Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Where Good Ideas Come From

One of my favorite sessions at the recent California Library Association Conference was Steven Berlin Johnson's talk on innovation. He is the author of the book Everything Bad is Good for You - a book that has been on my "want to read" list for some time. His newest book is Where Good Ideas Come From: the Natural History of Innovation. In his presentation promoting his new book, he talked about the spaces that cultivate innovation - obviously an important question for libraries! How can libraries continue to be spaces of innovation in today's digital world? A lot of food for thought. He also talked about the history of commonplace books and inspired the title of my blog! Here is an animated and shortened version of his presentation:

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