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 megkn...@gmail.com. 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 coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
