Creative Connections Presentation Notes

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"What are some of the most exci8ng opportuni8es facing public libraries today and what steps might a library system take to help a member library explore and implement one of these opportuni8es?" Crea%ve Connec%ons: Expanding Opportuni%es for Library Expression Changes in role in community, especially regarding lendables and use of space; a library system can help connect libraries to each other and their communi%es in this changing landscape

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David Lankes: “The mission of librarians is to improve society through facilita8ng knowledge crea%on in their communi8es”

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•  Streaming video and audio, digital archives and more •  Try before you buy, can be preloaded. Laptops and even hotspots (like the NYPL) •  Fishing poles, cake pans, kniQng needles, tools, musical instruments, video

produc8on equipment, curated kits for learning a par8cular skill •  Seeds and even plots of land for learning growing prac8ces (Onondaga PL), people

-‐ Human Library events events and Brooklyn Public Library’s Bykln Skillshare where community members lend their skills and knowledge to patrons

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•  Number of homeschoolers has doubled in past 15 years •  Comfortable chairs, cafes, games •  Ann Arbor District Library has wide range of instruments and effects pedals and a

local musician recently had a record release party for an album recorded using only these. Many libraries now rent out their spaces for weddings and other events

•  Computer centers with range of instruc8on, video and audio produc8on studios, digital conversion equipment

•  3D scanners and printers, mul8media produc8on suites, power tools •  Blending of leisure and technology: HOMAGO (Mimi Ito: Hanging Out, Messing

Around, Geeking Out)

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•  Etsy partnership, Shark Tank events •  Notaries, genealogy experts, copyright specialists, digital archivists, programmers,

ar8sts-‐librarians •  Increasingly standard and broadened to include tablets and specialized computers •  Wider range of training: Excel, Photoshop, Wordpress, to CAD soaware and

advanced coding •  Rock concerts and bacle of the bands, poetry slams, plays, movies, live streaming

events (World Cup) •  High Plains Library District in Colorado used a BTOP grant to establish a computer

center housed in a community shelter.

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•  Library as publisher: support authors and ar8sts in every step of process (from NANOWRIMO to prin8ng), ar8sts in residence

•  San Franscisco Public Library has a full 8me social worker, and every month in the library’s auditorium, agencies set up booths offering resources and services geared to the homeless, such as eyeglasses, vaccines, shoes, and haircuts.

•  Upper Hudson installed solar panels in 2012 that provide over 1/3 of the building’s power

•  BOCES and more, OSHA training •  Home-‐based business to realtor cer8fica8on to business incorpora8on (Chicago

Public Library recently partnered with 6 area startups for a demo day)

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•  OverDrive and more •  Upper Hudson collec8ons •  OCLC, current challenges related to lack of consistent records in Horizon •  Expand idea of resource sharing to include ideas, programs, best prac8ces, and

library staff

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•  Explore possibility of digital document delivery & expansion of physical delivery to include non-‐book items

•  Provide resources for specialized collec8on development (e.g. graphic novels). Extend E-‐resources to local collec8ons: Archives, and Denver Public Library partnered with local musicians to stream their music to cardholders

•  Widely research grant possibili8es for libraries and create resource pool. Expand outreach to challenged popula8ons.

•  Increase training to member libraries based on desired subjects. Provide educa8on and resources on growing issues such as copyright and patron privacy

•  Expand online social networking and provide new in-‐person networking opportuni8es

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•  Searchable inventory of items for loan at each library, including areas of specializa8on

•  Same for non-‐shared digital materials such as digital archives •  Also for materials and equipment available at each library that are not loaned out:

scan, fax, etc.

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•  Study rooms, conference rooms, archives and local history, crea8ve spaces such as maker labs

•  Casual spaces, coffee shops, vending machines, outdoor spaces such as gardens

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•  Encore supports integra8on into catalog

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•  List of past and current partnerships, with contact informa8on •  List of poten8al supports at every level •  Include organiza8ons with similar missions to libraries, libraries and educa8onal

organiza8ons outside our system, social service organiza8ons

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•  Browsable and searchable index of physical and virtual resources for grant and programming ideas and support (area organiza8ons, books, websites, blogs, listservs)

•  Archive of programs descrip8ons and materials from member libraries (MERLOT: Mul8media Educa8onal Resource for Learning and Online Teaching, PRIMO: Peer-‐Reviewed Instruc8onal Materials Online, Make It @ Your Library)

•  Collec8on of materials created at member libraries available for reuse by others •  Contact informa8on and subject special8es for member library of staff willing to

share (guide, run, mentor). Example: Gordon Noble E-‐reader training

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•  Library passport, Link Economy: one library recommends another (Macy’s to Gimbels in Miracle on 34th St.)

•  Social meetups online and in person to share ideas, deepen our sense of community

•  Patrons have more tools and more exposure to are libraries •  Harwood Ins8tute’s Turn Outward model: “Turning Outward makes the

community and the people the reference point for geQng things done.” Finding more ways to engage our patrons and listen to their needs

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