Special Libraries Summer Class Debriefing
Last week, my summer teaching semester ended for LSC 888, the Special Library/Information Center, at the Catholic University of America Department of Library and Information Science. It was an intensive …
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Changing the World the Jane Jacobs Way
If you’d like to make your mark on the world during your lifetime, with the hope that your influence extends beyond your death, a perfect role model is Jane Jacobs. …
50 Economics Classics: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Tom Butler-Bowdon has recently added another title, 50 Economics Classics, to his long-running and super-effective 50 Classics series. Part of the genius of this book is broadening the content beyond …
Celebrating 25 Years of Berrett-Koehler Publishers
This summer marks the 25th birthday of Berrett-Koehler, the extraordinary company that published my first book, Living in More Than One World: How Peter Drucker’s Wisdom Can Inspire and Transform …
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15 Years After: Reflections on my 2002 Drucker USAT Los Angeles Interview
On July 5, 2002, USA TODAY published my interview/feature story on Peter Drucker, “Scandals Nothing New to Business Guru.” He and I were both in Los Angeles for the SLA/Special …
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SLA 2017 and the Future of Information Professionals
The recently-concluded 2017 SLA/Special Libraries Association annual conference was a goldmine of networking, learning and socializing opportunities. And despite the well over 100 degree temperatures each day, the Phoenix Convention …
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17 Eclectic Book Lists For Summer 2017
It’s time for one of my favorite yearly rituals, curating a list of some of the best summer reading lists from a wide variety of sources. Although this compilation has …
Robert M. Pirsig: The Road Goes on Forever
The world is a much different place than in 1974, the year of publication for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, Robert M. Pirsig’s surprise …
Richard Nelson Bolles: A Job Well Done
Few people can match the productive, inspiring and extremely useful life of Richard Nelson Bolles, who died March 31 at 90. He was the source of countless careers, via the …
The Life Story of Amy Krouse Rosenthal Continues
Like millions of readers, I was in awe of author Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s extraordinarily powerful New York Times Valentine’s Day column this year, “You May Want to Marry My Husband,” …
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