libraries are awesome: community building, social media, and public libraries
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This presentation was the very first keynote address for inaugural RA in a Half Day at Surrey Central Library for the British Columbia Library Association.TRANSCRIPT
LIBRARIES ARE AWESOME!
COMMUNITY BUILDING, SOCIAL MEDIA
AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES
PRESENTED AT SURREY CENTRAL LIBRARY OCTOBER 24, 2012 SEAN CRANBURY, BOOKS ON THE RADIO PROJECTS SEAN AT BOOKSONTHERADIO DOT CA @SEANCRANBURY | @BOOKSONTHERADIO
THIS IS A LIBRARY
TOOLS OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
CONNECTING COMMUNITIES ELECTRONICALLY
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT TODAY
• LIBRARIES ARE COMMUNITY HUBS • THE INTERNET IS OUR FRIEND
• LIBRARIES BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER • LIBRARIES CONNECT PEOPLE GLOBALLY • WE CAN MEASURE INTERACTIONS • INNOVATION IS ALREADY HAPPENING • RELEVANT NOW MORE THAN EVER
BEFORE
THE INTERNET: OUR FRIEND
SHARING OPENLY
CONNECTING LOCALLY
BEING PRESENT DIGITALLY
MY EXPERIENCE BUILDING COMMUNITIES ONLINE
CONNECTED ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS
CREATING VIRAL COMMUNITIES
COLLABORATING GLOBALLY
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER
SHARING GLOBALLY IN REAL TIME AND ARCHIVING FOR POSTERITY
DOCUMENTING THE COMMUNITY
SUPPORTING LOCAL WRITERS
CROSSING BOUNDARIES
NEVER LEAVE EMPTY HANDED
LIBRARIES CAN DO ALL OF THIS
• YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES • YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE • YOU HAVE THE LOCATION (!!!!!) • YOU ARE CONNECTED TO THE WORLD • YOU CAN MEASURE YOUR
INNOVATION • ACTION + INTERACTION = RELEVANCE • THE WEB LOVES YOU ALREADY
BRING ON THE DISCUSSION
LEAD BY EXAMPLE
SUPPORT THE REVOLUTION
THANK YOU
MY NAME IS SEAN CRANBURY YOU CAN FIND ME LIVING IN VANCOUVER.
YOU CAN FIND ME ON THE INTERNETS, TOO. SEAN AT BOOKSONTHERADIO DOT CA
@SEANCRANBURY | 778-987-8774