Context Books

Context Book Report: Students will read a book selected from a list provided in class, and write a 200-300 word reflection posted to your blog relating the topic and focus of the book to libraries, technology and participatory service. 10 points

Checkout a sample book report here.

OPTIONAL: Instead of writing your report, create a media presentation such as a podcast, video, Animoto show, etc. Let your creativity flow!

The Reading List

(see the list as it was originally posted and what other LIS professionals had to say about it):

  • Anderson, Chris. The Long Tail
  • Beck, John C. & Mitchell Wade. Got game
  • Bernoff, Josh. Groundswell
  • Breakenridge, Deidre. PR 2.0
  • Carr, Nicholas. The Big Switch: rewiring the World, from Edison to Google
  • Collins, Jim. Good to Great
  • Doctorow, Cory Content
  • Frankel, Alex. Punching In
  • Friedman, Thomas. The World is Flat
  • Gee, James Paul. What Video Games Have to teach Us about Learning & Literacy
  • Gilmore, James & B. Joseph Pine II. Authenticity
  • Gladwell, Malcolm. Blink
  • Godin, Seth. Small is the New Big
  • Godin, Seth. Tribes
  • Jenkins, Henry. Convergence Culture
  • Jenkins, Henry. Fans, Bloggers & Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture
  • Johnson, Steven. Everything Bad is Good for You
  • Kelley, Tom with Jonathan Littman. The Ten Faces of Innovation
  • Kusek, David & Gerd Leonhard. The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Revolution.
  • Levine, Rick et al. The Cluetrain Manifesto
  • Levy, Steven. The Perfect Thing
  • Martin, Patricia. Ren Gen Renaissance Generation
  • Meyer, Danny. Setting the Table
  • Palfrey, John & Urs Gasser. Born Digital
  • Penn, Mark J. Microtrends
  • Pink, Daniel. A Whole New Mind
  • Reynolds, Glenn. An Army of Davids
  • Rheingold, Howard. Smart Mobs
  • Rushkoff, Douglas. Playing the Future
  • Scoble, Robert & Shel Israel. Naked Conversations
  • Senge, Peter. The Necessary Revolution
  • Shirky, Clay. Here Comes Everybody
  • Solove, Daniel. The Future of Reputation
  • Sunstein, Cass. Infotopia
  • Tapscott, Don & Anthony D. Williams. Wikinomics
  • Weinberger, David. Everything is Miscellaneous
  • Weinberger, David. Small Pieces Loosely Joined
  • Zittrain, Jonathan. The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It