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Here is the Keynote I did for the Conversants Conference/Conversation back in April. It is the same one that has been available through the Ning site, I’m just posting it here since that site is now wrapping up.
They Named the Building After Us: The Library as Conversation from R. David Lankes on Vimeo.
With the online Conversants Conference/Conversation wrapping up, I wanted to make the materials for the keynote generally available. Thanks to all who helped out and participated.
“They Named the Building after Us: The Library as Conversation” Keynote Conversants Conference/Conversation.
Abstract: The mission of librarians is to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities. Through service, innovation, and leadership librarians facilitate, conversations in schools, communities, colleges, government, businesses, and beyond. It is this act of facilitation of knowledge in partnership with communities that makes a library – not collections, blogs, catalogs, or ivy on walls. This is the central premise of participatory librarianship. This keynote will explore the new role of librarians as a passionate and powerful force focused on the social good. It will present a unifying approach to librarianship that seeks to make sense of Library 2.0 and information commons alike.
Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2009/ConversantsKeynote.pdf
Audio: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/pod/2009/ConversantsKeynote.mp3
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They Named the Building After Us: The Library as Conversation from R. David Lankes on Vimeo.
“The Death of the Document” Program for Cooperative Cataloging, American Library Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Abstract: When a book becomes an ebook it looses more than simply its physical binding – it looses hard boundaries that separate the content of the book from its use. Online journals are not simply pictures of a traditional journal on a screen, but rather the foundations of intellectual communities. While today we hold on to terms such as book, journal, magazine and simply affix “e” to them, in truth, these terms of simply metaphors, an echo of an earlier analog reality. Online narratives, theses, and “how-to’s” become living documents bound closer to a multitude of contexts that defy traditional notions of information organization, already strained to the breaking point of scale. What is needed is a new approach to organizing knowledge, one based on context that occurs in the space between artifacts.
Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2009/SUNYLA.pdf
Audio: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/pod/2009/PCC.mp3
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Here is an awesome graphic visualizing a petabyte from Mozy (http://mozy.com/blog/misc/how-much-is-a-petabyte/). Great for all those of us concerned with massive scale information and librarianship:
“Einstein Goes to a Party…” State University of New York Library Association, Syracuse, NY.
Abstract: Librarians must look beyond functional definition of the field (what we do it and how we do it) and to deeper understandings that will allow them to succeed into the future.
Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2009/SUNYLA.pdf
Audio: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/pod/2009/SUNYLA.mp3
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From the Dean:
“I am very pleased to announce that Dave Lankes will be the next Director of our MLIS Program, beginning with a year of shadowing of current Director, Scott Nicholson. Dave, Scott, and I have been meeting recently and exploring some very exciting ideas for the program – which we will share shortly – so trust that the very positive trajectory of our MLIS Program will continue. Scott has had a wonderful tenure as Director, and we are extremely grateful for his excellent leadership. While we know he is a tough act to follow, Dave surely is the right person to take on the challenge.
Liz
Elizabeth D. Liddy | Dean & Trustee Professor| School of Information Studies
Syracuse University”
“Fighting for the Soul of Libraries” New York State Library Assistants Association, Troy, NY
Abstract: Libraries are changing – transforming from quiet buildings with loud rooms to loud buildings with quiet rooms – from places for things to places for knowledge and learning. This change is too big and important. Every one from librarian to assistant to patron must help shape the future of our libraries. Come start the conversation.
Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2009/NYSLAA.pdf
Audio: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/pod/2009/NySLAA.mp3
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