This presentation is The Post Gutenberg Library, and it implies a new kind of library that reflect what I often call “the new shape of information.” You see, information is become increasingly (and almost exclusively) networked, digital and abundant (overwhelming.) It is change in,
- What it looks like,
- What we look at to view it,
- How we find it,
- Where we go to find it,
- What we can do with it, and
- How we communicate it.
This is not one of my typical presentations, but the handouts page that most aligns is probably “Harnessing the Perfect Storm.” The handouts are available here:
- Harnessing the Perfect Storm – http://goo.gl/ZKFfa
- Backchannel Transcript – http://goo.gl/HxGaA
The bottom line is that we are preparing,
- A new generation of learner,
- Within a new information environment,
- For a future we can not clearly describe.
Each of these converging conditions as profound implications to what and how our children learn.
I feel almost like Im coming out of retirement, Ive been rooted in my own home for so long. Routine is good, spending mornings working to create an iBook version of one of my self-published books, and afternoons working on a new help tool for my web site, Citation Machine.
Im mostly begrudging the next two weeks of conferences, but partly looking forward to the excitement. Of of teaching, sharing and learning. Unfortunately, I am not a general part of this conference, so I wont be able to attend any part of it, but the next two conferences, next week with be intense (NSBA & a regional conference in New York).
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