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L'atlante Della Biblioteconomia Moderna (2011)

by R. David Lankes(Favorite Author)

3.95 of 5 Votes: 2

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English

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Nonfiction

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Bibliografica

review 1: read the first few chapters and watched some online videos for the online course. Interesting concepts about the librarian as a knowledge creator -- responsible for creating and maintaining the knowledge of communities by working with others to setup the tools, environment, and training to make this happen. It sounds fun in theory, and would require more social skills on the part of the librarian. It reminds me a little bit of the participatory art movement, because this theory requires the librarian to jump in and create a social situation in order to make something happen (in this case its the creation of knowledge rather than the creation of social practice art... or are they very different?).
review 2: This is one of those 3-star reviews where the stars mea... moren nothing, because I'm just averaging highs and lows. Some was so good, like wanting to rejigger library education. Some was so nonsensical, like ditching artifacts. A lot was contradictory to reality, especially this insistence on demoting artifacts in a world where people ask me EVERY DAY where the books are. Some was thoughtful and insightful, like his deeply felt desire to improve conversations between and among librarians and patrons. The truest review of this book, though, is that I respect his passion but see next to nothing that I would trouble myself to pursue in my current workplace. Oh, and there were more typos in it than I have ever had the displeasure of finding in one book.***Edited 7/17/2013: I am so happy to say that I have recently started two projects at work where these ideas are closely entwined with the work. I was right that troubling myself to implement them - in a vacuum - would have been a waste. But! It turns out the thoughts have been percolating these last few months, and with the MOOC in full gear and these serendipitous projects, these ideas are all over my work now. Yay! But I still am skeptical about his artifact minimizing. less

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