This presentation was the very first keynote address for inaugural RA in a Half Day at Surrey Central Library for the British Columbia Library Association.

1. LIBRARIES ARE AWESOME!
COMMUNITY BUILDING,
SOCIAL MEDIA
AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES
PRESENTED AT SURREY CENTRAL LIBRARY
OCTOBER 24, 2012
SEAN CRANBURY, BOOKS ON THE RADIO PROJECTS
SEAN AT BOOKSONTHERADIO DOT CA
@SEANCRANBURY | @BOOKSONTHERADIO

2. THIS IS A LIBRARY

3. TOOLS OF KNOWLEDGE AND
UNDERSTANDING

4. CONNECTING COMMUNITIES
ELECTRONICALLY

5. BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER

6. 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 MORE THAN EVER
BEFORE

7. THE INTERNET: OUR FRIEND

8. SHARING OPENLY

9. CONNECTING LOCALLY

10. BEING PRESENT DIGITALLY

11. MY EXPERIENCE BUILDING
COMMUNITIES ONLINE

12. CONNECTED ACROSS MULTIPLE
PLATFORMS

13. CREATING VIRAL COMMUNITIES

14. COLLABORATING GLOBALLY

15. BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER

16. SHARING GLOBALLY IN REAL TIME
AND ARCHIVING FOR POSTERITY

17. DOCUMENTING THE COMMUNITY

18. SUPPORTING LOCAL WRITERS

19. CROSSING BOUNDARIES

20. NEVER LEAVE EMPTY HANDED

21. 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

22. BRING ON THE DISCUSSION

23. LEAD BY EXAMPLE

24. SUPPORT THE REVOLUTION

25. 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