Category: Presentation

“Reenergizing the Academic Library” Lunch presentation to the Pennsylvania Academic Library Association, Valley Forge, PA.

Abstract: We live in an information age. Access to information is an ever-decreasing problem. Making sense of information is an ever-increasing issue. How can academic libraries embrace the tools of the information age and become true knowledge organizations, and not simply information gatekeepers? How can libraries re-center themselves in the academy saturated with information and full-text? This presentation will present a vision and mission for academic libraries as an evolving and central unit in the pursuit of education and knowledge.
Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2004/PALunch.pdf

“The Roles of Digital Reference in a Digital Library Environment” Invited presentation to the International Conference of Digital Library-Advance the Efficiency of Knowledge Utilization, Beijing, China.

Abstract: An invited presentation on digital reference, integrating digital reference into digital libraries, and the evolution of digital reference knowledge bases.
Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2004/DigRefChina.pdf

“Managing Services in the Digital Library: Future of Reference Services” National library of China, Beijing, China. Presented a lecture on digital reference and how it can be incorporated into digital libraries.

Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2004/NLChinaKN.pdf

“The Reference Revival” Keynote to WiLS World Annual Conference, Madison, WI.

Abstract: Digital or virtual reference has become an active community that has deployed digital reference widely across library types. Now the reference community is using the lessons learned to energize reference and the library as a whole. This talk will outline those lessons and how they can be used to energize the library community on a local, national and international level.
Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2004/WiLSKeynote.pdf

“The Digital Reference Transition” University of Maryland Digital Dateline Lecture, College Park, MD.

Abstract: An AskERIC case study and discussion of induction in libraries.
Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2004/UMD.pdf

“Costs and Benefits of Virtual Reference: Is it Worth It?” Ontario Library Association’s Superconference, Toronto, ON Canada.

Abstract: A discussion of the costs and benefits of digital reference.
Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2004/CostVR.pdf

“The Educator’s Reference Desk: Building on an 11 Year Investment to Promote Libraries” EBSS Discussion Group, San Diego, CA.

Abstract: An update on AskERIC and a proposal for the Educator’s Reference Desk.
Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2004/EBSS.pdf

“Repackaging Librarianship” OCLC Symposium: The Reference Reality Check – A Practical Look at Rethinking Reference, San Diego, CA.

Abstract: An introduction to librarians as knowledge organizations that must be facile in tools of the information age.
Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2004/OCLCSymp.pdf

“Education Information: Lessons Learned in Supporting K-12 Education” Presentation to the Joint PI Meeting of NSF and IMLS Washington, DC.

Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2003/JointPI.pdf

Closing Session at the Virtual Reference Desk Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2003/VRDClose.pdf