Capture, store, and share information - Sounds old rhyme, right?

But now this story is getting newer interface (call it interface 2.0). Thanks to Martha for sharing the info about the Living Library!!! I Googled to see true colors of the LL, and found the following:

Living library idea as a knowledge managment tool
by Shaunna Mireau on October 30th, 2008
A recent article in Library Journal caught my eye: “Living Library” Debuts in Santa Monica1 As the article explains the living library movement invites library users to ‘book’ meetings with individuals with special interests, beliefs or experiences.

Extract: Wouldn’t it be interesting to add information to the library catalog with the following model:

Title: Vicarious liability
Author: Partner X
Physical Description: 6′1″, folio [individual will come to your office or lunch for a discussion of the title topic].

Seriously though, there are many ways to formalize tacit knowledge transfer that already happens in informal ways. It is neat that this kind of tacit transfer is being encouraged by public libraries. If a public library can work with this model, our expertise filled organizations can too.continue reading

See also on the same shelf:

• LIVING LIBRARIES, Experience that speaks volumes, Toronto Star Feb 26, 2009
  
• Doing the Library Thing by Wendy Reynolds March 1, 2009
• Living Libraries in Canada in March
  March 5-6th, University of Guelph, Ontario
  March 5th, Coquitlam Public Library, British Columbia
  March 21st, Calgary Public Library, Ontario
  March 23-27th, University of Alberta, Augustana, Alberta