From 10:30-11:30, Monday February 2, 2015 at McCormick Place West W183a Kim Silk and I are having an open session for feedback on the follow-up to the Atlas of New Librarianship working title The Radical’s Guide to New Librarianship. You are invited.
Now everyone knows that invites only work when they are personalized or when they have direct relevance to someone (or involve pizza). So with that in mind, please skip to the heading you think bests fits you:
Atlas Lover
Come and provide input on the follow-on to the Atlas – be a part of the book. What gaps need to be filled? What areas covered? Hear the plans for The Radical’s Guide to New Librrianship and share your thoughts on making it more effective. What tools do you need for sharing the message and winning over colleagues?
Atlas Hater
I dare ya, DARE YA! Come tell the author exactly what he got wrong, what he needs to know, and just where he can put his next book…all in a civil and constructive environment. Seriously, the Atlas was meant to start conversations and the best ideas don’t come from an echo chamber. Talk epistemology, talk applicability to small libraries, talk unbiased, now’s the time to join the conversation.
Library Practitioner
The Radical’s Guide is intended for you. What do you need to implement the ideas of library as conversation, the community is your collection, and the mission of improving society through facilitating Knowledge creation in your community? Do you need more than a text? A MOOC? Slides? Videos? Please share your needs and insight.
Library Scholar
What do we know that needs to be shared? How do we teach these ideas to our library students, in the field practitioners, and those who support libraries like boards, provosts, and principle? How can we better tie current and cutting edge research into the framework of New Librarianship?
Library Student
Your fresh eyes and new perspectives drive innovation in the field. Share it. Be part of folks trying to make our libraries the best institutions for their communities. Besides, someone will probably make a library student read this at some point, and you can help prevent it from being deadly boring.
Please Join the Conversation
Please help us make a text that is of use to you. The more conversation and input librarians have, the better The Radical’s Guide will be.
How come for those who cannot come in person?
I could set up a Google Hangout. Or a Webconference site.
It’s a good idea. Anyway, I’m writing a mail with just the list of things I didn’t like 🙂
Dear Prof. Lankes,
naturally I could not be there: how could I go on the webconference site?
Cinzia Iossa
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