http://rsquaredconference.org/news/mornings-live-polls (Click through for more and for the open ended answers to this question: What one thing can we do to accelerate learning and transformation in our libraries?) Will we be most needed to help people consumer consume or create content? Answers Responses Percent Consume 90 35.20% Create 166 64.80% Total 256 Will our greatest value be our physical presence or our virtual presence? Answers Responses Percent Physical 89 56.70% Virtual 68 43.30% Total 157
Yearly Archives: 2012
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The conference aims to offer an immersive experience where participants choose one of four themes to follow: creative spaces, culture, customer curiosity and abundant community. Josh Linkner, bestselling author of “Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity,” will kick off the conference as keynote on Monday. His mission is to “make the world more creative.” He’ll share thoughts on creativity as a commodity and the characteristics of creative individuals during his keynote discussion, according to the tourism board. Other speakers include John McKnight, co-director of Asset-Based Community Development Institute and professor emeritus at Northwestern University, John Creighton, former […]
http://rsquaredconference.org/news/monday-morning-keynote-and-creativity-workshop (click for more photos) Photos by Melissa Plantz
R Squared, a photo by mstephens7 on Flickr. Heading out to the opening reception and oxygen bar. I need it!
When I started at SJSU SLIS in August 2011, the university Provost spoke at our faculty orientation and presented each of us with a gift – an allotment of funds to attend the conference of our choice! Last spring, I chose to use my funds to attend the R-Squared Conference. From the Vision page: In February 2011, a group of Colorado library professionals began brainstorming how libraries can avoid extinction, reinvent themselves and strengthen their role as vital parts of their communities. With that, R-Squared – The Risk & Reward Conference was born. Members of the Colorado State Library,Colorado Library Consortium (a 501(c)3), Anythink, Wilkinson […]
StephensCV2012 Just updated my CV for my 2nd year retention, tenure & promotion dossier. Curious about the dossier? I made a video!
On a recent break from work at my library, I walked down to the local cafe to get my daily summer iced tea and lemonade. On my walk back to the library, I noticed a couple looking at a large map of Portland, ME. They looked like they were trying to find something but couldn’t figure out where to go. I stepped in and said, “Is there something I can help you find? I live downtown and I’m also a librarian. It’s part of my job to help people find what they need.” In the end, I helped the couple […]
Today, my blood started to boil as I sat through a presentation on my campus. The speaker actually did a good job. He was detailing information about a nation-wide survey called CCSSE (the Community College Survey of Student Engagement, http://www.ccsse.org/) in which our campus has participated for many years. Engagement is much more than a buzzword within community colleges. The higher education literature is very clear that the ways that students build personal and intellectual connections with a campus (the ways they engage) have a major impact on the success of that student. (See Unmasking the Effects of Student Engagement […]
You invited the participants at IFLA Helsinki to shear their experiences about 23 things. I would very much like to shear with you the experiences from Norway. I am working as a library adviser in a county library south of Oslo in Norway and have done a lot of work with 23 things. Your research conclusions is very similar to what we see in Norway. It is mainly a personal experience that has promoted confidence and curiosity in the participants. A Timeline: Autumn 2006 – we were four Norwegian librarians that found the American web page of 23 things. We started talking and planning for a Norwegian version […]
Fall 2012: September 27, 2012: Keynote, Wyoming Library Association, Casper, Wyoming. October 2, 2012: Keynote & session, Indiana Public Library Association Conference, Carmel, Indiana. October 3, 2012: Library 2.012 presentations: “23 Things” as Transformative Learning: Promoting Confidence, Curiosity and Communication via Library Staff Professional Development and “Our Common Purpose: Libraries and LIS Education in Flux,” online. October 17, 2012: Presentation for Vancouver Public Library staff, Vancouver, BC, Canada. October 2012: TTW Kehrt nach Deutschland Zurück (sponsored by the US Embassy & Zukunftwerkstatt): Tentative presentation dates and locations: October 22: Lecture and Meet and Greet inBerlin October 23: Lecture and Meet and Greet in Frankfurt October 24: Meeting with Bloggers and […]