Here is a video I put together for the 30th anniversary of the Portuguese Public Library Network:
Libraries Transform Communities from R. David Lankes on Vimeo.
Lankes to Keynote Urban Librarians Conference
Looking forward to Brooklyn.
Urban Librarians Conference
May 6th 2016
S. Stevan Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture, Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn, NY
http://www.urbanlibrariansconference.org/
(No Offense to Rocket Scientists)
The Boring Patient Audio Book: Chapter 9
I am posting a chapter a week of my book The Boring Patient. You can download the ebook or listen to previous chapters here: https://davidlankes.org/?page_id=8390
Chapter 9: HemOc
LIANZA Keynote Video Now Available
If you wanted to watch my LIANZA Keynote on “Customer, Consumer, Users, and Other Mistakes” it is now available at:
All of the conference keynotes are worth watching, and they can be found here:
http://webcast.gigtv.com.au/Mediasite/Catalog/catalogs/lianza2015
Tilburg Video Now Online
Here is a video of my talk in Tilburg (I have updated the original post as well):
CILIP Talk Now Streaming
Here is a video of my presentation to CILIP this past summer. I also used it to improve the audio of the screencast I posted over the summer.
The OLA Super Conference joins the Expect More World Tour!
I’ll be doing to Wednesday afternoon keynote at the Ontario Library Association’s Super Conference January 27th, 2016.
Title: The Obligation of Innovation
Abstract: Librarians must lead their communities in innovation by example. If our libraries are to be incubators of new ideas, librarians must model creativity, adaptability, continuous learning, and leading change that makes a difference. This isn’t about apps, or looking like Silicon Valley, it is about weaving together new ideas and expertise locally. Lankes will make the case for innovation as a core attribute of librarians.
Also, check out the World Tour Dates page for more information on upcoming talks and workshops in Belgium and the Netherlands next month!
Lankes Faculty Minute
Here is a “Faculty Minute” I did for the Syracuse iSchool on Expect More and libraries.
The World Tour Adds Dates in Italy and Vatican City!
Please Note: This post is being updated with more details as they become available.
The Expect More World Tour rolls on. There is a great deal of interest in New Librarianship and a community focus for libraries in Italy particularly after the publication of the Atlas of New Librarianship (L’atlante della biblioteconomia moderna) in Italian. To meet with the folks interested in a new approach to libraries I’ve added four dates:
Pistoria Library
July 10, 2015 Pistoia, Italy
Supported by the U.S. Embassy in Rome
Topic: Community as CollectionNational Library of Rome
July 13, 2015 Rome, Italy
Topic: Participatory Librarianship & LIS Education
Where: National Library of Rome
Organized jointly with AIB (Associazione Italiana Biblioteche) and the National BoardThe American University of Rome
July 14, 2015 Rome, Italy
Supported by the U.S. Embassy in RomeKoninklijk Nederlands Instituut te Rome / Vatican School of Librarianship
July 15, 2015 Rome, Italy
Supported by the Vatican Library School, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, URBS, KNIR, U.S. Embassy in Rome
Topic: The Changing Role of Librarians in Learning
A special note of thanks to Gimena Campos Cervera and the U.S. Embassy in Rome for support and logistics. In addition to the support of the embassy, thanks to Syracuse University’s iSchool for trip support. Also a big thank you to Anna Maria Tammaro of the University of Parma and Raffaella Vincenti of the Vatican Library/Vatican School of Librarianship.
Lankes to Keynote 125th NYLA Conference
The New York Library Association is joining the Expect More World Tour this October.
On Thursday, October 22 from 9:00 – 10:15 AM in Lake Placid, NY Lankes will give the keynote for the association’s 125th annual conference: NYLA125: Explore. Learn. Grow.
The talk will be titled “Day 45,626″
Here’s the abstract:
This year NYLA celebrates its 125th anniversary (45,625 days). 45,625 days ago Melvil Dewey, one of NYLA’s founders, saw the future of libraries in standardization, efficiency, and industrialization. 45,625 days ago the future of libraries was in shared structures, shared methods, and librarians devoted to the maintenance of institutional libraries. On day 45,626 this is the formula for disaster. On day 45,626 the future of libraries is in librarians building libraries around the unique communities they serve. The success of the next 125 years is intimately tied to the success of the counties, cities, towns, and villages of New York. Our next 125 years is in the dreams and aspirations of New York’s citizens, students, and scholars not our stacks.