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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'>What is design thinking and how can it be applied to libraries? Find out this Thursday, March 8, when the San Jose State University School of Information presents the first of three Library 2.018 web conferences. This is a great opportunity to </span><span style='background:white'>learn how you can develop and lead a design challenge at your library. <b>Registration is free!</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;background:white'>Event:</span></b><span style='color:black;background:white'> </span><a href="http://www.library20.com/page/design-thinking"><span style='background:white'>Design Thinking: How Librarians Are Incorporating It Into Their Practice</span></a><span style='background:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='background:white'>Date:</span></b><span style='background:white'> March 8, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='background:white'>Time:</span></b><span style='background:white'> 12 to 3 p.m. Pacific Time<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='background:white'>Register at:</span></b><span style='background:white'> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/library-2018-design-thinking-how-librarians-are-incorporating-it-into-their-practice-registration-41114249828">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/library-2018-design-thinking-how-librarians-are-incorporating-it-into-their-practice-registration-41114249828</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:white'>The design thinking conference was developed in collaboration with Steven J. Bell, associate university librarian for research and instructional services at Temple University and adjunct instructor at the SJSU iSchool. Bell will moderate the opening panel discussion and provide the final thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:white'>Keynote panelists are </span><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Sidsel Bech-Petersen</span>, <span style='background:white'>head of projects and co-creation at Aarhus Public Libraries; </span><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Rachel Ivy Clarke</span>, <span style='background:white'>SJSU iSchool alumna and assistant professor at Syracuse University</span>;<span style='color:#4E4E54'> </span>and <span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Gregory Diaz<b>, </b></span><span style='background:white'>children's librarian at the Chicago Public Library. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>To attend live, please <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/library-2018-design-thinking-how-librarians-are-incorporating-it-into-their-practice-registration-41114249828">register for the conference.</a> The final conference schedule with links to join the keynote and crowdsourced sessions will be emailed to all conference registrants. Those who register in advance will also receive the recording links. Please use #library2018 and #librarydesignthinking on your social media posts <span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>leading up to and during the event. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'>Co-founded by the </span><span style='background:white'>San Jose State University School of Information<span style='color:black'>, the Library 2.0 conferences are participatory events where information professionals around the globe are encouraged to not only attend the open-access online sessions, but to also share their knowledge by submitting presentation proposals. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'>For more information about the Library 2.0 online conferences, visit the conference </span><a href="http://www.library20.com"><span style='background:white'>website</span></a><span style='color:black;background:white'>. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Contact:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nicole Purviance<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Director of Marketing and Communications<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>School of Information<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>San Jose State University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One Washington Square<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>San Jose, CA 95192-0029<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:nicole.purviance@sjsu.edu">nicole.purviance@sjsu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://ischool.sjsu.edu">http://ischool.sjsu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>