heralds of change: comic books, libraries, and innovation

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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