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Participatory Paper Accepted for CoLIS 2007

Joanne Silverstein, Scott Nicholson, Todd Marshall and I have had a paper accepted to CoLIS entitled “Participatory networks: the library as conversation.”

Here’s more on the conference:

“Featuring the Future”
http://www.hb.se/colis/
will take place in Borås, Sweden,
August 13-16, in 2007,
and is organised by the Swedish School of Library and Information Science.

CoLIS is a series of international conferences for which the general aim is to provide a broad forum for the exploration and exchange of ideas in the field of library and information science (LIS). To be examined at CoLIS 6 are theoretical and empirical research trends in LIS, together with sociocultural and technical issues relating to our understanding of the various roles, natures, uses and associated relationships of information, information systems, information processes, and information networks. As in previous conferences in the series, this one, too, promotes an interdisciplinary approach to research.

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The Participatory Librarianship Talking Tour 2007

Tour

Participatory librarianship and the whole “Library as Conversation” idea is certainly catching on. I’ve put together a list of presentations I’ve either given or are planned for 2007 at: http://iis.syr.edu/projects/PNOpen/2007Tour/

In case you’re curious, here’s what’s coming up:

“Participatory Librarianship” South Central Regional Library Council Library: Place Service or Both Series, Ithaca, NY March 16

“The Library as Conversation” The Regione Toscana- Servizi Bibliografici, Florence, Italy April 12

“Participatory Networks: The Library as Conversation” Amigos Member Conference, Dallas, TX. May 2

“Participatory Networks” Nylink Annual Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY. May 9

“Collecting Conversations in a Massive Scale World” ALCTS National Conference, Washington, D.C. June 22

“Future of Information Search and Retrieval” ALA Panel, Washington D.C. June 25

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Lankes to Speak in Florence

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The Regione Toscana- Servizi Bibliografici, the Regional Office in Tuscany, has invited Lankes to speak on “Library as Conversation: How to face the Challenge.” The talk will take place as part of a workshop which will be held in Florence on April 12th.

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ALA/WO Second Life Lecture Series: R. David Lankes

On February 15, 2006 at 6 p.m. SL (9 EST) the ALA Washington Office will hold it’s first event in Second Life, a 3-D virtual world. R. David Lankes from Syracuse University will give a presentation on a paper commissioned by the Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) entitled “Participatory Networks: Libraries as Conversation”. OITP commissioned this paper from the Information Institute at Syracuse in an effort to provide an understanding of intersection of libraries and Web 2.0. This lecture will be an opportunity for everyone to hear what web 2.0 is and how they can use this new technology to engage their patrons.

The ALA Washington Office is pleased to be able to reach out to members, librarians and library supporters via this new communications medium. Represented by avatars, librarians from around the world will be able to view this presentation from the comfort of their homes or offices. The presentation will be held at the Info Island Amphitheater. Please let OITP’s Mark Bard (AKA Galen Noltenius in SL) know if you need a teleport to the amphitheater.

To create a free Second Life account to view this event, please go to http://www.secondlife.com

David’s paper can be found at http://iis.syr.edu/projects/PNOpen/

For more information on the ALA Washington Office in Second Life, please consult an earlier blog entry here.

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Upcoming Presentations

For those interested, here is a list of presentations I have coming up.

  • November 9: Charleston Conference, Charleston, SC “Massive Scale Librarianship“
  • January 16: ALISE, Seattle, WA “Information seeking behaviors: Habits of practice of K-12 educators and learners“
  • January 30: Information Online Conference, Sydney, AU “Changing Face of Service“
  • February 2: Information Online Satellite Event, Sydney, AU “Using Virtual Reference to Rule the World“
  • April 17-18: Connecticut Library Association’s Annual Conference, New Hartford, CT Speaking on IMLS Study on the Library Workforce in the 21st Century
  • May 2: Amigos Conference, Dallas TX Speaking on Participatory Librarians
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Announcing the LISIG (Library and Information Science Interest Group)

The Syracuse University School of Information Studies is working with
the Onondaga County Public Library and Syracuse University Libraries to
create the Library and Information Science Interest Group (LISIG).

The goal of LISIG is to bring together:

– librarians,
– Masters and PhD students interested in LIS,
– faculty members, and
– other interested parties

together on a regular basis to talk about bigger issues in library and
information science. The goal is to connect academia with practice by
facilitating cooperative research projects that connect faculty and
students with the needs of CNY libraries. Librarians are invited to
attend and bring their research needs for presentation.

Meetings are open to anyone interested and will be held twice a month,
once at OCPL and once at Bird library.

Meetings will be on Tuesdays from 1-2:30.

The fall dates and tentative locations are:

Oct. 10 – Syracuse University, Bird Library, Hillyer Room
Oct. 31 – OCPL, Central Library, Board Room (in the Galleries)
Nov. 14 – OCPL, Central Library, Board Room (in the Galleries)
Nov. 28 – Syracuse University, Bird Library, Hillyer Room
Dec. 5 – OCPL, Central Library, Board Room (in the Galleries)
Dec. 12 – Syracuse University, Bird Library, Hillyer Room

Questions about the Bird Library meetings should go to [email protected]
and questions about the OCPL meetings should go to [email protected].

Other questions can go to Scott Nicholson at [email protected].

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Lankes to Present at Charleston Conference

Lankes will present at the 2006 Charleston Conference. Here is the title and abstract:

Massive Scale Librarianship

There are two types of discontinuities faced by a field: those you expect, and those that you don’t. The Internet was an unexpected event in librarianship. Few could look at the early days of telnet, gopher, and even the web and truly appreciate its impact on libraries. Yet even so, library science has adapted. Not always elegantly, not always completely, but adapted. Unlike the Internet that had a largely unexpected impact, very large scale computing is an obvious coming challenge. We know computing power, storage and bandwidth are going to increase. Knowing this, it is incumbent upon the library and information science field to consider what is a world like where you can walk around with the entire contents of the Internet in your pocket.

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Lankes to Speak at Pratt

Lankes will present a lecture at Pratt’s School of Information and Library Science September 18th 2006 at 5:30. Here’s the title and Abstract:

The Social Internet: A New Community Role for Libraries?

Flickr, MySpace, Facebook, Blogger these web services have begun to redefine how communities form and work on the web. What lessons can libraries learn from these services to improve their own websites? How can libraries extend their efforts to provide community gathering places to the web? This presentation will discuss how libraries can not only improve their own web services, but help shape the whole concept of communities on the web. This presentation will be based on an ALA’s Office of Information & Technology Policy and Syracuse University’s Information Institute of Syracuse project on the social Internet.

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Lankes Prepares for Toronto

Lankes will present a day long workshop in Toronto as part of the OCULA Spring Workshop on Reference in Academic Libraries:

http://www.thepartnership.ca/cgi-bin/site/showPage.cgi?page=education/ei05/lankes_elmborg_ocula.html

Abstract:

On day one join David Lankes as he looks at current issues and themes in digital or virtual reference. Libraries are taking reference to the web and this is creating challenges for librarians in terms of new skills, staffing requirements, and budget demands. This workshop will cover the basics of virtual reference, virtual reference tools, current trends and a little crystal ball gazing into the virtual reference future.