Participatory librarianship and the whole “Library as Conversation” idea is certainly catching on. I’ve put together a list of presentations I’ve either given or are planned for 2007 at: http://iis.syr.edu/projects/PNOpen/2007Tour/
In case you’re curious, here’s what’s coming up:
“Participatory Librarianship” South Central Regional Library Council Library: Place Service or Both Series, Ithaca, NY March 16
“The Library as Conversation” The Regione Toscana- Servizi Bibliografici, Florence, Italy April 12
“Participatory Networks: The Library as Conversation” Amigos Member Conference, Dallas, TX. May 2
“Participatory Networks” Nylink Annual Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY. May 9
“Collecting Conversations in a Massive Scale World” ALCTS National Conference, Washington, D.C. June 22
“Future of Information Search and Retrieval” ALA Panel, Washington D.C. June 25