Shanachies interview Knud Schulz about new library in Aarhus and the Next Library Unconference. The Libary as a space of desire.
http://www.nextlibrary.net
Scott Nicholson is doing an exciting one month course on Gaming in Libraries at the moment that can be found on http://www.gamesinlibraries.org/course/
Shanachies interview Kathy Dempsey and Helene Blowers at CIL 2009 about the future of libraries and the UGame Ulearn conference.
Shaking and on the last drops of unleaded we reach Sale, Gippsland, Victoria and refuel the Lizzard King. The rain pours down and we are actually getting a bit fed up being the Drought Busters. We get safely to Melbourne and thanks to our Tom Tom we find our camping park at Coburg. Award winning [...]
We wake up early as we know the traffic in Brisbane gets insane and our Tom Tom is not 100% reliable at times. During breakfast we decide that after the four hour presentation and tour around the library we will try to make it a few hours south away from this disaster area and hope [...]
After our touch of summer and presentation in Perth we left early for the airport with the hotel shuttle. The flue is getting worse and all my muscles ache. The last thing I look forward to is another 5 hour flight, but it has to be done. Sharan Harvey is waiting at the airport of [...]
After amazing food at the local Chinese Duck restaurant, where we find out that people in Australia bring their own beer and wine to the restaurant we go for one big beer at a local pub. This day has been so long and we are so tired that we seem like bewildered eskimos looking at [...]
Erik Boekesteijn and Jaap van de Geer, DOK Library Concept Center. travel to Chicago (2007) to explore gaming in libraries. Interviews with famous bibliobloggers Jeny Levine, Michael Stephens and Leah White and visits to Kankakee Public Library and Shaumburg Township District Library give us some insights into potential benefits of gaming for communities in this [...]
Christine Mackenzie interview from Jaap van de Geer on Vimeo.
Shaking and on the last drops of unleaded we reach Sale, Gippsland, Victoria and refuel the Lizzard King. The rain pours down and we are actually getting a bit fed up being the Drought Busters. We get safely to Melbourne and thanks to our Tom Tom [...]
I still have pieces of hat between my teeth and a rather upset stomach. Oz kitchen for poor excuse for a fisherman is deadly. If the snakes and floods don’t kill you a Kangaroo leather hat will. This trip has been well laid out and the travel distances are just managable. It takes us about [...]
Road to Melbourne: Picton Library from Jaap van de Geer on Vimeo.
After another rainy night we pack up our wet chairs and get out of Sydney before it gets to us. It is another 1000 kms to Melbourne and we need to revive a little before we are ready to break some barriers and speak [...]
Sydney from Jaap van de Geer on Vimeo.
There it is. The city unfolds itself and opens like some sort of shell. We find our camping park after some miscommunication with our Tom Tom and see that it is situated only 20 yards of the first graves on a huge cemetary. We probably have a couple [...]
Road to Sidney, part one from Jaap van de Geer on Vimeo.
Byron Bay and the lighthouse are in every way what we hoped they would be. The most Eastern point of the mainland of Australia. We are overlooking the bay and think of the crew of captain Cook and how they saw this country for [...]
Brisbane City Council Library from Jaap van de Geer on Vimeo.
We wake up early as we know the traffic in Brisbane gets insane and our Tom Tom is not 100% reliable at times. During breakfast we decide that after the four hour presentation and tour around the library we will try to make it a [...]
Queensland State Library from Jaap van de Geer on Vimeo.
After our touch of summer and presentation in Perth we left early for the airport with the hotel shuttle. The flue is getting worse and all my muscles ache. The last thing I look forward to is another 5 hour flight, but it has to be [...]
Perth Down Under from Jaap van de Geer on Vimeo.
After amazing food at the local Chinese Duck restaurant, where we find out that people in Australia bring their own beer and wine to the restaurant we go for one big beer at a local pub. This day has been so long and we are so [...]
ShanachieTour Down Under: Trailer from Jaap van de Geer on Vimeo.
Finally the ShanachieTour kicks off. It seems like yesterday that we landed in Amsterdam after our little tour from London to Monterey. The weather was much the same as this morning. Drizzle and cold and depressing. We really enjoyed getting our ShanachieTour book and the [...]
Amazing. Who could have a thought that in two years time we would be back in London as keynote of the second day at Internet librarian International. It seems yesterday when we were illegally filming at Internet Librarian International 2006 after buying tickets to the conference. The first time we met Marydee, Dick Kaser, and [...]
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Another 4500 miles on our Shanachie flying account. After 12 hours, with one stop on the Dominican Republic we land on tropical Jamaica. The land of Reggea music, rum, jerk food and libraries and we want to explore it all. No flues, fever or other setbacks this time. We are exited and ready to enjoy [...]
Monterey, the final episode
There it is. After 5000 miles we are guided by the sound of the Sea lions towards our hotel and the conference center. Right next to fisherman’s wharf we park the mother ship to leave her behind for two nights. We have been lost in beautiful national parks without internet, so there [...]
The road to Monterey
Salt Lake City PL was the last library on our list, well we had more, but that would have been impossible. I guess we have to come back. That is, if you will have us. But the reception everywhere has been so warm and the people so friendly that I put my [...]
Salt Lake City Pl. let this Northern star be a guide
Coming towards Salt Lake, we are a bit disappointed at first. After a drive through beautiful scenery we see enormous smog hanging over downtown Salt Lake. We expected a clean, healthy town, but as Andrew our tour guide explains, it is because of the mountains [...]
Florence, Co. Brave librarians throw away all lame excuses
After our admired friend Jenny Levine posted our tour on her blog Karen Hixon was brave enough to invite the Dutch gang over to her library. Despite our impossible schedule we really wanted to visit a small town library to see how they are facing [...]
Future history is treasured in Denver Public Library
It is 6.00 am. Nebraska alarm. Temperatures are below zero in the mother ship. This to me is Bruce country. Today we have to cross it to get to Denver, Co and it turns out to be the big void. A sort of Bermuda triangle. We lose all [...]
Barbara Peterson runs a terrific show in Iowa
How big is this country? I feel like there is no end to it. The drone of our rolling mother ship goes on and on. I Feel much better and I am so glad with the all the positive reactions on what we are doing. Just goes to [...]
Mother ship touches Home base Chicago
After what I hope will be the worst drive of my life we reach Chicago. My food poison reached worst stadium and I had to spend nearly 4 hours of the night trip to Chicago banged against bathroom walls trying to sit on toilet. My prayers were heard and we [...]
Eli puts G-force in Ann Arbor’s District Library
This distance, however ambitious we maybe, is not something we can do in 1 day. So from Charlotte we head out for a 5 hour drive in the Appalachian Mnts. Full of inspiration of our visit with Matt we rolled through the red, brown and green mountains in [...]
Matt Gullet is lifting library standards in Charlotte
Very close to being arrested for illegal camping, we were almost at gunpoint directed to a spot in one of the darkest places I have ever seen. Exhausted as we were, we went to sleep early to [...]
NYPL or New York PauL Oxygenizes New York library
After a night without oxygen, which actually made Jaap wake up in the middle of the night screaming for air, we got out of our hotel at 8.00 am to meet Paul Holdengraber at the New York Public Library. Expectations were high as we knew the [...]
OK. After two hours of trying to get our soundsystem to work and having warm feelings about the person who bought this garbage, we head out for Chinatown to get a proper meal.And a proper meal we did find. The Peking Duck House is confirmed to be the place to get Chinese food in New [...]
Finally it has really begun now. Left Schiphol Amsterdam and on a big blue bird we are flying to America. Lost Jaap and Geert in an, as it seems totally absorbing Die Hard movie. After somewhat undefinable airbus food I long for good spicey New York Food. Not a clue how long it is going [...]
Friday the 28th we had an early kick off to the Shanachietour visiting one of the most beautiful libraries in the Netherlands: Amsterdam Public Library. In the next couple of days we will publish the travel plans from New York to Monterey.
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Shanachie Tour Trailer
The Shanachie tour Trailer is made by Robin Slierendregt at 3komma14.
Read more about the tour on the “about page”. Please leave us a comment when you know of innovative libraries in between New York and Monterey CA we should visit.
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Cor Boekesteijn
3 oktober 1931 - 21 augustus 2007
In loving memory of a true poet and shanachie
Grotere kaart weergeven
13 oktober New York - 30 oktober Monterey, CA
New York Public Library-Paul Holdengraber
Darien Public Library-John Blyberg
Charlotte & Meckleburg Public Library-Matt Gullet
Ann Arbor District Library- Eli Neiburger
Mortenson Center-Barbara Ford
Council Bluffs Public Library-Barbara Peterson
Denver Public Library-Dianne Lapierre
Salt Lake City Library-Britton Lund
Route so far. There is still time for one or two more visits. So if [...]
Mother ship touches Home base Chicago
After what I hope will be the worst drive of my life we reach Chicago. My food poison reached worst stadium and I had to spend nearly 4 hours of the night trip to Chicago banged against bathroom walls trying to sit on toilet. My prayers were heard and we did reach Dominican University alive, where friendly security allowed us to stay overnight on campus. First thing in the morning was calling Michael Stephens to please come to the rescue with some proper medicine, which he did and which made it possible for me to get in front of his class, with Jaap and Geert to tell something about the tour and what we are doing in Delft with DOK, our own public library.The class was quit surprised when a whole group with Jenny Levine, Catherine, Stephen and our trio entered the room, but jumped to the occasion and came up with great questions. In the end we came up with the idea of spinning the bottle on the university floor with a few students and our group, thus giving our view on the library of the future. Wow, what great material. Fine people with vision, these upcoming librarians of the 21st century. Very hard to say goodbye after only a few hours. But we will meet up with Jenny and Michael in Monterey and play a mean Wii game in the mother ship. Turning our nose southward we hit the motorway towards Champaign Urbana and the Mortenson Center, where we have an appointment with Barabara Ford. Barbara has an amazing career and has, as director of the ALA, had the honor to meet President Bill Clinton. She has seen many changes, but definitely sees a great future for libraries. They are doing a teriffic job on cataloging all the new media . That is a big thing in the Netherlands as well. We did some footage (in dutch) on a Fobid Conference in september in The Haque . Whether it is about gaming or other technology, where Linda is working with in the Undergraduate Library or the education of librarians of other countries, where it is difficult to have internet access. It made me realize that the future we are thinking about is so different from the future in other countries. We need to explore and keep our course, but we should never forget and help those who are behind us. John Woods, did I already say you have our admiration? Free access to the web everywhere with reliable, objective information if you want, and good education programs. Wow we have still a lot work ahead of us.
You can also view & download the Quicktime Version below.
October 22nd, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Erik, Jaap, and Geert! We had such a great few hours with you here in Chicago. We wish we could kidnap you and keep you here for a few days! But the Library Bureau of Investigation never sleeps and you have a long way to go so good luck on the rest of the drive!
Erik, you were a total genius to come up with the Future of the Library Spin the Bottle game - the students loved it and we loved it!
Hope you are feeling better and joyfully travelling west in your covered wagon!
Thank you for my LBI t-shirt! I will wear it in pride!
October 22nd, 2007 at 6:01 pm
Wat een heerlijkheid deze reis. Met jaloezie en tranen in de ogen keken collega Droog en ik naar de beeldne van wild bunch in hun witte paleis. WOW……..en auw dat we daar niet bij zijn. Geniet and tour on.
M + E.
October 22nd, 2007 at 7:17 pm
What a nice surprise to hear Jaap’s voice straight from the US high way. Just back from Berlin,where we visited the Berlin staatsbibliotheek, we noticed that they could use a bust from the boys of the shanachietour!
There’s still a lot to do for the LBI !!
Boys, I wish you a lot of succes, I am proud of this crew, stay healthy en please keep on telling stories.
a close relative
October 22nd, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Hi you bunch. As I remembered, good old Billy Bragg once said that being a libary member in the US was an act of communism. Nowadays it seems to be an act of being world citizin. Keep on showing and sharing ideas and future visions.
October 23rd, 2007 at 12:25 am
We are looking forward to seeing you tomorrow! Where are you? Do you need some help parking that thing? Come hungry - we’re going to have tamales!
October 23rd, 2007 at 12:45 am
I wonder what the proper medicine of Michael was?
You go guys!
October 23rd, 2007 at 11:53 am
Hey guys, doing great as I can read it. Erik, have you not tried the good old medicine I took back in Ireland when we had that, well, what they called fish and chips in Ballyshannon (if my memory serves me well) and we described as “greasy salty nondercript stuff”. Anyway, my stomach fell apart but the good old “hot whiskey” helped a lot.
It is great to see that you can really reach out to people over there and truly share ideas and visions, and to see how welcome you are warms my heart and shows that we in Europe have some ideas about the United States that need to be corrected!
My personal excuses for now. It is obvious that you recieve openminded warm people. Great. Keep having fun, take care and keep me posted. AND BRING BACK THAT GUITAR. The thought of leaving a guitar behind………..
Can’t anyone over there help Erik.
October 23rd, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Erik, Geert and Jaap! Thank you so much for coming to our LIS 753 class and sharing your library with us. It was exciting to hear about the things you are implementing and doing. I enjoyed participating in the “Future of Libraries” bottle game and look forward to seeing the footage online. I hope the rest of your tour goes well and will read about your progress on your blog.
October 24th, 2007 at 9:06 am
Great video guys! Amazing and inspiring in itself.
Pilgrims on a mission.
October 25th, 2007 at 7:11 am
Love the video, Jaap and Geert! Good job!
October 25th, 2007 at 8:00 am
@ Kathryn: thanks
We are at grand Junction Colorado tonight eating at the Red Barn. Video of song will be posted tomorrow.
October 25th, 2007 at 10:51 am
I love the stories, the movies are great. Fantastic tour.Keep up the good work. Wishing you a safe and inspirational trip.