Comments on: VSTDPUs and Maslow’s Hierarchy http://freerangelibrarian.com/2010/04/10/vstdpus-and-maslows-hierarchy/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:59:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Lisa Blackwell http://freerangelibrarian.com/2010/04/10/vstdpus-and-maslows-hierarchy/comment-page-1/#comment-594200 Lisa Blackwell Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:02:08 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/?p=2459#comment-594200 You know, just seeing that wonderful, brightly colored Maslow's Hierarchy triangle makes me more encouraged already. We should all be striving for that next level up, even when it feels safer to stay in the comfortable, current state. You know, just seeing that wonderful, brightly colored Maslow’s Hierarchy triangle makes me more encouraged already. We should all be striving for that next level up, even when it feels safer to stay in the comfortable, current state.

]]> By: Daniel Ransom http://freerangelibrarian.com/2010/04/10/vstdpus-and-maslows-hierarchy/comment-page-1/#comment-573704 Daniel Ransom Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:02:32 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/?p=2459#comment-573704 Well, you can't lay out an impressive vision for a digital collection and moving 95% of print monographs off-site and still pretend to be an unhip librarian who is resistant to new ideas. ;) There's lot of great and exciting ideas for evolving libraries, and a lot (not all) of them cost money. So there's nothing wrong with picking priorities, and if smart phones aren't quite the priority, then so be it. And everyone benefits from a little more art on the walls. Well, you can’t lay out an impressive vision for a digital collection and moving 95% of print monographs off-site and still pretend to be an unhip librarian who is resistant to new ideas. ;)

There’s lot of great and exciting ideas for evolving libraries, and a lot (not all) of them cost money. So there’s nothing wrong with picking priorities, and if smart phones aren’t quite the priority, then so be it.

And everyone benefits from a little more art on the walls.

]]> By: Jen Waller http://freerangelibrarian.com/2010/04/10/vstdpus-and-maslows-hierarchy/comment-page-1/#comment-573189 Jen Waller Sun, 11 Apr 2010 03:18:27 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/?p=2459#comment-573189 What a wonderfully refreshing post in both content and tone! It does my heart good to read about libraries like yours. And – more importantly – people like you. Great job! What a wonderfully refreshing post in both content and tone! It does my heart good to read about libraries like yours. And – more importantly – people like you. Great job!

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