Library 2.013 - 2 days of collaboration
Sunday, October 20, 2013 at 9:36PM
Over the past 2 days Steve Hargadon and the team at Library 2.0 have facilited the third annual worldwide conversation about the future of libraries via the Library 2.013 Worldwide Virtual Conference. Held entirely online, around the clock, in multiple languages and time zones, it's been a fabulous conversation. I only caught parts of it but am looking forward to catching up on those missed via the Session Recordings.
Alignment of the Conference Schedule to each time zone made keeping track of sessions simple e.g. the Melbourne Schedule. All sessions were broadcast via Blackboard Collaborate. Twitter hashtag was #lib2013.
I was particularly pleased to attend Virtual Learning Commons by Dr David Loertscher and Carol Koechlin who have applied their extensive knowledge of learning and libraries to provide a framework that can be adopted by any school library. Having spent the day with Carol in Toronto last year, this was a wonderful opportunity to further consolidate knowledge of the Learning Commons concept.
Kelly Gardner from State Library of Victoria, coordinator of the SLV/ School Library Assoc of Vic (SLAV) Personal Learning Project (#vicpln) presented Delivering Library Learning Online. Kelly described how the concept of the VicPLN is now being applied to other services within the State Library. A clear indication of the flexibility and opportunities offered via the online format.
The variety is astounding with presentations from experienced and highly qualified library professionals across the whole range of public and academic libraries. Sprinkled with the experiences of developing African libraries, social media, knowledge management and MOOCs, this is a truly valuable resource.
Thanks again Steve H and team for making this collaboration and learning possible.
