The atlas of new librarianship - Lankes, R. David 1970- (MIT Press, 2011)
[pt. 1.] An introduction to the atlas : Navigating the future – The foundations of the atlas – Finding a center in the dynamic – A note on rhetoric – [pt. 2.] The atlas : A note on visualization – How to navigate the atlas – Readers of the atlas – Limitations of the atlas – [pt. 3.] Threads : [A.] Mission – The mission of librarians is to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities – Importance of worldview – Longitude example – Importance of theory and deep concepts : Libraries and theory – Conversation theory : Credibility – Other informative concepts and theories : Dialectic theories ; Sense-making ; Motivation theories ; Motivation ; Learning theory ; Constructivism ; Postmodernism – Creating a new social compact : Evolution of the social compact – Thread conclusion – [B.] Knowledge creation – The mission of librarians is to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities – Knowledge is created through conversation ; Conversation theory : Conversants ; Service is not invisibility ; Language ; Evolution of systems – System view – User-based design – User systems : Social network sites – Agreements : Artifacts ; Source amnesia ; Invest in tools of creation over collection of artifacts ; Death of documents ; Memory ; Entailment mesh ; Annotations ; Limitations of tagging ; Cataloging relationships – Scapes – Reference extract – Libraries are in the knowledge business, therefore the conversation business – [C.] Facilitating – The mission of librarians is to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities ; True facilitation means shared ownership : Members not patrons or users – Means of facilitation – Access : Publisher of community ; Shared shelves with the community ; Meeting spaces – Knowledge : Library instruction ; Need for an expanded definition of literacy ; Gaming ; Social literacy – E