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WOW!
I value conferences for several things. One of them is re-invigoration — getting me out of the day-to-day, reminding me of the higher ideals of librarian-ship and why I wanted to become a librarian. I wish I had a tape of Michael Eric Dyson’s opening keynote, because it was a great, thought-provoking, and definitely uplifting piece of stage-craft. I’m glad that Lynn has already covered the speech, since there is so much to say. So, I’ll just add a few more observations. I’m in perfect agreement that we do a lot of “singing to the choir,” which is ok; but, “the choir gotta sing better” to the audience. I’m also very happy to be a “liberator of the mind,” rather than a “hand-maid of history” — something I’ve also been called as a librarian. I think I might lobby for “liberator of the mind” as a job title the next time we re-do our position descriptions!