Ten ways patrons can make
their library better
Edward Vielmetti
Superpatron
Ann Arbor, MI
emv@superpatron.com
NSLS, 4 May 2007
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Browse the catalog with
your kids
photo: emv
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Reserve online
photo: emv
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Request the books you want
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Borrow by inter-library loan
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Westmont Public
Library on Flickr
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Remix the catalog
hot books copies/holds AADL 5/3/07
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Connect your library to
LibraryThing
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Connect your library to
Amazon
Image: Amazon linky
Image: Book Burro
Credit: Jon Udell. Link to interview
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Add a librarian to your
buddy list
credit: xkcd
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Put a reference library on
your speed dial
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Post your event on the
library bulletin board
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Hold your birthday party at
the library
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Sneak in chocolate
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Ask a fellow patron when
you’re confused by the web
“Simplicity of the Semantic Web”, Dan Cooney
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Blog about what you find
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Edward Vielmetti
Superpatron
Ann Arbor, MI
emv@superpatron.com
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