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Session: How do we foster information li…

Session: How do we foster information literacy and media literacy in our libraries and in our communities? Use games to engage groups. Example of Jane McGonigal’s game for the New York Public Library: Find the Future: The Game http://www.Rheingold.com. Rheingold, … Continue reading

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Digital Citizen 2012

Convener: Evelyn Messinger Participants: Janet Jai, Anne Raci, Jaqueline Woolcott Description: Digital Citizen 2012 is a converged media project that will seamlessly connect citizens online and via their mobile phones to televised election discussion programs, leveling the playing field between … Continue reading

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Session Host: Katie Ingersoll Participan…

Session Host: Katie Ingersoll Participants Amy Radermacher Jack Brighton Joy Mayer Colin Rhinesmith Louis Battalen Chelsea Gunn Meredith McCulloch Barbara Jones Melody Ng Alex Kelly Jan Harrington Khara Whitmey-Marsh Eileen McAdam We spoke of how libraries and local media outlets, … Continue reading

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Is it possible to create a global information network for investigative journalists?

Session Host: Dorothy Carner Participants: Suzie Katz, Troy Espe, Tina Cheng, Helen Grosso Questions: 1. How can we create networks of global journalists and librarians to help investigative journalists have access to information currently unavailable? 2. How could we fund … Continue reading

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How should we redefine “public” and “access” to facilitate new media literacies?

Session Hosts: Lauren Britton Smedley and Rory Solomon Participants: Amy Ryan, Debbie Walter, Amy Radermacher, Jorge Schement, Jeanine Finn, Jessica Smith, Jen Gilomen, Khara Whitney-Marsh, Dana Walker, Katie Ingersoll, Eileen McAdam, Michelle Fellows, Kevin O’Kelly, Karen Perry, Tom Lowenhaupt, Alan … Continue reading

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How can we build long-term engagement from crisis engagement?

Session Host/Reporter: Liza Barry-Kessler Participants: Jack Harris, Anna Raya-Rivera, Caroline Nappo, Lacey Mamak, Anne Raci, Catherine Odson, Gina Perille, Nancy Kranich, David Gordon, Charles Benton, Dana Walker Discussion: The discussion began with dialog about how different kinds of crises engage … Continue reading

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What would happen if Beyond Books forged a consensus statement on libraries, journalism and participatory democracy?

From an “action step” session, the notes are in a blog post: https://journalismthatmatters.org/biblionews/2011/04/07/link-forging-a-consensus-on-libraries-journalism-and-participatory-democracy/ The session was called by Nancy Kranich

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How can we leverage 100,000+ news sources and libraries to gather stories and useful information? (3 pm)

Host/reporter: Melody Ng Participants: Leigh Montgomery Katy Aronoff Katie Ingersoll Debbie Holmes Michelle Fellows Cynthia Orozco Alpha Delap Eileen McAdam Debbie Walter Khara Whitney-Marsh Tom Flanagan Background We currently have more than 100,000 people in the Public Insight Network who … Continue reading

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Breakout session: working together for community engagement

Topic: Collaboration around community engagement/how the library can be a catalyst for civic engagement Conveners: Joy Mayer and Tina Stewart (Joy and Tina’s topics seemed to have a similar focus so they decided to combine the session.) Participants: Lauren Britten … Continue reading

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