The 5th Dominican University eChicago Annual Community Informatics symposium “Information, Innovation & Inclusion: Building Community Cohesion” is a practice/policy/research symposium organized and sponsored by the Graduate School of Library & Information Science, Dominican University. As most organizations are feeling the economic pinch and are looking for ways to streamline budgets, this year at eChicago@Dominican, we focus on how practitioners, policymakers and researchers in a variety of communities e.g. academic, corporate and non-profit can share resources, exchange ideas and find new ways to work together. Registration $30 Free for Dominican University students, faculty, and speakers Registration includes evening buffet on Thursday and […]
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Greetings from Burlington, Ontario! Later today, I’m presenting Transforming Library Science Education: Heretical Thoughts at the Future of Academic Libraries Symposium. This is a longer version than I’ll present because I want to leave loads of time to hear the audience’s “heretical thoughts.” The slides are here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/239835/McMasterHeretical.pdf
Greetings from Montreal! I just delivered the Keynote for the 79th Association des bibliothécaires du Québec Library Association conference. The crowd was wonderful! I appreciate how welcoming and friendly everyone has been so far in Canada. Here are the slides: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/239835/HyperlinkedStephensABQLA.pdf
I’ll be spending a week in Canada starting this Wednesday. First, I’ll be at the ABQLA Conference in Montreal on Thursday. My talk is the morning keynote: The Hyperlinked Library – Trends, Tools, and Transparency What emerging trends are changing library services? What does a connected world of “continuous computing” mean for 21st Century libraries? How do we create services when the world of information is accessible through a mobile device and ubiquitous wifi. This presentation provides a roadmap toward becoming the Hyperlinked Library: mobile, transparent, participatory, playful, user-centered and human, while still grounded in our foundations and values. I’m excited that […]
Tomorrow night, I’m presenting the President’s program at the New Jersey Library Association Conference. It’s a very interesting and troublesome time for New Jersey librarians. The State Library recently informed NJ libraries that they are ending the QandA NJ program. Peter Bromberg explains it well: http://blog.peterbromberg.com/2011/04/qandanj-my-three-and-half-cents.html On April 4, 2011 the New Jersey State Librarian announced thatQandANJ.org, New Jersey’s ground-breaking, award-winning 24/7 virtual reference service, would cease. I think this is a terrible decision for New Jersey libraries — “a huge step backward” is the phrase I keep hearing from others — and it would be a huge loss for the […]
I’m presenting one of the lightning keynotes tomorrow afternoon at the National Library Unconference Day. Although I won’t be broadcasting these slides, I made them for my own use and to share. Hopefully I can do a version of this talk with the slides someday. Download the slides here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/239835/HeartUnconferenceStephens.pdf
Greetings from Istanbul! I’m giving this presentation three times over the next two days. Each will be slightly different depending on the audience. The slides are here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/239835/SocialMediaAppEduStephens.pdf
I’m speaking this morning at the WNYLRC’s Library Innovation: Thinking Outside the Book meeting. The slides are here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/239835/StephensWNYLRCTransparency.pdf
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I’m honored to be playing a role in this event. My talk is called “Transforming Library Science Education: Heretical Thoughts.” http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/articlereview/889511-457/the_future_of_the_academic.html.csp May 16–17, 2011 McMaster University Burlington – Ron Joyce Center Burlington, Ontario Universities today are facing unprecedented pressures fueled in part by technological advances, transformations in scholarly communications, evolving student expectations, increased calls for accountability, and greater competition. Simultaneously, we are experiencing uncertainty in financial support owing to declines in public and private funding partnered with ever-increasing costs. The global financial crisis of 2008 has further compounded our challenges and has added a sense of urgency to the calls for […]