I wanted to highlight one more presentation I attended at the recent IACRL conference. I’ve already mentioned the Google Wave session from IACRL preconference in the March 29th post, and the Copyright Program in the April 8th post.
R. David Lankes, one of the keynote speakers, has put up his presentation “Year of the Librarian: the Future is Ours for the Taking” on his blog at http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/blog/?p=986. Not only are the slides there, but his recorded presentation is also included.
His stated “mission of librarians” is to “improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities.” He sees opportunity for librarians to identify the gaps of knowledge, provide their navigational skills to bridge these gaps, and weave relationships within communities.
To me, this sounds a whole like what we’ve been calling knowledge based consulting here at ALS. Our consultants are building relationships and making connections that result in “a new fabric of understanding”.
Some of the tools that we’ve created since starting knowledge based consulting include our Library Toolkit, Technology Training Wheels, and our continuing education series like: Going Green, Personal Management, and Tough Times. In fact, this blog was a direct result of a need expressed by our librarians to keep up with current and emerging trends with academic and special libraries.
What else is going on at ALS this week:
Information Literacy Summit at ISU is tomorrow, April 20.
Thursday, April 22, is the Special Librarians Luncheon at Caterpillar Business Resource Center Library in Peoria.
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