R. David Lankes

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“Librarians Building the New Normal.” Brazilian Federation of Associations of Librarians, Information Scientists and Institutions Keynote. Via Video Speech Text: Read Speaker Script or in Portuguese Abstract: If librarians wish a better world, they have to make it better, not wait for i…

“New Librarianship.” Texas Woman’s University Webinar. Abstract: A discussion of concepts in new librarianship. Slides: Slides in PDF Audio:

“Reference is Dead…Again.” NÅR DEN NY VIN BLOMSTRER, Morgendagens veileder – sluttkonferanse Hotell Klubben. Tønsberg, Norway. Abstract: A brief history of developments in reference service and a discussion of reference must evolve in the concept of Library as Movement. Slid…

“Never Neutral, Never Alone.” Transforming LIS education for professionals in a global information world: digital inclusion, social inclusion and lifelong learning IFLA Satellite Conference. Vatican City (via video). Speech Text: Read Speaker Script Abstract: Library science is getting …

“Data, Media, and Society.” University of Maryland Libraries Future of the Research Library Series. College Park, MD. Abstract: It would be easy to see the advent of open educational resources, open access publication, and repositories of data sets as a continuation of the traditional m…

“Claiming Victory and Moving On” Rutgers University Beta Phi Mu Fall Speaker. New Brunswick, NJ. Abstract: The rise of information as an idea and discipline since World War II has been driven by the belief that information underlies, and can change, just about every other discipline and…

“The Future is About Knowledge Not Information” Bibliotheksmetamorphosen 2: Bibliothek 4.0. Winterthur, Switzerland. Speech Text: Read Speaker Script Abstract: The role of the public library as a place to collect and distribute information seems like an obvious success strategy for an i…

“The Library: The System of Systems” Community and Knowledge: Participatory Strategies to Promote Change. Perugia, Italy. Slides: Slides in PDF Speech Text: Read Speaker Script Audio: [This is an edited version of the script I used for my talk. However, it is not a word for word transcr…

“A New Librarianship” Georgia Libraries Conference. Columbus, GA. Abstract: Repeat after me: “Access does not equal impact or knowledge or improvement.”…unless you are also talking about access to education, economic opportunity, good schools, good nutrition, transportation, and resourc…