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Every month we ask you to weigh in on a quick question.

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Every month we ask you to weigh in on a quick question. After participating, you can see a summary of others’ responses up to that point, but we thought it might be fun to share responses to all of our polls to date. The insight into our collective librarian consciousness is… well, it’s quite something.  

October 2013: PEDs in Libraries

Unequivocally, the best performance-enhancing drink (PED) for the library environment is: [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"803","attributes":{"class":"media-image alignnone size-full wp-image-623","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"378","height":"322","alt":"One-PEDs"}}]]

November 2013: Halloween Costume

The Halloween costume that best exemplifies the library profession is: [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"804","attributes":{"class":"media-image alignnone size-full wp-image-624","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"757","height":"163","alt":"One-Halloween"}}]]

December 2013: Internet vs. internet

Technically the Internet we all go to is a specific thing and therefore a proper noun, but the internet is also often referenced as a generic medium of communication, making it a common noun. So… which is right? [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"805","attributes":{"class":"media-image alignnone size-full wp-image-625","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"418","height":"163","alt":"One-Internet"}}]]

January 2014: MOOCs

Libraries locally and nationally have done very interesting work to support MOOCs. MOOCs in 2014 will be: [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"806","attributes":{"class":"media-image alignnone size-full wp-image-626","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"511","height":"270","alt":"One-Moocs"}}]]

February 2014: Facebook or Twitter?

Which of these is better for library promotion? [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"807","attributes":{"class":"media-image alignnone size-full wp-image-627","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"449","height":"164","alt":"One-Facebook"}}]]

March 2014: Biggest Thing in 2014

Using *only one word,* what will have the biggest impact on your library in 2014? [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"808","attributes":{"class":"media-image alignnone size-large wp-image-628","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"625","height":"557","alt":"One-BiggestThing"}}]]

April 2014: Wearable Tech

What type of wearable technology would you be most likely to wear every day if given the opportunity? [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"809","attributes":{"class":"media-image alignnone size-full wp-image-629","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"358","height":"301","alt":"One-Wearable"}}]]   Thanks for participating in these polls! We’ll be back with another one-second poll next month, assuming we can think of a good question. (“Good” obviously being something of a relative term here.)

Written by

Matt Lee
Associate Director