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Announcing BiblioSummit: Cities + Libraries 2017

BiblioLabs is excited to announce that BiblioSummit will take place in Charleston, SC on November 7. The half-day event will be the fifth installment of BiblioSummit, expanding this year into the tech incubator Flagship 2 of The Charleston Digital Corridor, the perfect venue for discussing how libraries are conquering the digital space.

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SPECIAL GUEST: MARCUS AMAKER, CHARLESTON’S POET LAUREATE

Before and between panels, attendees will be treated to performances by Marcus Amaker, who was deemed Charleston’s first-ever poet laureate in 2016. Watch Marcus perform at Charleston TEDx with legendary jazz musician Quentin Baxter here.

The event will include both breakfast and lunch, with an opening welcome from Scott Watson, Executive Director of The City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs, and closing comments from Ernest Andrade, Executive Director of The Charleston Digital Corridor Foundation.

“I am moderating both sessions at this event and I am not even pretending to be impartial,” said Founder & CEO of BiblioLabs, Mitchell Davis. “This event is about thinking way forward about libraries and the impact they have had and need to continue to have on bridging the digital divide. This is for anyone in the library community, or here in Charleston, who cares about equal access to information and a robust creative and cultural community.”

BiblioLabs will also be launching a citywide geolocated library in Charleston on November 7th alongside dozens of other cities in North America, including Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Kansas City and more.

Here are this year’s panel sessions:

HOW LIBRARIES ARE THRIVING IN THE DIGITAL WORLD

In the digital age, all bets are off as to how the future of libraries unfold. How will the mission of the library change and adapt to the new world dominated by giant media corporations? How are libraries experimenting with new models and working more closely with civic, nonprofit and community leaders to create digital information strategies for their citizens that are simple, highly visible and inclusive of the entire community?

Panelists include:

Laura Cole Executive Director, BiblioTech Library (San Antonio, TX)

Veronda Pitchford Director, Membership Development and Resource Sharing RAILS Consortia (Reaching Across Illinois Library Systems)

Patrick “PC” Sweeney Political Director, EveryLibrary

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIBRARIES AND LEARNING

We live in a world that requires lifelong learning. Reflecting on his childhood education, author Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote in his pulitzer prize winning book, Between the World and Me, “I was made for the library, not the classroom. The classroom was a jail of other people’s interests. The library was open, unending, free.” How can communities leverage existing relationships and resources to provide a new kind of educational and cultural resource that evolves into the future?

Panelists include:

Kate Lawrence VP of User Research, EBSCO

Carl Pritzkat VP of Business Development & Executive Committee Member Publishers Weekly

Jonathan Sanchez Owner, Founder, Blue Bicycle Books, YALLfest

Nancy Kirkpatrick Associate Director Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS)

AFTERNOON ENTERTAINMENT: THE V-TONES

After the closing comments, hang around and cut loose with Charleston’s own V-Tones. Unapologetically off-the-wall, The V-Tones bring a bit of flare to traditional folk, or well, as they put it: “Charleston’s only ukulele hot club jug band vaudeville ragtime neo-retro-post-postmodern beachfront quasi-primitive anachronistic revolutionary anti-inflammatory mass catharsis jazz freakout and philharmonic group therapy session.” Watch their music video for “Dinah” here. 

FULL SCHEDULE:

8:30 AM: Breakfast 9:00 AM: Welcome (Scott Watson, Marcus Amaker) 9:20 AM: “How Libraries Are Thriving In The Digital World” 10:40AM: Break (w/ Marcus Amaker performance) 11:00AM: “The Relationship Between Libraries And Learning” 11:55AM: Closing Comments (Ernest Andrade) 12:00PM: Lunch (w/ V-Tones performance)

BiblioSummit: Cities + Libraries 2017 Nov 7th, 2017 // 8:30 am - 12 pm (Free) Flagship 2 - Charleston Digital Corridor

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