Internet Librarian International 2016

Internet Librarian International 2016

Happy Days! How a Library Revitalised a Nightclub Community

#ili2016

Martin O’Connor

UCC [email protected]

@martinoconnor3

The 6.01 News

Some random reflections (1)

O When doing an exhibition consider setting up specific Social Media accounts for the exhibition

O Social Media was absolutely essential to the success of the exhibition – without it there we feel there would literally have been no exhibition

O Social Media is a conversation, to do it properly you need to converse, not broadcast, it’s a dialogue, not a monologue

O Social Media is all about the engagement

O With social media, the platforms are only the tool, it is the engagement, the social, that is important

O The blog was key – by allowing people a space to tell their story we got them involved and they wanted to be involved

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Some random reflections (2)

O Personally I’m not a fan of Facebook – but it was essential for us – without Facebook we would not have engaged the Henrys community to the same extent – Facebook is where most of them were

O To do social media properly it needs to be done properly – time, thought and energy needs to be invested in it

O But with good use of social media a great deal can be done with very little –it can create snowballs & actually do work for you

O The exhibition was such a success because, as we found out, we tapped into something that still means so much to so many Cork people

Some random reflections (3)

O Crowdsourcing was a wonderful way to collect the material – it threw up some of the most wonderful material and surprises in terms of material. As Eileen says, ‘I didn’t know half this stuff existed, let alone survived’

O But, more importantly crowdsourcing the material made people feel engaged and they therefore felt invested in the exhibition (some people too much )

O If you catch the popular imagination, as we were lucky enough to, then you can have a really successful exhibition that will engage your community and, if lucky, the media exposure will follow

O & finally, what untold stories exist in your community? What stories do you community have to tell? If you find some, tell them. It is a fantastic way to engage with your community, your users.

Benefits to library

O The exhibition increased the profile of the library locally, nationally & even internationally – the media were very engaged by it. The exhibition gained academic exposure and was even being cited in library conferences a year later

O It also, importantly, raised the profile of the library within UCC and amongst the local UCC community

O It led to an appreciation of what the library does and raised expectations of what we can do

O It brought different peoples and content into the library – it went some way towards breaking down those awful Ivory walls

O And Special Collections team are very happy as our exhibition space is now booked up nearly two years in advance…

O Slide 4 – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Atlas_of_Ireland

O Slide 5 - https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/34pyns/the_dublin_map_of_ireland/

https://granta.com/raingods-green-dark-passion/

O Slide 7 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LARjsNE4Fvw

O Slide 9 - Matthieu Roscio http://rosciography.com/index.html

O Slide 10 - Tomas Tyner http://ttyner.photoshelter.com/index

Matthieu Roscio http://rosciography.com/index.html

O Slide 20 - Jack Lyons https://soundcloud.com/sirhenrys-exhibition/that-place-henrys

Tuathla Lucey https://soundcloud.com/tuathla-lucey/sir-henrys

Jez Collins http://www.archivingmediaculture.org/sir-henrys-exhibition-cork/

Jim Morrish https://fanningsessions.wordpress.com/tag/sir-henrys/

O Slide 21 – Youth Work Ireland, Gurranbraher http://www.ywicork.com

O Slide 27 - http://melissallarena.com/interviewing/5-questions-will-impress-hiring-manager/