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The Librarian DJ

Peter AlsbjerLibrary director, Örebro Public Library, Swedenpeter.alsbjer@orebro.se@peterals

Curating is the new black!

What is digital curation?

“…discovering, organizing, and sharing relevant and interesting content from around the Web through their social streams of choice.” Brian Solis

What is digital curation?

“Curation is all about buildingknowledge-based collections ofrelevant and related content. Thisactivity can extend well beyondebooks, as curations can

incorporateother electronic media such asimages, articles, video, andaudio”

Andrew Roskill, Library Journal

Why curating new social media?

- Promoting the library- Showing off library expertise- Explore and work together with

the library users

Spotify – not only music

Language courses– Language Superstar

Bird songs and other sounds from the nature

Sounds for relaxationSound effectsFamous speeches from

important historical events

Audiobooks

How would the soundtrack of this book sound?

…or this…

… or for that matter, one of these guys?

And then put it on your Pinterest Pin Board

Collecting and sharing

Collecting and sharing

Collecting and sharing

Good luck, explore, have fun

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