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Here you go: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:10:41 +0000“New Librarianship” Keynote Charleston Conference 2009, Charleston, SC.
Abstract: The best days of librarianship are ahead of us. However, to get there the field must step back, refocus, and reexamine our core principles. We as a profession have become so focused on the trees of standards and process that we are now at risk from missing [...] Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:35:10 +0000I wish I could hear the presentation that goes with the slides, because the slides are amazing. Check out the Unquiet Librarian’s presentation at AASL 2009:
Not Just Another Brick in the Wall: Engaging 21st Century Learning Through Participatory School Librarianship
View more presentations from Buffy Hamilton. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:32:33 +0000The director of the university library called together her staff. “I’m afraid I have bad news. Tuition revenue is down, fewer parents are sending their kids to our university, and there will have to be budget cuts.”
A few hours later the director decided to walk the building and get a sense of moral among her [...] Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:04:30 +0000Here is a podcast I did with Sarah Long. Check it out. She also has a bunch of other great podcasts to check out as well:
Sarah talks with Dr. R. David Lankes, Associate Professor and Director of the Information Institute of Syracuse School of Information Studies at Syracuse University about the concept of participatory librarianship. [...] Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:32:01 +0000Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:45:46 +0000
“Inventing the Future of Librarianship” Keynote Knutpunkt 2009, Linkoping, Sweden.
Abstract: This presentation examines work to redefine librarianship not as a set of functions, or skills, but as a deeper mission rooted in how people learn and use knowledge.
Slides: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/Presentations/2009/RealSweden.pdf
Audio: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/pod/2009/Sweden.mp3
Screencast: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:02:00 +0000Here is a great story (thanks for the find Shifted Librarian) about the impact libraries can have.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:01:03 +0000OK, so you enjoyed the first joke so much, I’ve included another I made up for some earlier presentations:
So Albert Einstein goes to a party. The host is keen to show off the world-famous physicist to his friends so he escorts Einstein around, introducing him.
The first guest asks Einstein, “So what is it you [...] Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:08:15 +0000Here’s a joke I opened my last two presentation I thought I’d share. Consider it an open source joke…take and use it, but if you make it better be sure to share.
So God calls a meeting, and to this meeting he invites Carl Linnaeus, the father of modern classification (he’s the guy who gave out [...] Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:31:14 +0000Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:24:00 +0000
“They Named the Building after Us” Northern New York Library Network 2009 Conference, Potsdam, NY.
Abstract: The mission of librarians is to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities. Through service, innovation, and leadership, librarians facilitate conversations in schools, communities, colleges, government, businesses, and beyond. It is this act of facilitation of knowledge in [...] Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:15 +0000Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:47:11 +0000
“A Time of our Choosing” Keynote for the Michigan Library Consortium Annual Meeting, Lansing, MI.
Abstract: An argument for taking a step back and reconceptualizing librarianship through conversation.
Slides: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/Presentations/2009/Lansing.pdf
Audio: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/pod/2009/MichiganLansing.mp3
Lecture Notes: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/Presentations/2009/LansingNotes.html
Screencast: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:50:56 +0000Below is an amazing video showing what a group out of Georgia Tech did by combining Google Maps with real time public CCTV data. Now you can see car going down the roads, clouds in the sky and people at play in real time. It is both really cool, and really scary at the same [...] Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:00:49 +0000So I noticed my last blog post was August 25th. The short answer to the title’s question “Where’s Dave” is: writing. I can’t go into too many details (yet), but I’m working on my next book. It has been a pretty intensive experience and taken some quiet contemplation. Also, since I’m taking on the role [...] Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:06:32 +0000So it doesn’t make sense to have two RSS feeds anymore, one for the all blog entries and one just for podcasts. I’ve consolidated everything into just one feed: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/blog/?feed=rss2.
If you subscribe to this in iTunes or any podcasting tool you will still get all my presentations and screencasts. Please update your feed readers (note [...] Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:28:34 +0000“Change Management” Connecticut Library Association Leadership Institute, Hartford, Ct.
Slides: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/Presentations/2009/CTChange.pdf
Audio: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/pod/2009/CtChange.mp3
Screencast: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:50:55 +0000Here is the video presentation I did for the CLA/CLC Connecticut Leadership Institute. It is on change management. Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:20:58 +0000While I am guessing this more about getting incoming links than “thanking the academy” it turns out it is a good list of library-related blogs. So:
I’ve been listed on the Learn-gasm’s 100 Best Blogs for Librarians of the Future
http://www.bachelorsdegreeonline.com/blog/2009/100-best-blogs-for-librarians-of-the-future/ Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:40:54 +0000Library council named to advise OCLC in development of Web-scale management services
OCLC has named members of a Library Advisory Council that has been put in place to advise OCLC in developing the first Web-scale cooperative library management service.
In April, OCLC announced plans to launch a new service for Web-scale, cooperative library management services—network-level tools for [...] Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:08:00 +0000In some of my presentations I talk about the danger of libraries ignoring massive scale information and the dangers of letting the commercial sector solve the problem. While not massive scale, the following story still highlights the danger and shows that using functions (providing reading materials) to define what you do over a worldview (why [...] Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:39:16 +0000“Conversants” Virtual Conference Presentation, ALA Annual Conference 2009, Chicago, IL.
Abstract: The following presentation is a crossover between the Conversatns Converation/Confernece and the ALA Annual Conference.
Slides: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/Presentations/2009/ConversantsALAVirtual.pdf
Audio: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/pod/2009/VirtualALA.mp3
Transcript: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/Presentations/2009/ConvTrns.html
Screencast: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:36:58 +0000Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:56:22 +0000
“A Sparrow with a Machine Gun” Lankes, R. David (Spring 2009). netConnect: Data in Context supplement to Library Journal.
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6650838.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:39:32 +0000Here is the Keynote I did for the Conversants Conference/Conversation back in April. It is the same one that has been available through the Ning site, I’m just posting it here since that site is now wrapping up.
They Named the Building After Us: The Library as Conversation from R. David Lankes on Vimeo. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:20:55 +0000With the online Conversants Conference/Conversation wrapping up, I wanted to make the materials for the keynote generally available. Thanks to all who helped out and participated.
“They Named the Building after Us: The Library as Conversation” Keynote Conversants Conference/Conversation.
Abstract: The mission of librarians is to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities. Through service, [...] Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:07:35 +0000Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:44:58 +0000
“The Death of the Document” Program for Cooperative Cataloging, American Library Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Abstract: When a book becomes an ebook it looses more than simply its physical binding – it looses hard boundaries that separate the content of the book from its use. Online journals are not simply pictures of a traditional journal [...] Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:10:43 +0000Here is an awesome graphic visualizing a petabyte from Mozy (http://mozy.com/blog/misc/how-much-is-a-petabyte/). Great for all those of us concerned with massive scale information and librarianship: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:45:20 +0000 |
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R. David Lankes is director of the Information Institute of Syracuse, and an associate professor in Syracuse University's School of Information Studies. Lankes has always been interested in combining theory and practice to create active research projects that make a difference. Past projects include the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology, the Gateway to Education Materials, AskERIC and the Virtual Reference Desk. Lankes' more recent work involves how participatory concepts can reshape libraries and credibility. This work expands his ongoing work to understand the integration of human expertise in information systems.
Lankes is a passionate advocate for libraries and their essential role in today's society. He also seeks to understand how information approaches and technologies can be used to transform industries. In this capacity he has served on advisory boards and study teams in the fields of libraries, telecommunications, education, and transportation including at the National Academies. He has been appointed as a visiting fellow at the National library of Canada, the Harvard School of Education and the first fellow of ALA's Office for Information Technology Policy. Updated: 2007-11-04 21:31:16R. David Lankes, PhD, is Director of the Information Institute of Syracuse (IIS) and an Associate Professor at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies. Lankes received his BFA (Multimedia Design), MS in Telecommunications and Ph.D. from Syracuse University.
As a doctoral student, Lankes co-created the AskERIC project with his advisor, Michael Eisenberg, and Nancy Preston the associate director of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources. This work began a long collaboration with Eisenberg, the ERIC system and the U.S. Department of Education. In his work as Researcher (1992-1994), Head of AskERIC R&D (1994-1995), Associate Director (1996-1998) and later Director (1998-2003) of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology Lankes would eagerly explore the growing Internet phenomenon. Within his ERIC work Lankes would create one of the first 100 web sites, the first web presence for CNN, the Discovery Channel, and the U.S. Department of Education.
As the work of the ERIC Clearinghouse expanded beyond Department of Education, Eisenberg and Lankes founded the Information Institute of Syracuse (IIS) in 1996 to house not only the ERIC work (including the Virtual Reference Desk and the Gateway to Educational Materials), but projects for AT&T, MCI/WorldCom, and Sun Microsystems. The IIS, under Lankes' leadership (with the departure of Eisenberg to the University of Washington) would go on to house several high profile research efforts for the National Science Foundation, the Institute for Museum and Library Services, and the MacArthur Foundation. At it's height the Institute employed 30 full time staff and 20 additional researchers and consultants.
In 1998, while director of the IIS, Lankes joined the faculty of Syracuse University's School of Information Studies as an assistant professor. In his dual role as professor and director, Lankes spearheaded the development of the virtual reference movement through his Virtual Reference Desk (VRD) project. VRD helped coalesce the virtual reference movement through research (such as the Digital Reference Research Agenda), projects (AskERIC and the Virtual Reference Desk Consortium answered thousands of education questions), and events (seven international conferences, a research symposium and several White House sponsored briefings). These activities lead to a visiting scholar position at Harvard's School of Education, a visiting fellow position at the National Library of Canada, and being named as the first fellow at the American Library Association's Office of Information Technology Policy.
More recently Lankes has helped transform the IIS from a production-oriented organization to a library think tank. Recent Institute activities with organizations such as the American Library Association, the Institute for Museum and Library Services and the MacArthur Foundation have focused on credibility, gaming, and participatory networks. 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. Participatory librarians approach their work as facilitators of conversation. Be it in practice, policies, programs and/or tools, participatory librarians seek to enrich, capture, store and disseminate the conversations of their communities.
Lankes has authored, co-authored or edited eleven books, written over 30 book chapters and journal articles and numerous pieces for the professional audience. He has been principle investigator on over $13 million of competitively awarded research as well as serving as a researcher on numerous projects. He has been a keynote speaker around the globe, and given over 140 presentations at national and international events.
Updated: 2007-11-04 22:54:22R. David Lankes
Associate Professor, School of Information Studies
Director, Information Institute of Syracuse
Syracuse University
213 Hinds Hall
Syracuse, New York 13244
Phone: (315)443-3640
Fax: (315)443-5448
Web: http://www.DavidLankes.org
E-Mail: rdlankes@iis.syr.edu Updated: 2007-10-24 19:30:34 |
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