Archive for April, 2008

Connecticut Video now Online

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Google video from the Connecticut Library Association Annual Conference.

If you want, you can download a higher quality version at: http://ptbed.org/downloads/Conn-CD.mov

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The Library as Conversation

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

“The Library as Conversation” Connecticut Library Association Annual Conference, Groton, CT.

Abstract: Knowledge is generated through conversation. Libraries are in the knowledge business; hence, in the conversation business as well. Books, videos, and web pages are artifacts, the pale afterglow of active knowledge creation. The essential power of the library is found in facilitating knowledge creation in our communities.
Slides: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/Presentations/2008/Conn.pdf
Audio: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/pod/Conn.mp3
Video: http://ptbed.org/downloads/Conn-CD.mov

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The Dewey-Level Shift

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

“The Dewey-Level Shift” Information Futures Institute, Berkman Center, Cambridge, MA.

Abstract: A discussion of how the future of libraries is shaped by participatory concepts and the theory that knowledge is created through conversation.
Slides: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/Presentations/2008/IFIExport.pdf

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