The Climate-Conscious Library: How Libraries Can Mitigate Climate Change and Save the World!
Apr 12, 2023, 11:00 am
- 12:00 pm
South Central Regional Library Council is pleased to host futurist Dr. Bryan Alexander on the topic of the climate crisis and what it means for our institutions of higher education and the wider communities. How can libraries be part of the solution? Together, what can we do to help our institutions and communities mitigate the climate crisis and its effects? Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this program, participants will:
Biography
Dr. Alexander speaks widely and publishes frequently, with articles appearing in venues including The Atlantic Monthly, Inside Higher Ed. He has been interviewed by and featured in the Washington Post, MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal, US News and World Report, National Public Radio (2017, 2020, 2020, 2020, 2020), the Chronicle of Higher Education (2016, 2020), the Atlantic Monthly, Reuters, Times Higher Education, the National Association of College and University Business Officers, Pew Research, Campus Technology, The Hustle, Minnesota Public Radio, USA Today, and the Connected Learning Alliance. His next book, Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Age of Climate Crisis, is forthcoming from Johns Hopkins at the end of March 2023. His two other recent books are Gearing Up For Learning Beyond K-12 and The New Digital Storytelling (second edition). Bryan is currently a senior scholar at Georgetown University and teaches graduate seminars in their Learning, Design, and Technology program. |