er&l slides fister
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Knowledge is open-ended and networked by its very nature. Libraries have traditionally been local nodes in that network, places where people can join the network, where learning is inquiring, not just acquiring. Yet the fluid, connected nature of knowledge runs counter to the current economic framework in which knowledge is given to corporations to be transformed into property, then returned to the network through a complex system of metered payments. Libraries have worked hard to keep knowledge free at the local level through negotiating licenses, implementing software to manage all the locks and combinations, and designing user interfaces that make the locks as invisible as possible. If we joined our knowhow and our fundamental values, we could collectively play a leadership role in developing an open network that is, like knowledge itself, open to change. http://homepages.gac.edu/~fister/ER&L.pdfTRANSCRIPT
http://homepages.gac.edu/~fister/ER&L.pdfImage credits
Butterfly – forteller.ipernity.comToronto telephone exchange – wikimedia Word cloud made with WordlePatience at the NYPL – the nailsTawny background texture – friendbrook meadowsGenius Bar – Dave MN via WikipediaIthaka Faculty Survey chart – Ithaka S&RLibrary Director Survey chart – Ithaka S&RBound periodicals – thomas ford memorial libraryWallet – 401K2012Social network graph – DanielShaping the world – Anthony Mattox Another World is Possible – Tal BrightLever Inistiative header – Lever InitiativeSalt crystal – Dawn EndicoMake things happen by Sarah DeeMap of sciences – Duncan Hull
Typefaces – Fluoxetine by Apostrophic Labs and Just the Way You Are by Kimberley Geswein