Posts Yesterday, John Blyberg, Darien Library Assistant Director for Innovation and User Experience, explained the function, future and innovations in public libraries to a group of ” thought leaders [sharing] ideas on common challenges and best practices on issues ranging from Public Health and Transparency in Government to Human Rights and Community Development” at the U.S. – Russia Civil Society to Civil Society (C2C) Summit in Washington, D.C.
Thanks for standing up for libraries, John, and creating such a beautiful slideset that focuses on what libraries can offer.
Few libraries are as richly resourced as Darien Library. The slideset highlights what is possible and the attitude and energy we can strive for as we focus on our community needs.
[...] As we look forward to Tech Day 2010 (one of my favorite library events of the year), I thought you might be interested in looking at the slides from “Library as Third Place”, a presentation this year’s Tech Day keynote speaker John Blyberg gave to the U.S. – Russia Civil Society to Civil Society (C2C) Summit in Washington, D.C. last month. Kathryn Greenhill (an Australian librarian) has a write-up on her blog about the presentation. [...]
[...] Inspiration and aspiration – Library as Third Place [...]