Libraries

– the perfect place to connect!

Nashville Public Library, TennesseeJune/July 2013http://www.library.nashville.org/

• Main + 20 branches (2 are Carnegie libraries built with donations from Andrew Carnegie)

• Logo – “Books are only half the story at NPL!”• Director Kent Oliver: “The library is one of the

most trusted institutions in the community. It is the place that is open to all.”

Library events• Nashville International Puppet Festival (21-23

June 2013) – performances, parade, workshops. Celebrates 75 years of puppetry at NPL (Puss in boots 1938)

• String City: Nashville’s tradition of music & puppetry – presented by Country Music Hall of Fame

• Summer program: Nashville digs reading – win books, Kindles, gift cards, tickets to science centre, baseball, Dollywood...

• Story time, book clubs, movies, courtyard concerts, writers circle, author visits (Michael Chabon, Barbara Kingsolver, Isabel Allende, Patricia Cornwall...), Reading Paws (read with a dog)

• Computer classes – using programs, online safety, Gadget Petting Zoo , using library apps for your device (Zinio magazines, Overdrive, Mango Language Learning, Freegal music)

• Courtyard concerts, Irish dancing, hip hop, drumming, hula hooping, duct tape art, creating comics, manga, claymation, gaming, hen keeping, starting a record label, zoo & museum speakers, science talks, Lego league....

Nashville Public Library• Shakespeare allowed – read every

play aloud in a reading circle• Great American ideas – weekly

discussion• Civil Rights Room – displays &

discussions about social justice• Civil War exhibition – talks, displays,

re-enactments• Volunteer at the library – shelve

books, host events, oral histories (over 300 volunteers, aged 13-93, at 22 locations)

• NPL Foundation – raises funds• Second Saturday Bookstore – sells

used resources• Popmatic podcast – monthly popular

culture show – library nerds geeking out about books, movies, music

Charleston County Public Library, South CarolinaJuly 2013http://www.ccpl.org/

• Main + 15 branches• Summer reading program – 700

events (sponsors include Yellow Pages, McDonalds, restaurants etc)

• Dig into reading (up to 11 years)• Beneath the surface (grades 6-12)• Reading wave (18+)• Story time, book clubs, movies,

Downton Abbey catch-up, computer games, board games, Lego club , loggerhead turtle talk, water safety talks

• Teens - Lowcountry drummers, home school social club, anime club, urban legends talk, book & movie discussions

• Adults - Monday night jazz, zumba, mah jongg, family law, immigration law (Spanish), hurricane basics

• Online job searching, computer classes, Tech toy box (try out gadgets), Tech talks (“Lunch & learn”)

• Friends of the Library Summer Book Sale (2 days only) - $1 p/b, $3 h/b, DVDs, CDs

Mobile Public Library, AlabamaJuly 2013• Main + 9 branches

• Logo: “Wonder-Full!”

• Story time, movies, computer classes, family history, homework help (Tutor.com)

• Resume & CV workshops

• Book clubs: Ebony Moments – studies African American authors; mysteries; historical fiction; teen

Brisbane City Council LibrariesSummer 2014http://

www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/libraries/index.htm

• 34 branches & mobile service• Indooroopilly Library located inside

shopping mall – very popular!• Story time, movies, book clubs, writing

room, computer & board games, Lego Activity Centre, craft

• Computer classes – Pinterest, iPads, eBay, social media

• Live in the library – singing performances

• English conversation hour• Introduction to downloadable books• Film 101 workshop – use iPads & apps to

make a film

• Street science workshops• Claymation & cartooning workshops• Investig8 Art – 8 art forms to

investigate in 80 minutes – an action-packed creative arts workshop (4 yrs+)

• Not Quite a Book Club – share your favourite book in 3 minutes

• Slam the mic – poets, live performance

• Where the wild things are – drama workshop

• Workshop with beatbox poet & win an author for your book club

• Keeping chickens in the backyard

Brisbane Libraries• Makey Makey workshops – the

invention kit for the 21st century eg. conductive paint sound-maker (8-12 yrs)

• littleBits workshops – simple electronic circuits that snap together to make machines that create drawings & paintings (8-12 yrs)

• Introduction to Scratch – create interactive stories, animations & games (8-12 yrs)

• Digital Hub – using highspeed internet & mobile devices

Reader-in-residence 2014Brisbane Square Library

David Stavanger (aka Ghostboy) – Queensland poet, lyricist , spoken word artist & slam MC

• Mentored by the creator of the reader-in-residence program – Edinburgh City Libraries

• Jazz & poetry sessions• Summer ginko (haiku walk)• Horror poetry sessions

State Library Queensland Summer 2014http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/

• Exhibition - Our Dreaming: animating country (display from the Aboriginal Nations TV series) – animation cells & artwork, creative learning space, hear & tell stories, animation studio

• Talbot Family Treasures Wall – unique items from 200 years of Queensland history

• Whispers – readings from new & established authors in the Library Cafe

• Music Hour – Friday afternoons• Free films on Sundays

• Aboriginal poets – political poetry• Reclaiming lost language – digital

technologies help revitalise Aboriginal languages

• TEDx South Bank Women - talks• 14 February – Love is a 4 letter

word – story slam• Story Lab workshops - animation,

cartooning, comics, manga, Scratch, Flash (9-16 yrs)

• Place making workshop – what does place & space mean to you? Design your dream space (5-12 yrs)

SLQ• Looking @2.0 – free online ICT

skills course• Secret SLQ game app – explore

the library, find hidden clues, earn points

• SummerReadingClub.org.au - very popular - writing comps,

blogs, games, free ebook• Simple app of storytelling – digital

storytelling tips (3-9 yrs)

Libraries ACT

• ACT libraries are as popular as ever – increasing use of services

• Shane Rattenbury: “They provide programs that are relevant to the community”

• Upgrades to Belconnen, Erindale, Kippax & Tuggeranong

In 2013: • 1.9 million visits to library

branches• 3 million items borrowed• 60 000 attended library programs