Location

Toronto Ontario

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Name of Your Library (if applicable):

Robarts Library U of Toronto

Library Website:

https://toroprod.library.utoronto.ca

Blog or Personal/Professional Website:

https://www.physics.utoronto.ca/Members/logan

Twitter or other URL:

https://utoronto.academia.edu/RobertKLogan

LinkedIn URL:

https://www.linkedin.com/hp/?dnr=zTjhsq3I4V4bsqnRp8O8sqMuX8jCQ7_tQR

About Me:

Bob Logan has a variety of experiences as an academic involved in research in complexity theory, information theory, biology, environmental science, linguistics, industrial design and media studies. He published with and collaborated with Marshall McLuhan and continues his McLuhan studies research. He was also active in the business world operating a computer training company 1982-2000 and a Web development company from 1994 to 2000 through which he did extensive consulting in knowledge management. He was active in politics from 1974 to date. Among his many activities he served as an advisor to PM Pierre Eliot Trudeau, policy chair of the Ontario wing of the federal Liberal Party and an advisor to various federal cabinet ministers. He is also an author or editor of 12 books and many articles in refereed journals. He continues to teach The Poetry of Physics at the U. of Toronto where he is Prof. Emeritus. He also teaches the Think Tank course at OCAD U. where he is the Chief Scientist of the Strategic Innovation Lab. He is a Fellow at University of St. Michael’s College where he teaches a course simply entitled McLuhan. He is also a Sr. Fellow at the Origins Institute, McMaster U. and Sr. Fellow at the Institute of Biocomplexity and Informatics, U. of Calgary. In June 2011 he was presented with the Walter J. Ong Award for Career Achievement in Scholarship by the Media Ecology Association. he is updating the book he wrote with Marshall McLuhan entitled The Future of the Library: An Old Figure in a New Ground