Good golly! I haven’t been immersed in directed reading and thinking like this since library school. Do you think things will get so intense we’ll have people’s heads exploding like cherry bomb stuffed pumpkins?
One intellectual trail leads to another. I’m preparing for the future by reading the past…suggested reading leads back to McLuhan, McLuhan bridges over to de Chardin; I’m not going any farther back than Augustine.
This stuff is so heady that I am really hoping we can get outside in Boise to avoid the pressure cooker syndrome (and avoid those splattered pumpkins).
We’ll be in a place that is close to some fine natural beauty. The river should be part of this conversation.

The readings have brought me uncomfortably close to the realization that our library is not connecting up with people younger than 30. Hell, we’re actually pushing teenagers away. Usually for the sake of our own sanity.
The germs are already germinating. The idea of a web page section dedicated to gamers, and perhaps run by gamers, along with the struggle to find a physical space for them in the building…well, those are welcomed practical problems popping up from the theoretical thinking we’re doing. Isn’t that what this event is all about? I’m getting good stuff out of it and it hasn’t even started!
Looking forward to seeing all you pumpkins in Boise. I’m wearing protective gear.
Post Falls Joe