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Best Practices Suck

Jamie Notter

When you live in Denver, it is absolutely a best practice to drive east if you want to get to Kansas City by car. Louis, you will never reach Kansas City (not without involving a boat or a plane, anyway). Is innovation a best practice? Believe me, I think agility, innovation, and transparency are important.

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Library Group Aims to Reeducate Public on Its Profession

Associations Now

As innovative maker spaces seem to be pushing out book stacks in school libraries, the American Association of School Librarians posits that there’s room for both—and that certified school librarians are the most qualified professionals to give students the best of both worlds.

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How the Mighty Fall - Associations at Risk - Part 1 of 5

Association Subculture

Oh, Those Shiny Golden Handcuffs – Associations who corner a market on a particular industry or profession, usually by means of establishing a certification program or other similar benefit, can often fall victim to an over-dependence upon the mechanism that has individuals “trapped” into membership. innovation. (6).

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