LIBRARIES ARE AWESOME!

COMMUNITY BUILDING, SOCIAL MEDIA

AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES

PRESENTED AT SURREY CENTRAL LIBRARYOCTOBER 24, 2012

SEAN CRANBURY, BOOKS ON THE RADIO PROJECTSSEAN 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 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

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