Heralds of Change: Comic books, libraries and innovation
Toby Greenwalt theanalogdivide.com
March 18th, 2011
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Other helpful sources:
IMLS Report on Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century skills Imls21stcenturyskills.org
Libraries and Transliteracy:Librariesandtransliteracy.com
danah boyd’s blog:Zephoria.org/thoughts
ALA Graphic Novel Interest Group(Forthcoming)
All of this has happened before…
…All of this will happen again.
Hanging Out
National Gaming Day
Be Excellent in Public
Messing AroundMessing Around
“The Unwritten,” #17
Defy Expectations
The New (Mobile) Frontier
Geeking OutGeeking out
Seth, “Dominion City”
User-Generated Content
DML PosterDesign Spaces
The Rogues’ Gallery
The 21st century is where everything changes.
--and the library is ready.
Thank You!
Toby Greenwalt theanalogdivide.com | @theanalogdivide
Slide 1: NasaSlide 5, Book: http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11889Slide 8: http://www.flickr.com/photos/skokiepl/4110560568/Slide 13, Dominion City: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Seth_Dominion_Models.jpg (CC)Slide 14: http://www.24hourcomicsday.com, http://www.drawingday.org, http://www.skokiestories.orgBubble Ball: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Bubble+Ball+iPhone+inventor+Utah+eighth+grader/4138522/story.html (Reuters)Slide 16: SuperHero Heads by Liko Natera, http://likodemus.deviantart.com. Used with permission.Slide 17: Cover of “The Flash #184,” Artwork by Brian Bolland, Desecrated by Toby Greenwalt.Slide 18: Still from “Torchwood.” Captain Jack Likes to Stand on Buildings.
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