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 2: Sick and Tired in Amsterdam
The Boring Patient Audio Book: Chapter 1
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 1: Getting to Know You
The Boring Patient – Free to Download
Last year I published a book on my journey with cancer called The Boring Patient. Since That time I have received incredible and touching feedback on how the book was helpful in others’ cancer experience, or that of a loved one. I have heard from nurses that are giving it away to patients. This kind of impact is greater than any price I could put on the book.
So today I’m giving it away to anyone who can use it. Follow this link and you can download the ebook version for free. No strings attached.
I am also using this post to share the audio book version. I’ll post a chapter a week, and then update the download page.
Thanks to all who have been so supportive of the book, and of me as I went through diagnosis and treatment. The community of cancer survivors is the most loving and caring group you can imagine – with a really crappy entrance requirement.
The Boring Patient: Introduction
Librarians as Agents of Transformation
“Librarians as Agents of Transformation” Informatie aan Zee 2015. Oostende, Belgium.
Abstract: What can be learned from the U.S. librarians’ response to the economic crisis, and the importance of hope and optimism in librarianship.
Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2015/Belgium.pdf
Audio: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/pod/2015/Belgium.mp3
Major Points: Major points
Screencast:
Librarians as Agents of Transformation from R. David Lankes on Vimeo.
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.
Expect More: What’s In It For the Information Professional?
“Expect More: What’s In It For the Information Professional?” European Social Innovation Week. Tilburg, Netherlands.
Abstract: Librarians have a chance to fundamentally change the profession at the local, national and international level. This presentation covers why the profession is ready, our members are ready, and the crises that demand more of librarianship.
Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2015/Tilburg.pdf
A video of the lecture:
Another video taken from the audience:
More information on the event: http://www.esiw.nl
A piece on the conference with an interview with me (in Dutch): http://www.cubiss.nl/sites/default/files/bestanden/actueel/ACTUEEL-Durf-SamenSlimmer.pdf
IMLS Funds Community Profile System
We’re aiming to take “The Community is the Collection” from slogan to reality with a new National Leadership Grant from IMLS.
Co-PIs: Yun Huang, R. David Lankes, Jian Qin
Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies (iSchool) is partnering with Coulter Library at Onondaga Community College (OCC) and Fayetteville Free Library (FFL – an Onondaga county public library) to respond to the National Leadership Grants for Libraries (NLG) Program, addressing IMLS’s Learning Spaces in Libraries priority. This project can best be summarized as: the community is the collection. We propose to design a Community Profile System to expand library collections to include human expertise, particularly in the STEM fields. This system will enable librarians to collect communities’ learning needs, identify relevant community experts, and link the resources to serve the learning needs in a cost-efficient manner. This 3-year project will accomplish four activities: 1) assess community members’ learning needs and identify community experts’ interests and their availability in participating different libraries’ services through survey and interview studies; 2) build data models that capture the various needs and dynamic people resources as collection; 3) develop a workflow by identifying librarians’ roles in data collection, organization, and validation; 4) prototype and implement the system with user interactions and privacy protection features, as well as evaluate the system prototype via a system pilot study and diverse test cases.
California Library Association Joins Collaboratory
The California Library Association has joined the Expect More Collaboratory.
Expect More: Why Libraries Cannot Become STEM Educators
“Expect More: Why Libraries Cannot Become STEM Educators” Public Libraries and STEM. Denver, CO.
Abstract: A discussion of how librarians should seek to facilitate STEM learning over transforming all librarians into STEM educators. Also a discussion of how librarians must bring with them their values of equity in any partnership.
Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2015/STEM.pdf
Audio: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/pod/2015/STEM.mp3
Conference Paper Referenced: Expect More: Why Libraries Cannot Become STEM Educators
Screencast:
Expect More: Why Libraries Cannot Become STEM Educators from R. David Lankes on Vimeo.
Expect More: Why Libraries Cannot Become STEM Educators
Expect More: Why Libraries Cannot Become STEM Educators. Lankes, R. D (2015). Public Libraries and STEM Conference.
ABSTRACT:
America’s public libraries can play an important role in furthering STEM education. However, this will be true only if STEM learning efforts focus on librarians and librarians acting as facilitators. Any effort to transform librarians into STEM experts will have limited success given the increasing number of roles librarians are being asked to take on. At the same time, the current belief among many librarians that they can only offer programming in which they feel comfortable or have expertise will strongly constrain STEM programming in libraries. Librarians must instead create platforms within a community to unleash STEM expertise within the communities they serve. This will involve changing the concept of libraries in the minds of librarians and community members alike. Librarians must facilitate the use and sharing of STEM expertise already existent in the community by the community. Librarians ultimately must see their communities as their collections, not simply materials in the building.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/stemlibraryconference/events/Lankes_Expect_More_PRINT.pdf