel, NIGP-CPP, CPPB has been in public procurement since 2004 and is the Purchasing Manager for the School District of Springfield R-12. In 2017 Kara received MAPP’s Buyer of the Year (large entity) award. In 2017 Kara received MAPP’s Buyer of the Year (large entity) award.

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Ep. 36 - Reopening Public Schools, Managing Inventory, and Implementing eBidding with Dave Pelletier and Kara Daniel

Decisions That Matter

Daniel, NIGP-CPP, CPPB has been in public procurement since 2004 and is the Purchasing Manager for the School District of Springfield R-12. In 2017 Kara received MAPP’s Buyer of the Year (large entity) award. In 2017 Kara received MAPP’s Buyer of the Year (large entity) award.

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Google Ad Grants Improve Your Library’s Chances of Being Found in Search: How To Apply and Manage This Incredible Opportunity

Super Library Marketing

Many libraries have taken advantage of this program since it was launched in 2004. Koios has successfully applied for and managed Google Ad Grants for public libraries since 2017. Thousands of nonprofits use the program. You apply once, and the grant continues indefinitely.

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February 2017 | Some Principles of Strategic Thinking, By John M. Bryson

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

After all, I’ve co-authored books about the strategic uses of causal mapping with titles like Visual Strategy (Wiley, 2014) and Visible Thinking (Wiley, 2004). This last theory I found particularly intriguing – especially given my interest in mapping as a tool for strategy development. What might compass over map mean?

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