[Web4lib] Re: Libraries and Open Everything or Free Culture

[Cloutman, David]

I think librarians and library workers can be found in all of the areas
you identified. Particularly in the public library realm, we are about
much much more than education. If anything, I would place a public
librarian in either the neighborhoods or society categories. School and
academic librarians are definite fits for education, corporate
librarians are workplace, may librarians work in non-profits (and some
libraries are non-profits), may librarians are either part of, or
directly serve the missions of government agencies, etc. Really, we're
everywhere, and we all stand to benefit from open source, open
standards, and Free information.

It sounds like a great event, BTW.

- David

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David Cloutman <dcloutman at co.marin.ca.us>
Electronic Services Librarian
Marin County Free Library 

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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Alnisa Allgood
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 7:54 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] Re: Libraries and Open Everything or Free Culture


Hi-

I've have a very vague question. In Madison, WI we are just starting
to plan two (2) Open Everything events [ see:
http://www.openeverything.net/ or http://freeculture.org/ ]. I know
that there is a lot of activity in libraries around openness,
transparency, creative commons, and even open source software. I have
organizations like SPARC and PLoS on my list to contact, but haven't
decide if 'Libraries' should be treated as separately from the real of
'education'.

The gist, is that we are targeting people currently from 10 different
sectors=97some which overlap: software/technology (oss), education,
media/news, government, philanthropy, nonprofit sector, arts,
neighborhoods, workplaces, and society. The goal is to identify about
3 individuals per sector/interest to invite to participate in a
'conversation' a roundtable like event to talk about how 'open' can
and has effected their work arena, what things are being done, maybe
set some annual goals, etc.

In this regard, are the issues facing libraries different enough from
those facing the general realm of education, so that they should be a
separate target, or is inviting one library representative out of 3
seats for education, sufficient?

Any thoughts, ideas?

Alnisa


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