21st+Century+Librarian

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What does a 21st Century librarian look like?
8/1/06 [|Web 2.0 Implications for libraries] Stephen Abram blog

8/1/06 [|The Future of Libraries: Beginning the Great Transformation] - By Thomas Frey, Executive Director of the DaVinci Institute

7/31/06Right now I feel like you have to be quick! Quick to learn, quick to see what is new, quick to hear what kids are talking about, quick to keep up with (even just aware of) what is happening on the edge, quick to understand the dillemas teachers face everyday and how to help them just one little bit, quick to respond to district issues/needs, quick to get home and have a life, and quick to get those hiking boots on and be in the mountains! Robin Turk

ok- this has nothing about technology.... but in my mind, behind each statement is technology- I guess it's assumed for me.

[|Joyce Valenza's blog post]on 21st Century librarians

From David Warlick's [|2 Cents Worth] blog- coments and discussion on libraries and librarians - "Value vs Source." I had trouble keeping track of all of this conversation so this is a good place for that. [|Two Shifts for Librarians] - 7/27/06some good comments from Kathy Schrock, Joyce Valenza and others [|conversations continued]- 7/27/06 [|Libraries Shift 2] - 7/28/06 "as we continue to succeed in teaching our students to be skilled consumers of information (readers and learners), it is critical that we also do just as good a job of teaching them to be skilled producers of information." ...."I believe that in order to survive, which they absolutely must, librarians are going to have to expand the range of services that people identify with the library. Perhaps libraries should feature some local film festivals, talks from local authors and digital (and analog) artists, information architects, local musicians and composers, video game clubs — all geared toward demistifying the process and making anyone an information artisan."
 * [|Value vs Source] - 7/29/06
 * [|Of Kayaks and Librarians] - 8/1/06