Came across this via Facebook (a friend of the author posted this)
)http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1907193
Title: What are we really doing to market electronic resources?
Author(s): Marie Kennedy, (William H. Hannon Library, Loyola
This slideshare presentation (http://www.slideshare.net/kleinerperkins/kpcb-internet-trends-2011-9778902/) includes
Hello all,
This is from a recent Scout Report item
http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/Current/
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Have you developed a mobile website or mobile app, or are you using QR codes around the library building
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