I’ve been waiting for Michael Wesch, the Kansas State professor who created the viral The Machine Is Us/ing Us and A Vision of Students Today videos, to do one that more directly addresses libraries. Last week he did just that. Hopefully it will help spread David Weinberger’s message from Everything Is Miscellaneous (which you need to read if you haven’t already). Is your library part of this new r/evolution, or are you still facing the future with only a 20th century service orientation?

Information R/evolution.

Bonus link via Paul Pival: Jon Udell on Remixing the Library
. Can your patrons remix your library?

From a recent interaction:

Feedback: 2 b : the transmission of evaluative or corrective information about an action, event, or process to the original or controlling source

Freedback: b : the transmission of evaluative or corrective information about an action, event, or process to the original or controlling source when done openly and transparently using public input and output mechanisms, e.g. blogs with open comments instead of one-way, non-interactive, email-based forms

And from a different conversation, TADD: Technology ADD.

If you’re attending the Illinois Library Association Conference, I highly recommend this program. I’ve seen the slides and read the narrative, and I think it’s going to be great (and very practical). Should be a lot of interesting discussion, too.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Room B-7
Prairie Capital Convention Center

“How can you make Library 2.0 a reality? To realize change, we must shift management strategies at the speed of Library 2.0. This panel explores how middle managers can use their positions to foster a culture of learning and collaboration to realize Library 2.0 change.”

And of course you’re already going to see Michael Stephens opening keynote at 11:00 a.m. that day, right? Of course you are. Have fun, Michael!

Updated: The slides from the session are available here.