I have just come across Consortia in the next 25 years, a conference organized by Caval in Australia last year to celebrate its twenty fifth anniversary. The site has powerpoints looking at consortia from various perspectives going forward.

On the dissemination of ideas and innovation
A short discussion of sources of ideas in the library community, with special reference to the general framework laid out by Daniel Drezner.
Lorcan Dempsey
7 min read

Libraries and library studies
I wrote this piece on libraries and possible educational responses as part of a longer contribution on the informational disciplines and the iSchool. A principal goal was to suggest that libraries present interesting and challenging research and educational questions, which cross disciplines.
Lorcan Dempsey
15 min read

Information: a brief schematic history
In a piece on the informational disciplines and the iSchool, I sketched this very schematic and informal overview of information, broadly construed. My focus is pragmatic, related to library interests. I consider several current issues, including the 'apotheosis of the document' in an AI context.
Lorcan Dempsey
20 min read