Thank You Erik, Jaap & Geert!

I must thank the fellows of the LBI Shanachie Tour!

Jaap, Erik and their colleague Geert came to campus at 1am on Saturday morning and – God Bless our Campus Security – they camped in our parking lot! Saturday morning found them awake and ready to speak to my LIS753 class. Afterward, they invited any interested students to play a round of What’s the Future of Libraries? with a spinning bottle. The cameras and videocams were grabbing every second:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14492454@N03/sets/72157602596452548/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelsphotos/sets/72157602580815945/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shifted/sets/72157602568017465/

I was impressed with the students who participated and summed their feelings about where libraries are headed. The DOK Delft Public Library model really got them talking. We debriefed for a long time after lunch.

A couple of students have already posted to the blogs:

http://eesiem.wordpress.com/2007/10/20/shanachietour-we-had-some-dutch-librarians-vist-my-lis-753-class/

http://vivkraus.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/post-5-dok-erik-jaap-and-geert-thank-you-for-visiting-my-dominican-class-and-sharing-your-innovative-ideas/

…and their journey continues….