Bridging Worlds Conference 2008, Singapore Day One Track One Speaker 2 - Sidsel Bech_Petersen

1. Bridging Worlds 2008, Singapore

2. DRAFT
This presentation is a draft of the presentation that will be held on the
Bridging Worlds conference in Singapore. The final presentation will include
the newest pictures and experiences.
Sidsel Bech-Petersen
Aarhus Public Libraries, The Main Library
Denmark
Contact: sibp@aarhus.dk

3. AGENDA
• What happens in Aarhus?
• Challenges
– Opening up databases
– Rethinking libary space
– Mashing up people
• What have we learned
• Future challenges

4. MEDIASPACE:
A new library at the waterfront

5. THE MASHUP:
FROM SILOS TO
DIALOGUE

8. New integrated search:
Sorted by relevance
Everything in one pool

9. RETHINKING
LIBRARY
SPACE

10. The Augmented Library:
Or: Library 2.0 in the physical library

11. Digital ”poster-column”:
Librarians promote library resources
Users can pick up references

12. How?:
• The library staff select the web
pages to be shown
• Interactivity – web pages shown
by turning (no traditional
keyboard or mouse)
• Natural pick up of digital material
• The cell phone collect the web
address
• Bluetooth transmits address to pc

13. iFloor:
Q&A forum for library users and librarians
Collaborative interaction technique

14. Story Surfer:
”Inspiration browser” for children’s literature
Collaborative search

15. BibPhone:
Enables children to annotate physical material
with digital recordings

16. MASHING UP
PEOPLE:
CO-CREATION

17. Literature Lab
Interactive Floors and robots

18. News Lab
A wall of screens

19. Music Lab
The library as a place to be as well as a
place to do something

20. Exhibition Lab
A different concept for library exhibitions

21. The Square
Dialogue
Daily voxpop and a quotation wall

22. ”Vores Bibliotek”
In english it means: Our Library
Idea generation with users

23. Mindspot:
The Spotmobile

24. Unleash the library users:
Workshops
Dialogue

25. Unleash the library users:
Workshops
Dialogue

26. Village Square:
A good way for the library to open up to the
city and let citizens define the content

27. The Voices of the City:
The purpose was to gather the voices and
opinions of the citizens

28. The Gobelin Tapestry:
Users submit pictures
Interactive installation

29. The Clapping Screen:
Make the users visible in the library

30. REFLECTIONS
Lessons learned
Future challenges