Brooklyn College Library, METRO and the Brooklyn Museum
Present
Conversing in the Library: Challenges and Opportunities
Inviting users to contribute, communicate and collaborate.
June 4, 2008 @ The Brooklyn College Library
9:30am-2:00pm
Participatory Networks: The Library as Conversation
Professor David Lankes is Director of the Information Institute of Syracuse (IIS) and an Associate Professor at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies. His current focus is on reconceptualizing the library field through the lens of “participatory librarianship.” Simply put participatory librarianship recasts library and library practice using the fundamental concept that knowledge is created through conversation. Libraries are in the knowledge business; therefore libraries are in the conversation business. https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/
Social Networking Initiatives at OCLC
Jasmine de Gaia, Director, Social Networking, OCLC
Jasmine de Gaia is responsible for leading OCLC’s efforts to investigate and develop the potential of social networking (e.g. the application of online communities, blogs, wikis, tagging, social software, etc.) for the benefit of libraries worldwide. Prior to joining OCLC, Jasmine led the product management of a portfolio of web-based software products at Lucent Technologies and various Silicon Valley startups. www.oclc.org
The Brooklyn Museum’s Innovative Electronic Community
Shelley Bernstein, Information Systems, and Deidre Lawrence, Principal Librarian/Coordinator of Research Services, Brooklyn Museum http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/