Killing Librarianship

“Killing Librarianship” Keynote New England Library Association Annual Conference, Burlington, VT.

Abstract: What might kill our profession is not ebooks, Amazon or Google, but a lack of imagination. We must envision a bright future for librarians and the communities they serve, then fight to make that vision a reality. We need a new activist librarianship focused on solving the grand challenges of our communities. Without action we will kill librarianship.
Slides: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/Presentations/2011/NELA.pdf
Audio: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/pod/2011/NELA.mp3

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