To what question in society is your library the answer? Libraries as strategic learning institutions - Making the community smarter. Presentation in Soesterberg, The Netherlands - 28 november 2014

1. Libraries make communities smarter

2. The next 12 minutes:
Basic skills in the broad library
Libraries and learning… Core business
Learning trends
23 mobile things

3. ACCESS vs LEARNING
Photographed 2007 by Carol Highsmith

4. The mission of librarians is to
improve society through
facilitating knowledge creation
in their communities

6. The illiterate of the 21st century
will not be those who cannot
read and write, but those who
cannot learn, unlearn, and
relearn.

8. Basic library skill
Knowledge about how people
learn, unlearn and relearn...

10. Basic library skill
To be aware of and be able to
adapt to changes in society
surrounding the library

11. Basic library skill
Have a strategy to make the
community smarter – and work
with partners to make it
happen

12. Learning as strategy

13. Library learning strategy…
Learning empowers people…
Education for the young and life long learning for all.
The library supports learning on all levels - and for people
of all ages.
Libraries have the skills to support transformation of
information to knowledge.

14. MOOCS
Participatory Learning
Connected Learning
23 mobile things
Hacker spaces *Fablabs *Hands on
Lifelong learning
digital divide

15. 23mobilethings.net

16. 23 mobile things
France
Australia
New Zealand
USA
Germany
Russia
Singapore –
Philippines
Norway
Denmark

17. Findings
Applications on a tablet device will enhance our
Library services. 60 % -> 82 %
Very / somewhat familiar: Twitter 27 % -> 100 %
Very / somewhat familiar: QR 33 % -> 84 %
Survey by Dr. Michael Stephens

23. Keep in touch…
Jan Holmquist
janholmquist.net
Twitter: @janholmquist
janholmquist@gmail.com
about.me/janholmquist