Just a quick musical moment that reminds me of how important kindness is to what we do.
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Thanks to everyone at the Richland County Public Library for making my keynote at their Staff Education day so incredible! I enjoyed chatting with the staff and learning about the great work going on at RCPL. My slides are here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/239835/HyperlinkedInnovations.pdf
Many audio files, photos and video are available here: http://www.salzburgglobal.org/current/sessions.cfm?IDSpecial_Event=2961
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj58UEVRqYY Let the learning begin.
At DOK in October 2011, Erik Boekesteijn demonstrates an app the pulls in the library’s Flickr feed into the Surface table. Update: Erik Comments: If people are interested in having this app or any of the other apps we make in their library, they are welcome to contact us at info@doklab.nl
This is the text of my closing remarks from Internet Librarian International’s closing panel – our theme was “the new normal meets the new you.” The new normal: libraries have the potential be anywhere and everywhere, librarians can actively contribute to transformative social engagement. Our foundations are built on service and access. Sharing is key: Freeing data Encouraging participation Sharing Within our own personal learning networks. Civility & Kindness are key: Being nice to our users and each other. We need to be loud, be vocal and an advocate for what you believe is right – and wrap it with […]
Head on over to http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/96705 A crowdsourced collection of over 100 essays from around the world about trends in school libraries written by librarians, teachers, publishers, and library vendors. Edited by Kristin Fontichiaro and Buffy Hamilton. Foreword by R. David Lankes. Photographs by Diane Cordell. CONTRIBUTORS: Kelly Ahlfeld, Diane Erica Aretz-Kernahan, Emilia Askari, Kathleen Atkin, Robert Baigent, Susan D. Ballard, Angela Washington-Blair, Dan Bowen, Holli Buchter, Jennifer Branch, Len Bryan, Jennifer Colby, Diane Cordell, William Cross, Meg Donhauser, Joanne de Groot, Stacy Dillon, Andrea Dolloff, Laura Fleming, Lorna Flynn, Elizabeth Friese, Rachel Goldberg, Beth Gourley, Dorcas Hand, Alida Hanson, Violet […]
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Thanks to Warren Cheetham for sending this to me. Much to ponder here. My first thought: this is further support for the concept of participating in the professional commons. Imagine how ideas and innovation can be amplified and enhanced by others.