from crowd surfing to crowdsourcing – collaboration & sir henrys @ucc library
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The Inside out Library:Collaboration, Inspiration, Transformation
A&SL Annual Conference 2015
Martin O’Connor
From Crowd Surfing to Crowdsourcing – Collaboration & Sir Henrys @UCC Library
SetlistO What we didO How we did itO OutcomesO Going forwardO ?????sO “One more choon!!”
O Crowd SourcingO to outsource work to a
n unspecified
group of people, typically by making an
appeal to the general public on the
internet
O CollaborationO the act of working wit
h another or
others on a joint project
The spark…
Why Exhibitions & why Henrys?
O EducationO Library Advocacy O Promotion of Collections
O AccessibilityO Public RelationsO Leisure & Entertainment
Laura Williams: Exhibitions in Libraries – the role of the Information Profession
al
Blog
@PMcLoone
@aslinndubh
@OSullivanJennie
@marmosets
@desodr1
@djjennygreene
@kieranomahony
@EoinBearla
@pjcoogan
@BHayesCurtin @rorycobb
e
@joanneoflynn
@PaulByrne_1
@Corktod
@talldanhegarty
@ColmTODAYFM
@Desbishop
@GlowPiglet
Blog Pavement
Nirvana
Australia The First
Engagement with Blog
MC or NF?
Special Shout Out!Jack Lyo
ns
Raymond Scannell
Tuathla Lucey
Jim Morrish
Youth Work Ireland -
Gurranabraher
O Increased profile of the library locally and nationallyO Positive engagement with wider communityO Raised profile of Library within UCCO Led to an appreciation of what the library does & raised expectations of what it can do
O Brought different peoples and content into the library – went some way towards breaking down the Ivory Wall for many people
Outcomes …
RTE 6.01 News 09 August 2014
O By judicious use of Social Media – a great
deal can be done with very little
O But… using Social Media properly takes
time & effort. It cannot be an add on.
O But… it is worth it. Using social media
correctly can create snowballs & can
actually do the work for you
O Crowdsourcing taps into literally a world of
extant materialO It throws up unknown & unexpected gems –
As Eileen said “I didn’t know half this stuff existed let alone
survived”
A sort of Coda
More of a sort of coda
O With Social Media, media is only the tool – it is the social, the people, that is importantO People love to get involved and to be involved in thingsO People are monumental collectors and we hoard stuff – lots of it…O Whatever you’re looking for – somebody probably has itO Just ASK!
Going Forward…Teasers…
Sir Henrys @Cork City Library
The Book
The Film
The archive
