Dear Library Colleagues,<br><br>This Friday Sept. 24 at 3:00 Dr. David Carr, Associate Professor Emeritus of
Information and Library Science at the University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill, will be speaking in Portland on "the value of public cultural institutions as
essential instruments in democratic societies". Everyone is welcome to attend the lecture, which is abstracted below:<br><br>Think with Me: The Possibilities of Public Conversations in Cultural Institutions<br><br>
The formative legacy of any democratic culture or leaning community is borne and embodied by its library. At its best, it is a living, constructive institution where experience and knowledge increase. The aspirations of a community--what it wants to become and what it hopes to give to its children--require a generative public conscience and provocative voices. More than record of our time and place, the library is a record of us as we embrace or turn away from our challenges. We require a place that holds both pages and voices, electrons and arguments, and more: a place where thoughtful citizens will strive to become something together.<br>
<br>The lecture will be held in Gordon Smith Hall on the campus of Lewis & Clark College and is the 11th Johannah Sherrer Memorial Lecture in Library Service. For further information on the Sherrer Lecture and for information on visiting campus, please see the links below.<br>
<br><a href="http://library.lclark.edu/lib/sherrer.htm">http://library.lclark.edu/lib/sherrer.htm</a><br><br><a href="http://www.lclark.edu/visit/">http://www.lclark.edu/visit/</a><br><br>A reception will follow the lecture. We hope to see you there.<br>
<br>Sincerely,<br>Elaine<br><br>Elaine Gass Hirsch<br>Library Advancement Coordinator<br>Aubrey R. Watzek Library <br>Lewis & Clark College<br><a href="http://library.lclark.edu">library.lclark.edu</a><br><strong>
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