Idaho Libraries Creating a Maker Culture

Maker Culture FTW

In this keynote Ian Hughes/epredator will show the link between the huge changes in communication of design ideas and the accessibility of tools for user creation of content. How that merges with gaming culture and educational opportunities and how the digital interaction with the physical shows us a path to a very different future. Being able to design and distribute digitally, using easily av...

Creating a culture of innovation Creating a culture of innovation

Creating content marketing for libraries.

Content marketing can be a powerful tool for marketing the services of academic and health sciences libraries. Competing for the attention of busy students and faculty, the library must develop its own channels of engagement, which makes content-driven activities essential. A common example is resource licensing. Once a library licenses a new resource, driving or encouraging usage is a challeng...

Creating a Software Engineering Culture

Rarely in history has a field of endeavor evolved as rapidly as software development is right now. The struggle to stay abreast of new technology, deal with accumulated development backlogs, and cope with people issues has become a treadmill race, as software groups work as hard as they can just to stay in place. The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) and hordes of gurus exhort us to improve ...

Creating a Culture of Violence

Zusammenfassung: Der Autor beschreibt auf anhand statistischer Zugänge die Gewaltentwicklung in Südafrika von den 70er Jahren bis heute: Unter dem Apartheid-Regime äußerte sich Gewalt als vertikale bzw. strukturelle gegenüber den Bürgern, dehnte sich zunehmend jedoch auch horizontal innerhalb der Kommunen aus und erreichte ihren Höhepunkt in den 90er Jahren zur Zeit der Demokratiebewegung. Grün...