Libraries have existed for millennia, but today many question their necessity.
His book, The Atlas of New Librarianship won the 2012 ABC-CLIO/Greenwo.
He has been a visiting fellow at the National Library of Canada, The Harvard School of Education, and was the first fellow of ALA\'s Office for Information Technology Policy.
In this capacity he has served on advisory boards and study teams in the fields of libraries, telecommunications, education, and transportation including at the National Academies.
He also seeks to understand how information approaches and technologies can be used to transform industries.
Lankes is a passionate advocate for Libraries and their essential role in today\'s society.
State Department, and The American Library Association.
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Department of Defense, The National Science Foundation, The U.
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Department of Education, The U.
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His work has been funded by organizations such as The Mac Arthur Foundation, The Institute for Library and Museum Services, NASA, The U.
Lankes has always been interested in combining theory and practice to create active research projects that make a difference.
David Lankes is a professor and Dean\'s Scholar for New Librarianship at Syracuse University\'s School of Information Studies.
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Expect More is a rallying call to communities to raise the bar, and their expectations, for great libraries.
They should be places of learning and advocates for our communities in terms of learning, privacy, intellectual property, and economic development.
We need to Expect more out of our libraries.
Lankes argues that communities need Libraries that go beyond bricks and mortar and beyond books.
In an ever more digital and connected World do we still need places of books in our towns, colleges, or schools? If Libraries aren\'t about books, what are they about?In Expect More, David Lankes, winner of the 2012 ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Award for the Best Book in Library Literature, walks you through what to Expect out of your library.
Libraries have existed for millennia, but today many question their necessity
