Cheers! So cool! I'd love to get one at Loosecubes who could help this whole community.
Loosecubes.com We're hiring (Ruby on Rails!) Follow us @loosecubes On Jun 23, 2011, at 3:53 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
