I was honored to present at the Library 2.012 Conference this year. I did two talks back to back for folks from all over the world. Here are the presentation links: “23 Things” as Transformative Learning: Promoting Confidence, Curiosity and Communication via Library Staff Professional Development: For slides please Contact Michael Our Common Purpose: Libraries and LIS Education in Flux: For slides please Contact Michael The recordings for the conference are here: http://www.library20.com/page/library-2-012-session-recording-links-and-information – Don’t miss the excellent keynote presentations!
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I zipped down to Carmel, Indiana last week and did two talks for the Indiana Library federation’s Public Library Association’s conference. Here are the slides: For Keynote and Trends & Tech slides please Contact Michael
we love serving you!, a photo by Oak Park Public Library on Flickr.
That’s a quote from A New Culture of Learning – it illustrates well my thoughts about future libraries. I want to say THANK YOU to the good folks here in Wyoming who brought me in to speak at their annual meeting – I’m having a blast. Keynote Presentation: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/239835/StephensKeynoteWyoming.pdf Trends & Tech Presentation: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/239835/WyomingTrendsStephens.pdf
http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/09/opinion/michael-stephens/did-you-miss-the-r-squared-conference-it-was-a-barn-burner-office-hours/ My new column is up online at LJ for this month – I wanted double word count so we went with the virtual for this one. The column is all about my experiences at R-Squared: Over two days we explored creativity and curiosity, heard from keynoters such as Josh Linkner, author of Disciplined Dreaming, and each of us chose and completed our own immersive group experience. I chose Customer Curiosity, though other options included Creative Spaces, Culture, and Abundant Community. With John Bellina and Tasso Stathopulos from the Denver marketing firm Ricochet Ideas. Ricochet is the design group that helped […]
2012_09_11_165103, a photo by R-Squared Conference on Flickr. Check out all the pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rsquaredconference/sets/72157627620430680/
My new column is up: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/09/opinion/michael-stephens/little-free-libraries-office-hours Scanning the recent news articles about the LFL movement reveals something else, too. More often than not, those interviewed acknowledge the sense of community and collegiality that grow up around the little libraries. From a Los Angeles Times piece on a local LFL: “It has turned strangers into friends and a sometimes impersonal neighborhood into a community. It has become a mini–town square….” This gets to the heart of what many of us in libraries know: knowledge shared within a framework of caring and familiarity can strengthen communities. Evidence of caring is present in the knowledge […]
Still on a “Rocky Mountain high” from the R-Squared Conference experience. Sorting my thoughts… but for now some videos from the Anythink Library folks:
The Pierce County Library System has a mobile catalog for your mobile device. Now you can take us wherever you go!
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