Video link: https://youtu.be/uL-nDFaAygo Transcript: Slide 1. Hi everyone, this is the Valancy Virtual Symposium on 5 key takeaways from Fall 2024’s INFO 287 with Dr. Michael Stephens. Overall, the Hyperlinked Library has been really eye-opening for me, especially as someone who’s new to the library field. Though some of my previous classes have discussed libraries evolving and changing their definitions in theory, this course offered a lot of real-life experiences and examples on how that’s actually happening out there. Slide 2. So, number 1: the flattened staff hierarchies of the Hyperlinked Model. This point in particular has been on my mind lately, because I work in a really tiny branch…

Here is the link to my inspiration report. I decided to do a deeper exploration of the Power of Stories in a public library. Something about the concept feels profoundly human to me, which makes it a great way for libraries to further distance themselves from their old identities as quiet, sterile study spaces. Also, the citation style is Vancouver to minimize space taken up by in-text references. Thank you! @valancy