Playtime!Creativity and Imagination in the Library

Mette K. JensenAarhus Public Libraries, The Main Library, Denmark

Agenda

•Where •Who•Why•What’s up •What’s next

Where

National strategy: The Hybrid Library

Where

National strategy: The Hybrid Library

Who

Aarhus Public Libraries: 18 branches and the Main Library

Who

Children’s section at the Main Library in Aarhus

Team Family

Why

Making time to be a family

Why

Team Family at the library

30 %

50%

Why

When medias change so does the library

Why

How do the digital immigrants approach the digital natives

MEDIASPACE a the new central waterfront in 2014

Why

• Mearningfull Play

• Playfull learning

• Getting together

• Working virtual

What’s up CONCEPT

Meaningfull play: Families at Play in the Library

What’s up CONCEPT

What’s up CONCEPT

The science of play: we don’t need an excuse for playing

What’s up CONCEPT

The Storage Room: a living lab on coming into play

What’s up CONCEPT

Playfull learning: the Children’s Interactive Library

What’s up CONCEPT

Story surfer: an inspirational browser for children

What’s up CONCEPT

BiB-Phone: books are not only the subject but also the media

What’s up CONCEPT

Interactive table: dissiminating anciant history through modern IT

What’s up CONCEPT

Getting together: networking as a library service

What’s up CONCEPT

Circle Computer Club: building formal networks

What’s up CONCEPT

The Gobelin Tapestry: creating a sense of togetherness

What’s up CONCEPT

Spotmobil: getting close to teenagers in their natural habitat

What’s up CONCEPT

Working virtual: different approaches to working online with children and teens

Working from the inside out

What’s up CONCEPT

What’s up CONCEPT

Providing virtual infotainment on a national basis

What’s up CONCEPT

Committing people: giving people influence on library services

What’s up CONCEPT

Cultural probes: getting to know the world from a citizens perspective

What’s up CONCEPT

Working together on creating and improving library services

What’s up LESSONS

Working with children is working with their parents

What’s up LESSONS

… and the other way around

Learning to learn - an important competence

What’s up LESSONS

What’s up LESSONS

Co-creation is a must

What’s up LESSONS

The concept of Library 2.0 is about people not data

What’s up LESSONS

So know our idea and then choose your method

What’s up LESSONS

Simple is often best – do what works

What’s next

The competent citizen. Cooperation between public edcation and public libraries

Gaming in libraries - What do gamers want?

What’s next

Thank you.

Contact: mkj@aarhus.dk