Academic libraries have traditionally been focused on the information business. Academic librarians need to get into the knowledge business. Dr. David Lankes, Executive Director of the Information Institute at Syracuse, and Professor at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies, will be our guest presenter on Tuesday, March 3 as he shares his perspectives on how the academic library can “re-energize” itself as a knowledge-driven organization. Of particular importance for Blended Librarians is the way in which education serves as the bridge between knowledge and information.
Lankes Prepares for WebWise
Lankes will be presenting:
Breaking the K-12 Crust: The Realities of Digital Libraries for Education
Building digital libraries for K-12 education is not a simple matter of great content. The K-12 environment has special needs for the content it uses in the classroom. From conformance to state performance standards, to linkage to lesson plans, the K-12 classroom sometimes can seem like a fortress with high walls, preventing libraries and museums from entering. This presentation will explore the realities and successful strategies for breaking into formal K-12 education. This presentation will seek to answer the question of why great content is not enough.
Creation of Shared Electronic Collections
Slides from a panel presentation at a Harvard Symposium on the state of the education infromation commons. This presentation looked at major digital collections for education and the issues derived from how these services are made available to the education community.
Lankes Invited to Speak at WebWise 2005
Lankes has been invited to present at IMLS’ WebWise conference February 17, 2005 in Washington DC. He will present on digital libraries in a K-12 environment and the need for services in digital libraries.
Archiving Human Intermediation
“Archiving Human Intermediation: The Digital Reference Electronic Warehouse (DREW) Project” ASIS&T Annual Conference, Providence, RI
From the program:
Scott Nicholson and R. David Lankes will present their plans and status for the Development of the Digital Reference Electronic Warehouse (DREW), an NSF funded project for which will create archival standards for reference transactions, create anonymization tools, and apply bibliomining to create a management information system and create the collaborative infrastructure to make the DREW a reality.
“Research in Digital Reference.” Virtual Refernece Desk Annual Conference
Participate in a â??town hallâ?? meeting on research. After a brief update on selected issues, the speakers will solicit ideas for supporting an ongoing research effort to study and improve digital reference.
Virtual Reference Desk opening Comments. Cincinnati, Ohio
A brief presentation to discuss trends and thoughts on digital reference as it “grows up.”
Creating a Multi-Disciplinary Knowledge Base to Preserve Human Intermediation
“Creating a Multi-Disciplinary Knowledge Base to Preserve Human Intermediation: The Digital Reference Electronic Warehouse (DREW) Project.” Presentation at the 6th Annual Virtual Reference Desk Conference. The goal of the DREW project is to create a warehouse for digital reference transactions to aid researchers in the exploration of digital reference. The first stage in this process is to determine the standard for the digital reference archive through a study of current services. The results of this study will be presented and the future of the DREW project will be explored.
Refrences on the web
Discussion of important standards for reference on the web including NetRef. Click here for presentation.
Closing Session of the Virtual Refernce Desk Conference. Cincinnati, OH.
Slides from the closing session of the 6th Annual Virtual Reference Desk Conference