Scholar | Speaker | Writer | Teacher | Advocate
We had a great turn out for the Expect More workshop on librarian advocacy co-organized with Collaboratory partners EveryLibrary and Tech Logic. Thanks again to all Collaboratory partners for supporting this important work.
Below is a recording of the event, slides, and audio only version.
Orlando Collaboratory Event from R. David Lankes on Vimeo.
Slides: Orlando Workshop Slides
Handouts: Orlando PowerMapping Handouts
Audio Only: http://DavidLankes.org/rdlankes/pod/2016/ALAChopped.mp3
Here is a video I put together for the 30th anniversary of the Portuguese Public Library Network:
Libraries Transform Communities from R. David Lankes on Vimeo.
Looking forward to Brooklyn.
Urban Librarians Conference
May 6th 2016
S. Stevan Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture, Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn, NY
http://www.urbanlibrariansconference.org/
(No Offense to Rocket Scientists)
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 9: HemOc
If you wanted to watch my LIANZA Keynote on “Customer, Consumer, Users, and Other Mistakes” it is now available at:
All of the conference keynotes are worth watching, and they can be found here:
http://webcast.gigtv.com.au/Mediasite/Catalog/catalogs/lianza2015
Here is a video of my talk in Tilburg (I have updated the original post as well):
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.
I’ll be doing to Wednesday afternoon keynote at the Ontario Library Association’s Super Conference January 27th, 2016.
Title: The Obligation of Innovation
Abstract: Librarians must lead their communities in innovation by example. If our libraries are to be incubators of new ideas, librarians must model creativity, adaptability, continuous learning, and leading change that makes a difference. This isn’t about apps, or looking like Silicon Valley, it is about weaving together new ideas and expertise locally. Lankes will make the case for innovation as a core attribute of librarians.
Also, check out the World Tour Dates page for more information on upcoming talks and workshops in Belgium and the Netherlands next month!
Here is a “Faculty Minute” I did for the Syracuse iSchool on Expect More and libraries.
Please Note: This post is being updated with more details as they become available.
The Expect More World Tour rolls on. There is a great deal of interest in New Librarianship and a community focus for libraries in Italy particularly after the publication of the Atlas of New Librarianship (L’atlante della biblioteconomia moderna) in Italian. To meet with the folks interested in a new approach to libraries I’ve added four dates:
Pistoria Library
July 10, 2015 Pistoia, Italy
Supported by the U.S. Embassy in Rome
Topic: Community as CollectionNational Library of Rome
July 13, 2015 Rome, Italy
Topic: Participatory Librarianship & LIS Education
Where: National Library of Rome
Organized jointly with AIB (Associazione Italiana Biblioteche) and the National BoardThe American University of Rome
July 14, 2015 Rome, Italy
Supported by the U.S. Embassy in RomeKoninklijk Nederlands Instituut te Rome / Vatican School of Librarianship
July 15, 2015 Rome, Italy
Supported by the Vatican Library School, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, URBS, KNIR, U.S. Embassy in Rome
Topic: The Changing Role of Librarians in Learning
A special note of thanks to Gimena Campos Cervera and the U.S. Embassy in Rome for support and logistics. In addition to the support of the embassy, thanks to Syracuse University’s iSchool for trip support. Also a big thank you to Anna Maria Tammaro of the University of Parma and Raffaella Vincenti of the Vatican Library/Vatican School of Librarianship.