“The Changing Role of Librarians in Learning” Vatican Library School Lecture. Rome, Italy.
Abstract: As our understanding of learning has changed, so too must librarianship. As we have moved from teaching an act done to people to learning as an act controlled by the individuals, librarianship shifts from passive transmission of information to active facilitation of the learning process.
Special thanks to the Vatican Library School, the U.S. Embassy in Rome, and the Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome.
Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2015/Vatican.pdf
Audio: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/pod/2015/Vatican.mp3
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How our ideas of librarianship have shifted with our understanding of how people learn. A lecture organized by the Vatican Library School with support of the U.S. Embassy in Rome and the Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut the Rome.
You have described the transition of the library to a 21st Century learning environment, so well. Thank you it is inspiring.