brian gambles, library of birmingham #rluk14
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Future City, Future Library
Birmingham Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution
The ‘city of a thousand trades’
Birmingham - People
1 million citizens (city-region 5.3m)
33%+ from ethnic minority communities
50 languages spoken in the city
Europe’s second most diverse city – (Amsterdam)
37% under 25 – ‘the youngest city in Europe’
The future face of European Cities
But ...UK city hardest hit by social impact of Recession
• Way above average indicators of deprivation, especially…– unemployment (young people,
long term, concentrated)• Skills and qualifications deficit• High levels of functional illiteracy
(20%+ adults)• Poor health outcomes
• Poor graduate retention• Challenging image domestically
A city that needs…• Confidence in its learning and
cultural status
• A better image (and self-image) home and abroad
• Improved skills for employability for young people
• Sustained community cohesion
• Healthier citizens
• Engaged citizens
• Enhanced skills: literacy, numeracy and digital
A library that will deliver…
• Social capital and community engagement
• Social, economic and health outcomes
• A visitor destination• Creativity and innovation• Inspiration• Grounded in
– Partnership working– A clear digital strategy– A more business-like approach– A transformed service offer
What is the future library?
• Library• Archive• Visitor Attraction• Event Space• Corporate Venue• Social meeting
place• Business meeting
place
What is a library in the 21st
century?• A knowledge hub…a social
learning hub…a cultural exchange…an empowerment centre
• A new partnership – a new social contract - with business, colleges, universities, voluntary sector, creative industries, cultural and arts organisations, writers, performers, schools the community…
• Connecting people to people, people to ideas, ideas to ideas…co-producing services and events
• Social Capital
“I think when I look back at the @LibraryofBham opening, the thing I'll remember is how happy
everyone seems today”
Library of Birmingham - Success
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The Public Library• Public Realm• Inclusive• Learning Journey
• Event rich• Co-production environment• Experiential learning
Children in Need
HEALTH
HERITAGE
BUSINESS
CHILDREN
READING
LEARNING
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The basis for partnership
Partnerships
Co-production
Engagement
Access
Enrichment
Collaboration
Innovation
Digital Customer Experience -New ways of engaging with customers based on mobile
apps, interactive content and digital partnerships.
Collection, Digitisation &
Interpretation of Content
Physical Archives
What we did… Customer Experience
Google Cultural Institute23
Website, LMS, Digital Asset Management
system
Digital Content Delivery: Web, Mobile & In-
Building
Multi-screen digital galleries, feature
interactive devices and Marketing & Events screens
What we did… Technology
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Games:
Foto Fortunes
People’s Archive
Information Overlord
Virtual Library in Second Life
Apps:
Dozens and Trails
What we did… Technology
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http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/
http://www.suburbanbirmingham.org.uk/
http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/childrenshomes.asp
http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/birminghamstories/about.asp
http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/childrenslives/
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Enhanced metadata services
Before
Original Filename
wk-a1-104
Title
A 19lb pike caught in Fox Hollies Pool, Acocks Green,
Birmingham
Caption
Published in the Birmingham Post, 18 December 1972.
Original Filename Title
wk-a1-104.jpg A 19lb pike caught in Fox Hollies Pool, Acocks Green
Description
Portrait of a man with a pike. Published in the Birmingham Post, 18 December 1972.
wk-a1-104
Building/Street District/Suburb City County
Country
Fox Hollies Pool Acocks Green Birmingham West Midlands
England
Type of Building Categories People Date
Home Animals, Sport Adult, Eldery, Men1972
This picture looks This picture shows
Happy Leisure, Pride
Keywords
vertical, indoors, day, photography, black and white image, one
person, man, house, home, residence, room, kitchen, 20th
century, C20th, 1972, 1970s, holding, fish, pike, fishing, food,
leisure time, activities, sport, standing, holding, wearing,
spectacles, Fox Hollies Pool
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Community Heritage and Multicultural Engagement: Reflecting and Representing the Histories and Identities of Diverse Groups comprising a Multicultural City and Society
Library – Community - Partners
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Voices of War
