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To share slides/videos/etc from past presentations (Michael’s and other people’s)

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ILI2011: Navigating the New Normal – Strategies for Success Call for Speakers

Internet Librarian International – Call for Speakers Deadline: 8 April 2011 Navigating the New Normal – Strategies for Success We are now in a time best characterised as the “New Normal”. The new normal isn’t just about austere budgets or doing more with less – it’s also about new technologies. The new normal is having library patrons, users, customers and clients who know as much or more about technology than we do. It’s about partnerships and transparency, about new ways to develop and disseminate knowledge, about the increasing importance of communication skills, about opening up access to information, data, and […]

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See You in Phoenix!

I can’t help but think about a few days in Arizona while the temp falls outside here in Indiana. I’ll be presenting a workshop in March: Taming Technolust: Technology Planning in a Hyperlinked World Thursday, March 3, 2011 9:00 am – 3:15 pm Carnegie Library Main Floor How do we effectively plan in this shiny new world of emerging tech, when anyone in your library can create a library blog at a free hosting site, develop an online presence at sites such as Flickr or Facebook for the library, or launch the institution’s own social network with a few mouse […]

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Upcoming Presentations Spring 2011

February 4, 2011: Staff Institute, Ela Area Public Library, Lake Zurich, Illinois. March 3, 2011: “Taming Technolust: Technology Planning in a Hyperlinked World,” Phoenix, Arizona March 18, 2011: Library Innovation Conference, Western New York Library Resources Council, Buffalo, New York. March 28 & 29, 2011: Turkish Library Week Presentations, Istanbul, Turkey. May 2-4, 2011: New Jersey Library Association Conference, President’s Program & Trends & Tech Presentation, Long Branch, New Jersey. May 12, 2011: Keynote,  Association des bibliothécaires du Québec Library Association, Montreal, Québec. May 17, 2011: “Heretical Thoughts about LIS Education,” The Future of the Academic Library Symposium, Hamilton, Ontario.

Hyperlinked Library Presentations

Video: “The Hyperlinked Community Library” from Leipziger Kongress für Bibliothek und Information

Michael Stephens “The Hyperlinked Community Library” from Zukunftswerkstatt on Vimeo. Thanks to my colleagues at the Zukunftswerkstatt for posting their video of my talk last year in Leipzig while I was in Germany speaking at the US Embassy. I’ve been reflecting on 2010 this week and the two back to back trips I took to Europe – one to Switzerland/Germany sponsored by the US Mission in Geneva and the Embassy in Berlin and the other for U Game U Learn – were highlights for me on many levels. Not only did I meet library folk from all over  but the […]

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See You at the OCLC Symposium: Transformational Literacy

I’m very pleased to be moderating this exciting afternoon in San Diego. The topic is very important and will surely offer some thought-provoking conversation. OCLC Symposium: Transformational Literacy: Life Stages and Libraries 1:30 – 4:30 pm Pacific Time In-person: Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel, Indigo Ballroom A/B Live stream: www.oclc.org/livefeed/ Every day, libraries help people transform their lives. But nowhere is that role more apparent—and important—as when people move from one life stage to another. Join OCLC and a panel of distinguished guests for a discussion on the need for information and preparation during these vital “between” stages. Mimi Ito, cultural […]