Luke Roskilly, Educational Consultant

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Introduction

• Luke Roskilly, Educational Consultant
• Developing teaching resources with new media
• 'Google and iPod generation'
• Technology and the internet have changed the way
  we access information.

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• When I wanted to goAs a child reading Tintin
  books
• When I had to goAt university, studying History
  and German
• When it made sense to goNow, for other services
  e.g. recycling

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EducationTeen and adult

• e.g. Idea Stores(Tower Hamlets, East London)
• Everything from dance to car maintenance, with a
  community focus

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EducationIntegration with school

• Homework workshops
• Help in person or online
• Career workshops
• Advice, writing CVs, internship and volunteering
  noticeboards

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Social environment

• For a library to find a place in people's hearts,
  it needs to be a pleasant place to be.
• Simple factors such as clean, fresh decor,
  lighting, good chairs and tables etc.
• Cafés and teen areas
• Meeting space to talk, space to work

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Ideas Store
Ideas Store - shelving
Otley Library
Ideas Store - café
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Ward End Library
Port Talbot Library
Lowestoft Library Record Office
Otley Library
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Events

• Social function, drawing people to the library as
  a place where something is happening.
• Talks, author events, concerts, film screenings
  and discussions, poetry competition, starting
  point for local walking tours, Xbox challenges!
• Exhibition space

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Ann Arbor Library
Westminster Reference Library
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Virtual presence - website

• The Web is closely integrated into people's
  social, daily behaviour. This will only increase
  with the development of new technologies see
  iPhone.
• Library websites should be connected with these
  new trends.
• Not in competition to the actual library, but an
  extension.

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www.jeugdbibliotheek.nl
www.ahml.info
downloadmedia.denverlibrary.org
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Virtual presence - website

• Features
• Book reviews and tips for different age groups
• Podcasts and videocasts
• Downloadable audio books
• Downloadable books for eBook formats
• Personalised accounts order books online, renew
  books etc.
• Ask a Librarian service by telephone, online chat

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Books, books, books!

• Are books irrelevant?
• No! - Books are still appealing.
• Shelving and presentation are important.
• Ordering books from central store terminals /
  online.

Ideas Store - shelving
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Conclusion

• Libraries no longer have monopoly on information
  or on media. Information is everywhere, media is
  increasingly being transferred purely
  electronically.
• Social and educational functions should be in
  foreground.
• Should be attractive places to be places where
  things happen.