OMG. Jealous. Brilliance and all that. I ran in to our Biz Librarian (who just works at the regular library) and if she were dedicated to the members only, it would truly be life changing...for everyone. Applause all around.
On Jun 23, 12:57 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey friends, just wanted to let you know about an interesting > development here at CoCo. We've brought on a local, but nationally > recognized tech librarian, as our (and possibly the first-ever) > Coworking Librarian. Meg Knodl will be helping members not only with > biz research, but with developing our social and educational > programming. > > I'm copying the body of our blog post to give you context. Would love > to hear your thoughts. Meg will be blogging about this great > experiment. As soon as I know the location (our site? our Posterous? > Meg's blog?), I'll let you know so you can follow along... > > Cheers, > Don > > +++ > > Full post > here:http://cocomsp.com/2011/06/meet-meg-our-new-coworking-librarian/ > > Earlier this year marketing guru Seth Godin created a bit of a stir > with his post about the future of libraries. This line in particular > caught a lot of peoples’ attention: > > The next library is a place, still. A place where people come together > to do co-working and coordinate and invent projects worth working on > together. Aided by a librarian who understands the Mesh, a librarian > who can bring domain knowledge and people knowledge and access to > information to bear. > > Across town, Meg Knodl, a Senior Librarian in Communications and > Community Engagement at Hennepin County Library, also noticed Godin’s > post. > > A quick aside: you may know Meg from UnSummit or Social Media > Breakfast. What you may not know (and what Meg is too modest to tell > you) is that she’s kind of a rockstar in the world of library science. > In fact, as I write this, she’s heading to New Orleans to be > recognized by the Library Journal as a 2011 Mover and Shaker. > > Last month, Meg approached us with a brilliant idea: could she try to > create a coworking librarian position at CoCo? > > There was only one possible answer: “How soon can you start?” > > So, please join us in welcoming Meg Knodl as the world’s first > Coworking Librarian (as far as we know!). She will be helping us to > develop a philosophy and approach toward programming, which is the > professional word for all the social, cultural and educational events > and activities that support our coworking community. > > Meg will be coworking at both the St. Paul and Minneapolis locations > on Wednesdays. (The other days of the week, she’ll still be at > Hennepin County Library). If you have ideas about programs you’d like > to participate in, attend or offer, please contact Meg at > [email protected]. Of course, Meg will also available for research > and resource questions. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
