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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
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THIS IS A LIBRARY
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TOOLS OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
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CONNECTING COMMUNITIES ELECTRONICALLY
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BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER
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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
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THE INTERNET: OUR FRIEND
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SHARING OPENLY
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CONNECTING LOCALLY
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BEING PRESENT DIGITALLY
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MY EXPERIENCE BUILDING COMMUNITIES ONLINE
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CONNECTED ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS
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CREATING VIRAL COMMUNITIES
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COLLABORATING GLOBALLY
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BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER
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SHARING GLOBALLY IN REAL TIME AND ARCHIVING FOR POSTERITY
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DOCUMENTING THE COMMUNITY
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SUPPORTING LOCAL WRITERS
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CROSSING BOUNDARIES
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NEVER LEAVE EMPTY HANDED
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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
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BRING ON THE DISCUSSION
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LEAD BY EXAMPLE
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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