About
Introduction
October 2006 Erik Boekesteijn and Jaap van de Geer visited on behalve of DOK, Delft Public Library, the Internet Librarian International conference. We were there to make a videocast about the conference and report about the development with regard to web 2.0 Check the (video) result of this visit on the official site van de organisation: Internet Librarian Internationa. At the conference we met Jenny Levine and Michael Stephens. There was chemistry there from the start and these two webloggers agreed to cooperate in this short film in London. Several months later DOK was asked by Probiblio, a service organisation for libraries in the North- and South of Holland, to make a film about gaming and libraries. The result can be seen here. For this film we visited Chicago on invitation of Jenny Levine We also visited libraries such as Kankakee Public Library, Shaumburg en Gail Borden. This whole week we stayed with Michael Stephens and we exchanged many ideas about libraries and innovation. One of the ideas that came up was the Shanachietour 2007.
The plan
During the visits to the libraries we noticed the passion and enthousiasm of the people working on library innovation. There are many tools being made in the field of web 2.0 and so called social software. We learned that gaming in libraries can have a stimulating effect. In Shaumburg there is a 70% increase in book circulation every year. Another thing that came up was how little libraries are aware of what others are doing and the wheel keeps being reinvented. We think that a tool like video casting can help to change that and bring great ideas across. Together with Geert van den Boogaard, Jenny Levine and Michael Stephens we have made the following plan.In the three weeks leading up to Internet Librarian 2007 in Monterey we want to make a trip through America from Chicago to Monterey. During this trip we intent to collect best practices of a number of pre-selected libraries, innovative ideas, web 2.0 tools and the motto of the 21st century librarian:
Make Stories, Tell Stories, Keep Stories
We will do exactly just that and keep a video diary of the stories we come across and publish that on our website. We will also keep a special weblog in Dutch and in English. This trip in our opinion is a cooperation between two of the greatest library associations in the world and has never been done on such a scale. At the end of the trip we will present a definite version of the documentary on 30th October at the Internet Librarian 2007 conference at Monterey.
Internet Librarian 2007 conference
Tuesday Evening Session 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m
• Gadgets, Gadgets, & Gaming!
• Barbara Fullerton, Manager, Library Relations, 10KWizard
• Sabrina Pacifini, Editor & Publisher, LLRX.com & beSpacific.com
• Aaron Schmidt, Director, North Plains Public Library
• Erik Boekesteijn & Jaap van de Geer, Delft Public Library
We will bring innovative ideas and games from the Netherlands with us and invite well known librarians to join in. Information on best practise libraries and contacts to plan our route is greatly appreciated. Join in this coast to coast library event and help to built the library that will guide us through the 21st century.You can e-mail us over at e.boekesteijn@dok.info
Kind Regards,
LBI Shanachie Tour Crew:
• Erik Boekesteijn (PR, interviews)
• Jaap van de Geer (IT, camera)
• Geert van den Boogaard (projectmanager)
special thanks to
DOK
Probiblio
Kankakee Public Library
Tame The Web, Michael Stephens
The Shifted Librarian (1)
The Shifted Librarian (2)
Father Roderick
Digitaal inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek
Robin Slierendregt (Artwork & Motion Design)
