Libraries Meet Startups: An Unusual Love Story

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A light-hearted look at my attempt to smush libraries and startup thinking together. Basically, I relate a number of stories and introduce a few experiments that I've tried at the University of Guelph Library in the past few years. Presented at the Code Meet Print Toronto Meetup on September 18, 2014.

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libraries meet startupsan unusual love story

librarianm.j. d’eliainstructor

first crushj

techinfo people

information management

i.b.c.

getting seriousjj

designidea pitch

entrepreneurship

customer development

entrepreneurship

entrepreneurship

going steadyjjj

the big fightx

the pitch

the aftermathb

i want more…

engaged!t

librarians

marriage9

helen june meg emily

raisin’ readers

3

early literacy app to reward reading

space valet

2

mobile app to help find study space

hub

1

library materials + community resources

sticky bookmarks

hm

platform to mark erotic book content

lessons learnedv

build - measure - learn

S L

resources

S L

get out of the building

S L

get into the building

S L

adjacencies

S L

accessibility

S L

the pitch

thank you!l