Scholar | Speaker | Writer | Teacher | Advocate
“Participatory Librarianship Update” ALA Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA.
Abstract: Update on OITP efforts in Participatory Librarianship.
Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2008/Futures-OITP.pdf
Audio: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/pod/2008/Futures-OITP.mp3
Video: http://ptbed.org/downloads/Futures-OITP.mp4
Screencast:
“Social Networking and Reference” Reinvented Reference 4: Emerging Technologies for Reference Services (an ALA pre-conference), Anaheim, CA.
Abstract: Exploring the “why” behind social networking, and librarianship in general.
Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2008/RUSA.pdf
Audio: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/pod/2008/RUSA.mp3
Video: http://ptbed.org/downloads/RUSA.mp4
Screencast:
Downloadable high-quality version at: http://ptbed.org/downloads/UMD-Record.mov
“You Are the Future of Libraries: No Pressure” Path to the Future, a University of Maryland Libraries Speaker Series, College Park, MD.
Abstract: If libraries are obsolete in 10 years, it’s your fault. It’s my fault too. As Alan Kay once said “the best way to predict the future is to invent it.” So since we are the people ultimately responsible for creating the future, we are the future of the library. Assume for a moment “they” are right … you know, them. The ones who say that the Internet/ Mass Digitalization /Search Engines/ Wikipedia/Document Right Management/ Whatever is going to put libraries out of business. Assume that the stacks are bare, the coffee bars are empty, and the ivy is left to run riot over the columns. Is there still a library? If that strikes you as an odd question, let me ask you another one. Is the future of the library a question of stacks, coffee bars or ivy?
Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2008/UMD.pdf
Audio: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/pod/2008/UMD.mp3
Video: http://ptbed.org/downloads/UMD-Record.mov
Screencast:
High quality movie available for download: http://ptbed.org/downloads/Metro-Record.mp4
“Same Old Story: Everything is Different” Metro Spring Conference, Brooklyn, NY.
Abstract: A discussion of the need for innovation in reference and throughout the library profession.
Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2008/Metro.pdf
Audio: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/pod/2008/Brooklyn.mp3
Video: http://ptbed.org/downloads/Metro-Record.mp4
A webcast of my presentation to the Cornell Libraries is now streaming from Google Video:
High quality downloadable version is available at: http://ptbed.org/downloads/Cornell.mp4
A webcast of my presentation to the Eastern New York ACRL chapter is now streaming from Google Video:
High quality downloadable version is available at: http://ptbed.org/downloads/NewEastern-Record.mp4
“Library Science and the Ivy League” Cornell Libraries, Ithaca, NY
Abstract: A discussion of the intellectual contributions libraries make to the academy.
Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2008/Cornell.pdf
Audio: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/pod/2008/Cornell.mp3
Video: http://ptbed.org/downloads/Cornell.mp4
“Participatory Librarianship and Radical Change Agents” Eastern New York ACRL Chapter, Syracuse, NY.
Abstract: A discussion of the need for innovation in reference and throughout the library profession.
Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2008/NewEastern.pdf
Audio: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/pod/2008/ENY.mp3
Video: http://ptbed.org/downloads/NewEastern-Record.mp4