Dangerous ideas at PLA Minneapolis

One of the sessions at PLA in Minneapolis was called Dangerous ideas. It included questions such as:

What if librarians would promote and participate in the development of Wikipedia?
What if we made decisions that are not based on scarcity?
What if libraries large and small invest together to adopt open source solutions?
What if teens in the library were our partners instead of our problem?
What if we learned to advertise the allure of libraries as successfully as soft drinks and junk food?

For more information see Webjunction.

What are some dangerous ideas for reference and information work?

Keeping on doing reference work

David Lee King is blogging from PLA about various sessions he has been attending.

In particular look at What Does it Take to be Good at Reference in the Age of Google?. It won't take you long to read - and it shows the need to continue learning, and thinking creatively about the reference and information work which we do.

IMLS National Study on the Use of Libraries, Museums and the Internet

You might like to have a look at the report on the IMLS National Study on the Use of Libraries, Museums and the Internet. You can choose the amount of detail you want to find out about from links on this page.