Library as Platform: Unlocking the Potential of Our Communities

[...] So much to write about today! First off, yesterday I listened in to a lecture given by R. David Lankes – a librarian who never ceases to amaze me. Every time I hear from him, I get a new perspective on what it means to be a librarian. The lecture yesterday was part of a the Leadership Luncheon series sponsored by Syracuse’s iSchool and it was a look at the library as platform as opposed to “book museum”. Even for someone fairly new to thinking about library’s, the whole concept takes some getting used to – a perspective shift. If the library is the infrastructure, our role as librarians is freed up from worrying about buying books, protecting resources to creating connections from one place to another, helping the community find its way. Cool, huh? Here’s the whole lecture. [...]