John Miedema

Today was a great day at the FLICC Forum at the Library of Congress. Thanks to the organizers who invited me to speak on Slow Reading, and for arranging the afternoon tour of the Library (thanks Chris for your amazing tour). Here are some followups:
The text of my speech. It was cut a little short because of time constraints, but the full speech is here.
The handout. Attendees have this in their folder, but here is a copy.
Thanks to one audience member who recommended an an essay I never heard of, …

I have been invited to be one of several guest bloggers at the Libraries 2020 Symposium in Toronto next week. I will be attending the conference, and blogging on the readings and events. Symposium information here. Symposium blog here. I will post some information here at my blog too.

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I will be posting further on the conference, but I just wanted to get the slides up for now. Talk later.

I have been doing research this term on Voluntary Slow Reading (VSR). On Saturday, March 29, I will be presenting my preliminary results via a poster session at the Western Research Forum. As part of that presentation, I am providing the draft results document here:
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My next step will be a bibliographic essay to be submitted to an academic journal.
I welcome any comments you may have.

The Salt Lake City Public Library has just concluded its Thinking Ahead 2008 conference. What a remarkable library and conference! I was pleased to be invited to facilitate a session called “Beyond Technology” which examined the persistence of the book through the digital age and its implications for librarians.
The Book Is Back – John Miedema – Thinking Ahead 2008
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You can download my PowerPoint slide presentation here. Please feel free to email me or comment here on anything about the presentation.
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