“Killing Librarianship” Keynote New England Library Association Annual Conference, Burlington, VT. Abstract: What might kill our profession is not ebooks, Amazon or Google, but a lack of imagination.

Killing Librarianship from R. David Lankes on Vimeo.

This inspiring Keynote address renewed my purpose in face of budget constraints and amalgamation. Lankes articulates what I have been searching for, the ‘big idea’ around knowledge, information, dialogue and critical thinking! It has enormous validity in this age of social media, instant communication and mobile digital devices.