Hamish Curry: The playful library cocktail: Libraries shaken but not stirred http://youtu.be/5hl-q2pgiJQ Libraries around the world are exploring initiatives that use both passive and proactive measures to encourage playfulness. As public services and spaces, they offer incredible potential to to engage the community in experiencing information in new ways, as well as highlighting the power of games to support social inclusion. While offering a range of possibilities, this presentation will also highlight the various activities and offerings of the State Library of Victoria, around games, collaborative play, and how it is linking communities.

6. “The digital revolution should
spark library evolution.”
Dan Terzian
P–6

7. The playful library
PLAY
Participate
Learn
Activity
Youth
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8. The playful library
Participate
Participants not users
Faces not facades
Collaboration
P–8

9. “Use the force, Luke.”
Obi-wan Kenobi
P–9

10. Learn

11. Activity

12. “…sweet dividends of prudent
ingenuity.”
Gordon Mackenzie
P–12

13. The playful library
Youth
Apophenia
Augmented
Extended
Enhanced
P–13

14. “When people in motion
meet a library in motion,
anything is possible.”
Director, Stockholm Public Library
P–14